sentences:  Jazzlines is now the major jazz promoter in Birmingham and a key national jazz organisation.As a promoter Tony has commissioned composers including Mike Gibbs, Tim Berne, Julian Joseph, Iain Ballamy, Tom Bancroft, Barbara Thompson, Billy Jenkins, Mark-Anthony Turnage, Liam Noble, Hans Koller, Ingrid Laubrock and many more.He received one of the BBC Jazz Awards in 2005 for services to jazz.