Jazz FM Awards 2021 Nominees Announced
Mike Flynn
Wednesday, September 1, 2021
The names are revealed for all of the main categories as the prestigious awards return this October
The nominees for the 2021 Jazz FM Awards have been announced, with the winners set to be revealed at an ‘in-real-life’ awards ceremony on 28 October at West London venue Under The Bridge in Chelsea. The Awards show will be presented by Jazz FM DJ Anne Frankenstein, with the categories reflecting Jazz FM’s on-air mix of jazz, soul and blues, as well as recognising the live sector with venues, festivals and more recently online innovations (particularly in lockdown) to be recognised as well as three special categories, the Gold Award Impact Award and Lifetime Achievement Award, which will be announced in the coming weeks.
The nominations are as follows: Blues Act Of The Year: Eric Bibb, Marcus Bonfanti and Ruthie Foster. Breakthrough Act Of The Year: Jas Kayser, Nathaniel Cross and Secret Night Gang. The Digital Award: Bandcamp Fridays, Jazz Re:freshed and Kansas Smitty’s. The Innovation Award sponsored by Mishcon de Reya: Blue Note Re:imagined, EFG London Jazz Festival and SAULT. Instrumentalist Of The Year: Amanda Whiting, Daniel Casimir and Ed ‘Tenderlonious’ Cawthorne. International Jazz Act of The Year: Christian McBride, Gary Bartz and Maria Schneider. Soul Act Of The Year: Ego Ella May, Jon Batiste and Omar. Vocalist Of The Year: Celeste, Ego Ella May and Georgia Mancio.
The Public Vote categories are Album Of The Year: Fergus McCreadie’s Cairn, Floating Points, London Symphony Orchestra and Pharoah Sanders’ Promises, Jon Batiste’s WE ARE, Matthew Halsall’s Salute To The Sun, Nubya Garcia’s Source and SAULT’s UNTITLED (Black Is). UK Jazz Act Of The Year: Archipelago, Emma-Jean Thackray and Fergus McCreadie. The awards are held in association with PRS for Music and PPL.
Commenting on the Awards, Jazz FM Content Director Nick Pitts said: “We are of course delighted that the Jazz FM Awards will return in 2021 to celebrate the incredible level of innovation, creativity and joy that the global jazz community has to offer. Jazz has provided a lifeline for so many of us over the last year and a half and we look forward to bringing everyone together again for what is sure to be a very special occasion. We also welcome PPL and PRS for Music who are the Jazz FM Awards headline sponsors for 2021. They have both been outstanding supporters of the Jazz FM Awards since its inception in 2013 and I’m so pleased that they have cemented their position as true supporters of the UK’s greatest jazz, soul and blues music awards.”
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