![](https://images.google.com/images?q=tbn:T-cxFh3-P8UJ:news.bbc.co.uk/olmedia/1465000/images/_1467254_humph_300.jpg) LONDON, UK (BBC) - The young saxophonist Soweto Kinch, 26, was the big winner at last night's BBC Jazz Awards, alongside the veteran George Melly and the US trumpeter and composer Wynton Marsalis. Kinch, a previous winner of the rising star award and a 2003 Mercury prize nominee, walked away with two honours at a ceremony jointly hosted by Radio 2 and Radio 3 which spanned every branch of the genre. 2004 BBC Jazz Awards winners list:
Best band - Soweto Kinch Rising star - Seb Rochford Best instrumentalist - Soweto Kinch Best vocalist - Ian Shaw Best album - The Journey Home by Colin Steele Best new work - Cheltenham "Jerwood Rising Stars" Commission Innovation - Fellowship For Integrated Rhythmic Expression Award for services to jazz - Jed Williams International artist - Wynton Marsalis Jazz heritage - Keith Nichols Lifetime achievement - George Melly
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