A jury judges all applications and once done they choose the best out of them.
These bands are then accompanied by the bands that the international network of B-Jazz selects to take part in the finals.
During the finals the members of the international professional jury judge all six finalists.
They pay attention to (amongst others) technical skills, diversity, individuality and originality.
The interpretation of the mandatory composition gets also judged.
The members of the jury for the preselection were:
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guitarist, composer, coordinator of the jazz department of LUCA | School of Arts (Leuven, Belgium) and teacher jazz guitar at the Royal Conservatory of Brussels (Belgium) |
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chairman of the music education & training at School of Arts/Royal Conservatory Gent (Belgium) and teacher at the Istanbul University State Conservatory (Turkey) |
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programmer music & literature @ 30CC and coordinator & programmer for Leuven Jazz festival |
For the finals the members of the jury are:
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bassplayer and composer/arranger |
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guitarist, composer and teacher |
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guitarist and main subject teacher guitar at Maastricht Conservatory (Netherlands) / chairman of the jury |
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singer, composer and teacher jazz vocals at the Jazz Voice Hochschule für Musik Würzburg in Germany |
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pianist, composer/arranger, editor for Jazz&mo’ magazine and teacher at the Conservatories of Gent (Belgium) and Maastricht (Netherlands) |
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educator bass guitar at Saint Louis College of Music in Rome (Italy) |
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musician / representative for Muziekmozaïek Folk & Jazz / secretary of the jury |
The best live interpretation of the obligatory composition will be judged by:
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guitarist, composer, coordinator of the jazz department of LUCA | School of Arts (Leuven, Belgium) and teacher jazz guitar at the Royal Conservatory of Brussels (Belgium) |
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musician, producer and publisher / representative for Sabam |