Awards

Parliamentary Jazz Awards nominations announced

By CMU Editorial | Published on Friday 1 April 2011

The nominations for this year’s Parliamentary Jazz Awards have been announced. Now in their seventh year, the awards are organised by the All Party Parliamentary Jazz Appreciation Group and sponsored by PPL and Jazz Services.

PPL’s CEO and Chairman Fran Nevrkla told CMU: “We at PPL are delighted to continue our long standing relationship with APPJAG and to be the main sponsor of these Awards. I would like to extend my personal thanks and appreciation to Michael Connarty MP and to Lord Colwyn for doing such a fantastic job in co-chairing and running APPJAG. I would also like to thank all the judges for their time and Paul Gambaccini for being such a unique and virtuoso host of the event. These Jazz Awards remain a special night for Parliament, the jazz community and award recipients as well as for PPL and the music industry generally”.

The winners will be announced at the House Of Commons Terrace Pavilion on 17 May. Here are the nominations in full:

Jazz Musician Of The Year: Brian Kellock, Django Bates, Jim Hart

Jazz Album Of The Year: Django Bates – Beloved Bird, John Turville – Midas, Norma Winstone – Stories Yet To Tell, Tim Whitehead – Colour Beginnings

Jazz Ensemble Of The Year: Brass Jaw, Jason Yarde/Andrew McCormack, Scottish National Jazz Orchestra

Jazz Promoter/Venue Of The Year: 606 Club, Birmingham Jazz, Hideaway, London Jazz Festival, Scarborough Jazz Festival, Vortex Jazz Club

Jazz Journalist Of The Year: Alyn Shipton, John Fordham, Kevin Le Gendre

Jazz Broadcaster Of The Year: Alan Steadman, Helen Mayhew, Jez Nelson, Mike Chadwick, Paul Barnes

Jazz Publication Of The Year: Jazz UK, LondonJazz.blogspot.com, ‘Goin’ Home: The Uncompromising Life and Music Of Ken Colyer’ by Mike Pointon, Ray Smith, Martin Colyer

Jazz Education Award: Dr Ian Darrington MBE, Nick Smart, Professor Tommy Smith

Services To Jazz Award: Coleridge Goode, Dr Ian Darrington MBE, Peter Ind