Parliamentary Jazz Awards

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The Parliamentary Jazz Awards are a British jazz prize that has been presented annually since 2005.

Goal and organization

The awards ceremony is organized by the All Party Parliamentary Jazz Appreciation Group (APPJAG) at the Palace of Westminster in London . The group consists of over eighty members of the House of Commons and the House of Lords . They are representatives of all UK parties represented in Parliament. The aim of the organization is to promote a broader and deeper enjoyment of jazz, to strengthen parliamentarians' understanding of the jazz industry, to promote jazz as a form of music and to make it known inside and outside parliament.

The award ceremony was initiated by Bob Blizzard , then a member of the House of Commons for the Waveney district in Suffolk , England . Blizzard was a longtime jazz enthusiast who worried that jazz was not getting enough national recognition and that jazz artists and jazz venues in the UK were getting too little attention.

The APPJAG award ceremony is supported by the service organization JazzUK (formerly Jazz Services), the monthly magazine Jazzwise , the jazz section of the Musicians' Union of the United Kingdom and the media company Phonographic Performance Limited (PPL).

Price categories

Up until 2010, the Parliamentary Jazz Awards presented awards in nine different categories:

  1. Jazz Musician of the Year
  2. Jazz Ensemble of the Year
  3. Jazz Venue of the Year
  4. Jazz Journalist of the Year
  5. Jazz CD of the Year, released last year
  6. Jazz Broadcaster of the Year
  7. Jazz Publication of the Year
  8. Jazz Education Award, for a person in the field of education
  9. Services to Jazz Award (Prize for services to jazz)

In 2009, the Ronnie Scott's jazz club also received a “Special Award” to mark the fiftieth anniversary of the famous London club this year.

An "APPJAG Special Award" has been awarded as an additional tenth prize since 2011 and the following ten prize categories have existed since 2014:

  1. Jazz Vocalist of the Year
  2. Jazz Instrumentalist of the Year
  3. Jazz Album of the Year
  4. Jazz Ensemble of the Year
  5. Jazz Newcomer of the Year
  6. Jazz Venue of the Year
  7. Jazz Media Award: (Jazz Media Award)
  8. Jazz Education Award (Jazz Education Award)
  9. Services to Jazz Award (Prize for services to jazz)
  10. APPJAG Special Award (APPJAG Special Award)

winner

2020

2019

2018

  • Jazz Vocalist of the Year: Ian Shaw
  • Jazz Instrumentalist of the Year: Arun Ghosh
  • Jazz Album of the Year: "The Late Trane", Denys Baptiste
  • Jazz Ensemble of the Year: ARQ - Alison Rayner Quintet
  • Jazz Newcomer of the Year: Shirley Tetteh
  • Jazz Venue of the Year: Jazz at the Lescar in Sheffield
  • Jazz Media Award: Lance Liddle - Bebop Spoken Here
  • Jazz Education Award: Jean Toussaint
  • Services to Jazz Award: Jill Rodger
  • APPJAG Special Award: Gary Crosby OBE

2017

  • Jazz Vocalist of the Year: Cleveland Watkiss
  • Jazz Instrumentalist of the Year: Shabaka Hutchings
  • Jazz Album of the Year: "Together, As One", Dinosaur
  • Jazz Ensemble of the Year: Phronesis
  • Jazz Venue of the Year: Scarborough Jazz Festival
  • Jazz Newcomer of the Year: Nerija
  • Jazz Media Award: Chris Philips
  • Jazz Education Award: Tomorrows Warriors
  • Services to Jazz Award: Tony Dudley-Evans
  • APPJAG Special Award: Jim Mullen

2016

2015

  • Jazz Vocalist of the Year: Norma Winstone
  • Jazz Instrumentalist of the Year: Laura Jurd
  • Jazz Album of the Year: "Swamp" by Partisans
  • Jazz Ensemble of the Year: Engines Orchestra
  • Jazz Venue of the Year: St Ives Jazz Club
  • Jazz Newcomer of the Year: Peter Edwards
  • Jazz Media Award: London Jazz News website
  • Jazz Education Award: National Youth Jazz Orchestra
  • Services to Jazz Award: Chris Hodgkins
  • APPJAG Special Award: Peter Ind

2014

2013

2012

  • Jazz Musician of the Year: Bobby Wellins
  • Jazz Album of the Year: "Up and Down " , Liane Carroll
  • Jazz Ensemble of the Year: Scottish National Jazz Orchestra
  • Live Jazz Award of the Year: The Spin, Oxford
  • Jazz Journalist of the Year: Jon Newey
  • Jazz Broadcaster of the Year: Jamie Cullum
  • Jazz Publication of the Year: Jazz UK
  • Jazz Education Award: Gary Crosby (OBE)
  • Services to Jazz Award: John Cumming
  • APPJAG Special Award: Acker Bilk

