Charles Lloyd, Philip Bailey, Anderson .Paak, Celeste, Jacob Collier, SEED Ensemble, Moses Boyd, Joe Armon-Jones, Keb’ Mo’, Yazz Ahmed and more nominated for the Jazz FM Awards 2020.
Public voting is open now at www.jazzfmawards.com and will close on Wednesday 15th April at 23:59.
Full list of Jazz FM Awards 2020 nominations:
BREAKTHROUGH ACT OF THE YEAR
Sponsored by Cambridge Audio
Rosie Turton
Xhosa Cole
Yelfris Valdés
THE DIGITAL AWARD
Sponsored by Oanda
Chiminyo
Jacob Collie
Jazz re:freshed
THE INNOVATION AWARD
Sponsored by Mishcon de Reya
Jazz re:freshed
Moses Boyd
Sarathy Korwar
INSTRUMENTALIST OF THE YEAR
Sponsored by Hampstead Jazz Club
Binker Golding
Mark Kavuma
Shirley Tetteh
INTERNATIONAL JAZZ ACT OF THE YEAR
Sponsored by Saint Lucia Wellness Festival
Branford Marsalis
Charles Lloyd
Kris Davis
SOUL ACT OF THE YEAR
Sponsored by British Airways
Anderson .Paak
Celeste
Philip Bailey
BLUES ACT OF THE YEAR
Sponsored by Blue Orchid Hotels
Keb’ Mo’
Gary Clark Jr.
Jon Cleary
VOCALIST OF THE YEAR
Alice Zawadzki
Georgia Cécile
Judi Jackson
PUBLIC VOTE
PRS For Music UK JAZZ ACT OF THE YEAR
Joe Armon-Jones
SEED Ensemble
Yazz Ahmed
ALBUM OF THE YEAR
Sponsored by Arqiva
Ashley Henry – Beautiful Vinyl Hunter
Binker Golding – Abstractions of Reality Past and Incredible Feathers
Branford Marsalis Quartet – The Secret Between the Shadow and the Soul
Jazzmeia Horn – Love and Liberation
SEED Ensemble – Drift Glass
Yazz Ahmed – Polyhymnia
VENUE OF THE YEAR
Band on the Wall, Manchester
Church of Sound
Love Supreme Festival
Ronnie Scott’s Jazz Club
The Verdict, Brighton
Vortex, Dalston
SPECIAL AWARDS
Impact Award
TBA
Gold Award
TBA
PPL Lifetime Achievement Award
The awards are due to be presented at a ceremony in Shoreditch Town Hall in London on Wednesday 27th May. Well, that’s what they have announced – but bearing in mind Government advice it seems hard to imagine it would go ahead.
