Alexander Bone
Via London Jazz News
The The winner of the first BBC Young Jazz Musician of the Year Competition in Cardiff 8-3-14 was Northern saxophonist/ producer Alexander Bone (17). Born in Darlington, he is currently in his first year of A levels at Chetham's School in Manchester. He has been part of both the National Youth Jazz Collective and the National Youth Jazz Orchestra.
The other finalists were: Jake Labazzi - Trumpet (16), Sean Payne - Saxophone (13), both fron the Purcell School, Freddie Jensen - Double bass (14) from Chetham's. and Tom Smith - Saxophone (18).
The judges - who deliberated for most of an hour before announcing their decision - were Django Bates, Trish Clowes, Jason Yarde and Julian Joseph. The competition will be broadcast on BBC4 TV on 23rd May.
Huge congratulations to Alex! A fantastic dedicated musician who is a member of The Greater Manchester Hub Jazz Orchestra who are performing at the Band on the wall, Manchester on March 17th.
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