Ben Webster prize winner 2011: Bassplayer Bo Stief
At a celebration party on the 4th of July at the old Montmarter in Copenhagen bassplayer Bo Stief received the Ben Webster Prize 2011.
Head of the Ben Webster Foundation Henrik Wolsgaard-Iversen hold the speech and praised Bo Stief for his great bassplaying.
Bo Stief played with Ben Webster many times at the Montmartre. A concert from 1973 is documentet on the CD Steeplechase 1008.
With the prize comes a check of d.kr. 25.000.
Photos: Søren Damving
Ben Webster Prize Winner 2010: Kresten Osgood
Prizewinner 2009: Lennart Ginman
Prizewinners 2008: Niels Lan Doky and Chris Minh Doky
The Ben Webster Prizewinners of the year 1977-2011
Since 1977 the Ben Webster Foundation has announced a prizewinner each year chosen among the greatest musicians and bandleaders in Denmark.
1977 Jesper Thilo (sax)
1978 Simon Spang-Hansen (sax)
1979 Erling Kroner (trombone)
1980 Ole Molin (guitar)
1981 Ernie Wilkins (arranger, bandleader)
1982 Jesper Lundgaard (bas) Mads Vinding (bas)
1983 Marilyn Mazur, percussion /Bent Jædig (sax)
1984 Allan Botchinsky,trompet
1985 Frontline v. Jørgen Emborg og Cæcilie Norby
1986 Ole Kock Hansen (piano)
1987 Jens Winther (trompet)
1988 Doug Raney (guitar)
1989 Thomas Clausen (piano)
1990 Ben Besiakov (piano)
1991 Jonas Johansen (trommer) / Tomas Franck (sax)
1992 Søren Kristiansen (piano)
1993 Kristian Jørgensen (violin) / Finn Ziegler (violin)
1994 Niels Jørgen Steen (piano / arrangør) / Christina Nielsen (sax)
1995 Henrik Bolberg (trompet)
1996 Jakob Fischer (guitar)
1997 Svend-Erik Nørregaard (trommer) / Carsten Dahl (piano)
1998 Benita Haastrup (trommer) Thomas Fryland (trompet)
1999 90-years prize: Alex Riel(drums) / Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen(bass) / Olivier Antunes (piano)
2000 Horace Parlan (piano)
2001 Pernille Bevort (sax) / Per Møller Hansen (TV-producer)
2002 Christina von Bülow (sax) / Jens Klüver (band leader)
2003 Bob Rockwell (tenorsax)
2004 Jan Persson (jazz photographer)
2005 Jan zum Vohrde (altsosax/flute)
2006 Morten Lund (drums)
2007 Frederik Lundin (Sax)
2008 Niels Lan Doky(piano) / Chris Minh Doky(bass)
2009 Lennart Ginman(bass)
2010 Kresten Osgood (drums)
2011 Bo Stief
2011 Bo Stief
