Dorothy Bell, wife of the late Australian jazz great Graeme Bell AO, MBE, attended the Jazz Bell Awards in Melbourne Thursday night.
The Jazz Bell Awards were named after Graeme Bell who died in 2012 at the age of 97. After the founding of the awards in 2003, Graeme attended most events up until his death with the exception of the last few years where he was too frail to travel to Melbourne from his home in Sydney.
The evening featured the induction of Judy Bailey, one of Australia’s leading musicians and composes into the Jazz Hall of Fame.
The 2014 Australian Jazz Bell Award winners
Best Australian Jazz Vocal Album the winner is:
Allira Wilson ‐ Rise and Fall
Best Australian Modern Jazz Album the winner is:
Andrea Keller Quartet ‐ Wave Rider
Best Australian Contemporary ‘Avant-garde’ Jazz Album, the winner is:
Monash Art Ensemble ‐ Monash Art Ensemble
Best Australian Traditional Jazz Album the winner is:
Julien Wilson Quartet ‐ This is Always
Best Australian Jazz Song of the Year the winner is:
Julien Wilson ‐ Trout River
Best Australian Jazz Ensemble the winner is:
Julien Wilson Quartet ‐ This is Always
Young Australian Jazz Artist of the Year the winner is:
Joseph O’Connor ‐ Monash Art Ensemble
Graeme Bell – Photo By Ros O’Gorman
