the winner of the big prize was jaggs for precisely the jazz trade fair jazz ahead in braman germany. the jazz ahead trade fair brings together musicians and producers it's a place where concert organizers get to discover new acts and plan their next tours . we've still got lots of dreams that we want to make come true and with this prize we've got the momentum to make it happen and it's going to d.j.'s people who make jazz the korea who study it to want to make a living from it have fantastic dreams and what's wonderful is that we can help them accomplish their goals. w.'s head of cultural history spoke words of praise for the organizers of the jazz ahead trade fair for their hard work he noted that jazz and pop musicians in germany receive considerably less public funding than classical musicians. if you compare in germany the public funds maida vale. classical music with funding for rock and jazz it's $99.00 to $1.00. you know the countries the situation is different but. it was a surprise victory for jazz ahead in the final round of the cultural brand award it pulled ahead of the