Dave Brubeck To Receive BBC Lifetime Achievement Award
Friday, June 8, 2007
Veteran pianist, composer and educator Dave Brubeck is to be this year's recipient of the Lifetime Achievement Award at the BBC Jazz Awards to be held next month. A full list of the nominations and some winners for this year's awards was made at a special concert last night when some of the nominees, including Claire Martin, Soweto Kinch and Martin Taylor performed short selections. The announcement that Dave Brubeck is to receive this special award was made by drummer Billy Cobham who then joined Kinch and Guy Barker plus rhythm section for a rendition of Thelonious Monk's 'Off Minor'.
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