Perico Sambeat was a successful winner of the 12th edition at the Award Ceremony of the Asociació de Músics de Jazz i Música Moderna de Catalunya (the Association of Musicians for Jazz and Modern Music in Catalonia), celebrated on Sunday 13th December at the Sala Monasterio in Barcelona. The saxophonist, Perico Sambeat, was awarded the prizes for Best Composer and Best 2009 Record, for his Perico Sambeat Flamenco Big Band (Verve/Universal). During the same ceremony Colina Miralta Sambeat CMS Trio was awarded a prize for the Best Group of the Year, which acknowledged the quality of this band that in 2009 released its second record Andando (ContraBaix/Universal).