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| Brad Turner won Victor Martyn Lynch-Staunton Award Brad Turner, jazz musician and composer Brad Turner became 2006 winners of the Canada Council for the Arts' Victor Martyn Lynch-Staunton Award together with interdisciplinary artist Robin Brass, media artist Pascale Ferland, dancer Santee Smith, author Peter Knudtson, playwright Larry Tremblay, and visual artist Ron Terada. The annual awards, worth $15, 000 each, recognize outstanding mid-career artists in the seven disciplines funded by the Canada Council: music, theatre, dance, visual arts, media arts, writing and publishing and interdisciplinary arts. The Prizes were created using funds from a generous bequest made by the late Victor Martyn Lynch-Staunton to the Canada Council. The seven Victor Martyn Lynch-Staunton Award recipients were chosen through a process which involved nominations by the Grants to Professional Artists peer assessment committees during the 2005-2006 fiscal year. The winning candidates are considered the most outstanding mid-career artists of those nominated. Trumpeter, pianist, drummer and composer Brad Turner, of Vancouver, is one of Canada's most prominent and prolific jazz artists. Mr. Turner has performed and/or recorded with such artists as Joe Lovano, Kenny Wheeler, Michael Moore, Renee Rosnes, Achim Kaufmann, John Scofield, Ingrid Jensen, Dylan van der Schyff, Mike Murley, Mark Helias, Charles McPherson and Gary Bartz. Mr. Turner's groups have opened for McCoy Tyner, Roy Haynes, Wayne Shorter, Clarke Terry and Diana Krall. As a leader, he has released five albums, four with his quartet, the most recent being What Is (2005) and Question the Answer (2004) recorded with his piano trio and nominated for a 2005 Canadian Urban Music Award as well as a 2006 Canadian Indie Music Award. In 1997 and 1998 Mr. Turner won a Juno Award for Best Contemporary Jazz Album recognizing his work in the internationally established electric jazz group Metalwood. Mr. Turner received many national jazz awards including Jazz Trumpeter of the Year (1999), Jazz Composer of the Year (2000 and 2002) and Musician of the Year (2005). write your comments about the article :: © 2006 Jazz News :: home page |