Bill Frisell Named Best International Guitar Player at Inaugural ECHO Jazz Awards

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Bill Frisell has won the award for Best International Guitar Player at the inaugural ECHO Jazz Awards. The award is being given for Frisell's latest Nonesuch release, Disfarmer. The ECHO gala awards ceremony will take place in Centennial Hall in Bochum, Germany, on May 5, and will be broadcast on German television on May 8.

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Bill Frisell has won the award for Best International Guitar Player at the inaugural ECHO Jazz Awards, as announced by the German Recording Academy earlier today. The award is being given for Frisell's latest Nonesuch release, Disfarmer. The ECHO gala awards ceremony will take place in Centennial Hall in Bochum, Germany, on May 5, and will be broadcast on television in Germany on WDR on May 8, starting at 10:30 PM; a radio broadcast follows on May 11 at 8 PM on WDR 3.

The winners in 31 categories, including Frisell's, were chosen by a jury of experts, and an additional two categories will be decided by popular vote: Live Act of the Year and Label of the Year. You can vote online now through April 5 at jazzthing.de to be entered to win the raffle for tickets to the ECHO awards ceremony. Tickets are also available for purchase at eventim.de.

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    Bill Frisell Named Best International Guitar Player at Inaugural ECHO Jazz Awards
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    Bill Frisell has won the award for Best International Guitar Player at the inaugural ECHO Jazz Awards, as announced by the German Recording Academy earlier today. The award is being given for Frisell's latest Nonesuch release, Disfarmer. The ECHO gala awards ceremony will take place in Centennial Hall in Bochum, Germany, on May 5, and will be broadcast on television in Germany on WDR on May 8, starting at 10:30 PM; a radio broadcast follows on May 11 at 8 PM on WDR 3.

    The winners in 31 categories, including Frisell's, were chosen by a jury of experts, and an additional two categories will be decided by popular vote: Live Act of the Year and Label of the Year. You can vote online now through April 5 at jazzthing.de to be entered to win the raffle for tickets to the ECHO awards ceremony. Tickets are also available for purchase at eventim.de.

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