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BBC Jazz Awards 2007
Jazz Line-Up Best Band Award - Your chance to vote

The UK group which has exemplified the combination of interplay, arranging and spontaneity that characterises the best Jazz.

Finn Peters' Finntet
Winner of the 1989 London Jazz Musician Award, flautist and alto saxophonist Finn Peters continues to flourish in his eclectic musical environment. He has recorded with producer IG Culture and Bugz in the Attic, co-founded contemporary classical group Noszferatu and in 1999 Finn formed the leftfield Hammond funk quintet Dr Seus to much acclaim. His latest CD Su-Ling is a summation of this journey as well as a return to his jazz roots. (Paul Pace)

Finn Peters site

Stan Tracey Octet
Stan Tracey has been a pioneering, modernist force in British jazz for a remarkable five decades. The new millennium has seen the legendary pianist, composer, arranger and band leader, now in his 80th year, deservedly hailed as The Godfather of British Jazz, with a BBC documentary of the same name and the seminal Jazz Britannia series both acknowledging his significant role. From 1964 to the present day, Stan has led a myriad of innovative groups, incorporating the most progressive musicians of each generation. (Helen Maleed)

Stan Tracey Site|Stan Tracey at BBC Four

Byron Wallen's Indigo
Byron Wallen is blessed with being tutored by some of great names; Donald Byrd and Jon Faddis to name but two. His performance credits are equally as impressive and include Hugh Masekela, Lonnie Liston-Smith, Wynton Marsalis and Freddie Hubbard. He is no stranger to the BBC Jazz Awards, having been winner of the Innovation award in 2003. His band Indigo form the nucleus for his current album "Meeting Point" which has been 3 years in the making. (Keith Loxam)

Byron Wallen at MySpace