Ken Page Memorial Trust: Lifetime Achievement Award

The Ken Page Lifetime Achievement Award is presented annually by the Ken Page Memorial Trust in recognition of exceptional individual contributions to the development and growth of jazz in Canada.

Each year the honoree will receive a personalised rendering of the award as a lasting keepsake.

2012 Lifetime Achievement Award recipient, Phil Nimmons

Until 2009 honorees of this special KPMT award had been recognised each year at the Canadian National Jazz Awards, then following a two year hiatus, the trustees elected to showcase future presentations within

Anne Page presents Lifetime Achievment Award

to Phil Nimmons

the more intimate setting of the Trust’s Annual Fundraising Gala at the Old Mill Inn. This also provided the opportunity to display for our guests the permanent memento originally commissioned by the KPMT for design by Rita So of Creative Art Glass in Toronto.

On Thursday 18th October we were proud to honour our 2012 recipient, Phil Nimmons, in recognition of his exceptional contributions to the development and growth of jazz in Canada.

About the Award

This is the permanent display memento,commissioned by the Ken Page Memorial Trust in 2008 for design by Rita So of Creative Art Glass Inc., Toronto. The medium is etched glass on an engraved base which commemorates the names of all previous recipients from the time the KPMT honours were first bestowed during the 2002 National Jazz Awards.

The medium is etched glass on an engraved base which commemorates the names of all previous recipients from the time the KPMT honours were first bestowed during the 2002 National Jazz Awards.

The stylized music staff in the design depicts the final four bars of “Why Did I Choose You?” from the 1965 Broadway production of “The Yearling” (music by Michael Leonard; lyrics by Herbert Martin)
“…if I had to choose again, I would still choose you…”

PREVIOUS HONOREES

2009 Fay Olson, PR professional, event manager, strategic communication specialist
2008 Geoff Chapman, award-winning journalist (Toronto Star) and music critic
2007 Jack Long, founding Chairman of Long & McQuade Musical Instruments
2006 Lothar & Brigitte Lang, owners and operators of the Montreal Bistro & Jazz Club
2005 Doug Cole, founding owner/operator of Canada’s longest-running jazz club, George’s Spaghetti House
2004 John Norris, co-founder of Sackville Records; founding editor of Coda Magazine
2003 Ted O’Reilly, broadcaster, writer, producer
2002 Phil Sheridan, recording engineer, producer, record label principal