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Last week, the Norwegian Jazzforum gave me their Buddy award. 

The Peter Brøtzmann Chicago Tentette had a concert here in Stavanger and before the muisc startet there was a speach by the president in the Jazzforum who told me they had voted me as the Buddy winner of 2008. The Buddy which is named after Buddy Bolden, is a little statuate of Bolden plus a nice cheque!

I was not prepared for this and was absolutely  baffled. I thought  the music I was involved in was too small for them to consider for a Buddy. But now I am extremely happy….. but this is a prize for my wife Judith as much as it is for me! She has always been very supportive and helpful in every way all these years. Just having a house which at times is filled up with musicians, is quite something. And then cooking and making the beds on top of that, is another thing….

Thanks again for the Buddy!

http://www.jazzforum.no/nyheter/buddyprisen-2008-til-den-norske-improjazzens-gudfar-frode-gjerstad