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BBC Jazz Awards 2007
Jazz on 3 Innovation Award - Your chance to vote

The UK artist or group which has made an outstanding contribution to refreshing and reinventing the Jazz tradition.

Tom Bancroft
Tom Bancroft has been a key mover and shaker on a remarkably inventive Scottish jazz scene for many years, as drummer, composer and creative catalyst. As well as continuing his life as a tirelessly creative artist at the highest international level, in 2006 and 2007 he has extended his innovative range with Kidsamonium, a show that absorbs, inspires and entertains children of all ages (and their parents), combining jazz, improvisation, theatre and comedy, reaching a new generation of audiences in a fresh and uniquely personal approach, bringing the talents of musicians such as Oren Marshall, Claude Deppa, Laura MacDonald and Billy Jenkins into a whole new dimension. (John Cumming)

Tom Bancroft site

Soweto Kinch
Whether live or on record, Saxophonist / MC Soweto Kinch bursts with ideas that speak directly to all kinds of people. A Life In The Day of B19: Tales Of The Towerblock (Dune) kicks jazz and rap into a brave new world, with dizzying, courageous leaps from hip-hop to post-bop. (John L. Walters)

Soweto Kinch at MySpace

Evan Parker
Now in his seventh decade, Evan Parker could be called an elder statesman of the avant garde in the UK; he has been a forward-thinking member of the jazz scene in this country since the late 1960s. However he shows no sign of resting on his laurels and settling down into a comfortable dotage. Indeed Parker is a model for younger players, with his open-minded, inclusive and innovative approach to the music. (Robert Abel)

Evan Parker biography