Prizes

International Keep an Eye Jazz Award (designed by Astri Blokbergen)

Semi-final
Three winners
* Workshop with Ambrose Akinmusire Quintet
* One day recording in the studio of the CvA

International Final
* First Prize: € 2500,-
* Second prize: € 1000,-
* Best American Musician prize: Summer Jazz Workshop in Amsterdam, June 2012
* Best Dutch Musician prize: Hudson Jazz Workshop in New York, August 2012
* Best Composition prize: € 500,-
* All bands will be coached by Dick Oatts and Gerard Presencer