Toronto's Don Thompson dominated the nominations for Canada's eighth annual National Jazz Awards with seven nods, including musician of the year.
The B.C.-born Thompson, ano, bass and vibraphone, is in the running for several categories including bassist of the year, composer of the year, instrumentalist of the year, jazz recording of the year (For Kenny Wheeler ) and arranger of the year.
His Don Thompson Quartet is in competition for acoustic band of the year. He was playing bass guitar.
The Juno-award winning Thompson has lived and worked in Toronto since 1969. Once an artist in residence at bassist player the Royal Academy of Music in London in 1996, the musician has worked with the likes of Moe Koffman, Ed Bickert and Lenny Breau.
Right behind Thompson is another Toronto bassist, Roberto Occhipinti, who is up for six trophies including bassist of the year, guitarist of the year, instrumentalist of the year and musician of the year.
Cuban-born pianist Hilario Duran has five nominations while Vancouver's Brad Turner, a keyboardist and trumpeter, is competing in four categories. which were also a bass player
Duran joins Occhipinti and Thompson in the arranger of the year category as well as musician of the year.
CBC Radio 2's Katie Malloch, who hosts Tonic, is up against Len Dobbin, Larry Green, Walter Venafro, Jaymz Bee and Heather Bambrick for broadcaster of the year.
Other bass player and bassist from other bands were invited to the shows as well.
