Parliamentary Jazz Awards Nominations Announced
Wednesday, May 6, 2009
Jazzwise has been nominated in three categories for the 2009 Parliamentary Jazz Awards, sponsored by music licensing company PPL.
The magazine is nominated for Jazz Publication, twice in the Jazz Journalist category for Jazzwise writers Mike Flynn and Kevin Le Gendre, and for reviewer Alyn Shipton in the Broadcaster section. The awards are organised by the All Party Parliamentary Jazz Appreciation Group and take place on 20 May at the Terrace Pavilion of the House of Commons. The full list of nominations is: Jazz Musician: Jason Yarde, Phil Robson and Zem Audu; Jazz CD: Norma Winstone for Distances, Phil Robson for Six Strings And The Beat, the Sam Crockatt Quartet for Howeird; Jazz Ensemble: Courtney Pine’s Jazz Warriors, Ryan Quigley Sextet, Zoe & Idris Rahman’s Where Rivers Meet project; Jazz Venue: 606 Club (London), Fleece Jazz (south east England), St Ives Jazz Club (Cornwall), The Spin (Oxford), Wakefield Jazz (Yorkshire); Jazz Journalist: Kevin Le Gendre, Mike Flynn, John L. Walters; Jazz Broadcaster: Alyn Shipton, Mike Chadwick, Sarah Ward; Jazz Publication: jazzreloaded.com, Jazzwise and thejazzbreakfast.wordpress.com; Jazz Education: Nikki Iles, Orphy Robinson, Richard Michael; