Australia`s Deputy Prime Minister Julia Gillard attended the The Bells, the Australian Jazz Awards last night in Melbourne.
The Deputy P.M. received a round of applause from the jazz community for her work in supporting the industry.She also demonstrated her great sense of humour when host Tracy Bartram pointed it that her outfit looked like some came dressed as a David Jones bag. “I have a range of outfits designed to make me look like a shopping bag,” Ms. Gillard said. “It is promotes our stimulus package”.
The Bells are named after 94-year Jazz legend Graeme Bell who attended the event and later dined with Ms. Gillard.
Congratulations to the evenings winners:
Best Australian Jazz Song of the Year - Johannes Luebbers for ‘Till Death Does Me Part’
Best Australian Jazz Vocal Album - Tina Harris for ‘Work Songs’
Best Australian Jazz Album - The Syncopators for ‘Live At The Famous Spiegeltent’
Best Australian Contemporary Jazz Album - Oehlers, Grabowsky, Beck for ‘Lost and Found’
Best Australian Jazz Ensemble - Way Out West for ‘New Grooves For Old Streets’
Best Young Australian Jazz Artist - Jeremy Rose
Graeme Bell Hall of Fame - Mike Nock
