The Edisons – a prize organised and managed by the Edison Foundation – accorded Mehldau their lifetime achievement honour. Other winners were Craig Taborn, Kenny Barron, Harold López-Nussa, Nu Art Orchestra, Idema / Serierse Quartet, Daan Kluwer and Cor Bakker. Mehldau posted on Facebook on the 25th: “It was a great honor to receive the Edison Jazz lifetime achievement award (Jazz Oeuvreprijs) here in Holland tonight.” Dee Dee Bridgewater, Marcus Miller and Gregory Porter are previous recipients of the lifetime achievement Edison.
The award comes ahead of the release of the 56-year-old’s Fantasy & Reveries.
Elsewhere in the awards, pianist Craig Taborn secured the Jazz International title for his album Dream Archives – read a review above – while his fellow pianist Kenny Barron won Jazz International Vocal for Songbook. Cuban pianist Harold López-Nussa took the Jazz Global prize for Nueva Timba.
The Nu Art Orchestra took home the Jazz National award for The Tivoli Sessions #1, and the Idema / Serierse Quartet received the Jazz National Vocal prize for Serenade in Blue.
Saxophonist Daan Kluwer was named Newcomer of the Year for his debut project, The Life of Billy.
The public also cast their votes for the Edison Publieksprijs, awarding the audience prize to pianist Cor Bakker for Momentum Vol. 1.
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