Radio 2 Heart of Jazz Award
Guy Barker

Mercurial trumpeter whose CV includes work with everyone from Ornette Coleman to Gil Evans to The BBC Big Band as well as leading his own bands.
Profile at BBC Music
Tommy Smith

Eclectic tenor saxophonist, educator, composer and bandleader Smith made his recording debut with Gary Burton aged 18 and now directs the Scottish National Jazz Orchestra.
Tommy Smith site
Ray Gelato

Perenially popular saxophonist and singer whose high energy mix of jump jive and classic swing harks back to the days of Louis Prima, Basie and Louis Jordan.
Ray Gelato MySpace site
