Ben Webster Prize
Jazz musicians who received the Ben Webster Prize: list of 7 recipients by year.
The Ben Webster Prize is an annual jazz award set up by the Ben Webster Foundation to honour Danish and American jazz musicians as well as other professionals active in the promotion of jazz in those countries. The American jazz musician Ben Webster spent his last ten years in Copenhagen, Denmark, where he became an active part of the city's thriving jazz scene. After his death, the Ben Webster Foundation was set up to channel his annual royalties to musicians in Denmark and America. The Ben Webster Prize is part of this effort. The prize is handed out at an award ceremony in connection with a special concert which has taken place at various jazz venues, including the Jazzhus Montmartre, Huset, the Lake Pavilion, Copenhagen Jazzhouse, the Queen's Hall at the Royal Danish Library, Freetown Christiania's Jazzklub, Sofies Kælderen and Tivoli Gardens. The winner currently receives DKK 30.000.
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Recipients
| 2013 | Palle Mikkelborg Danish musician |
| 1996 | Svend Asmussen Danish jazz violinist (1916-2017) |
| 1989 | Thomas Clausen Danish jazz pianist (born 1949) |
| 1987 | Jens Winther Danish jazzmusician, composer and conductor (1960-2011) |
| 1983 | Marilyn Mazur Danish musician (1955–2025) |
| 1979 | Erling Kroner Danish musician (1943–2011) |
| 1977 | Jesper Thilo Danish jazz musician |