2011

  • Jazz Musician of the Year: Brian Kellock
  • Jazz Album of the Year: "Midas", John Turville
  • Jazz Ensemble of the Year: Brass Jaw
  • Jazz Promoter / Venue of the Year: The Hideaway ( Streatham , London)
  • Jazz Journalist of the Year: John Fordham
  • Jazz Broadcaster of the Year: Paul Barnes
  • Jazz Publication of the Year: Goin 'Home: The Uncompromising Life and Music of Ken Colyer by Mike Pointon, Ray Smith, Martin Colyer
  • Jazz Education Award: Ian Darrington
  • Services to Jazz Award: Coleridge Goode
  • APPJAG Special Award: Cleo Laine

2010

2009

  • Jazz Musician of the Year: Phil Robson
  • Jazz Album of the Year: "Howeird " , The Sam Crockatt Quartet
  • Jazz Ensemble of the Year: The Ryan Quigley Sextet
  • Jazz Venue of the Year: Fleece Jazz ( South East England )
  • Jazz Journalist of the Year: Kevin LeGendre
  • Jazz Broadcaster of the Year: Sarah Ward
  • Jazz Publication of the Year: jazzreloaded.com
  • Jazz Education Award: Richard Michael
  • Services to Jazz Award: Val Wilmer
  • Special Award: Ronnie Scott's Jazz Club, London

2008

  • Jazz Musician of the Year: Liane Carroll
  • Jazz Album of the Year: "The Amadeus Project" - Guy Barker
  • Jazz Ensemble of the Year:  Empirical
  • Jazz Venue of the Year: Tithe Barn, Needham, Norfolk
  • Jazz Journalist of the Year: John Fordham
  • Jazz Broadcaster of the Year: Helen Mayhew
  • Jazz Publication of the Year: Jazz UK
  • Jazz Education Award: Dennis Rollins
  • Services to Jazz Award: Paul Pace (from Ray's Jazz )

2007

  • Jazz Musician of the Year: Gwilym Simcock
  • Jazz Venue of the Year: Pizza Express, London
  • Jazz Broadcaster of the Year: Jez Nelson
  • Jazz Publication of the Year: Jazzwise
  • APPJAG Special Award: Bill Ashton

2006

  • Jazz Musician of the Year: Zoë Rahman
  • Jazz Journalist of the Year: Jon Newey

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Recipients announced for the All Party Parliamentary Jazz Awards 2017. Accessed December 1, 2017 .
  2. ^ The Most Sought After Parliamentary Awards. Retrieved December 1, 2017 .
  3. ↑ Jazz Services rebrands as JazzUK. Retrieved November 30, 2017 .
  4. ↑ Jazz breaking news: Voting Now Open For 2010 All Parliamentary Jazz Awards. Retrieved December 1, 2017 .
  5. ↑ a b c Parliamentary Jazz Awards Winners Are Announced. Retrieved November 30, 2017 .
  6. ↑ a b 10th Annual Parliamentary Jazz Award Winners Revealed. Retrieved December 1, 2017 .
  7. ↑ Recipients Announced for 2020 Parliamentary Jazz Award Winners. All Party Parliamentary Jazz Appreciation Group, June 20, 2020, accessed July 27, 2020 .
  8. ↑ 2019 Parliamentary Jazz Award Winners. In: londonjazznews.com. Retrieved December 6, 2019 .
  9. ↑ NEWS: 2018 Parliamentary Jazz Award winners. In: londonjazznews.com. Retrieved November 14, 2018 .
  10. ^ Winners announced for Parliamentary Jazz Awards. Retrieved November 30, 2017 .
  11. ↑ 2016 Parliamentary Jazz Awards. Retrieved December 1, 2017 .
  12. ^ This year's Parliamentary Jazz Awards . In: Jazzwise , March 10, 2015. Retrieved June 5, 2015. 
  13. ↑ WINNERS ANNOUNCED FOR 2013 PARLIAMENTARY JAZZ AWARDS. Retrieved December 1, 2017 .
  14. ↑ WINNERS ANNOUNCED AT THE PARLIAMENTARY JAZZ AWARDS 2012. Accessed December 1, 2017 .
  15. ↑ WINNERS ANNOUNCED AT THE PARLIAMENTARY JAZZ AWARDS. Retrieved December 1, 2017 .
  16. ↑ WINNERS ANNOUNCED FOR 2010 PARLIAMENTARY JAZZ AWARDS. Retrieved December 1, 2017 .