The Golden Django, named after guitarist Django Reinhardt, is an award for jazz musicians in Europe. The trophy is a creation of the French painter Raymond Moretti. It was first introduced in France (in 1992), then in Belgium (1995), in Sweden and Italy (1999) and finally in Denmark (2001).

Belgian palmares

Since 1995, Belgium has had its own Golden Django ceremony. It was first proposed to reward both French-speaking and Flemish Belgian jazz musicians, but since 2000, only one musician receives the trophy, alternating French-speaking and Dutch-speaking winners each year. The next year, they introduced the new talent award. The ceremony was cancelled in 2004.

YearFrench-speakingFlemishNew talentSpecial prize
1995Philip Catherine (guitar)Marc Godfroid (trombone)
1996Sadi (vibraphone)Bert Joris (trumpet)
1997Charles Loos (piano)Kurt Van Herck (saxophone)
1998Fabrizio Cassol (saxophone)Chris Joris (percussion)Jean Warland (bass)
1999Nathalie Loriers (piano)Jeroen Van Herzeele (saxophone)
2000Steve Houben (saxophone, flute)Edmond Harnie (trumpet)
2001Frank Vaganée (saxophone)Nicolas Thys (bass)Robert Pernet (jazz historian)
2002Philippe Aerts (double bass)Anne Wolf (piano)Rik Bevernage (producer from De Werf)
2003Erik Vermeulen (piano)Nicolas Kummert (saxophone)Jean-Marie Peterken (organizer of festivals)
2005Eric Legnini (piano)Pascal Schumacher (vibraphone)Sim Simons (journalist)
2006George Avakian (Record Producer and Manager)
2007Pierre Van Dormael (guitar)Pascal MohyMarc Van den Hoof

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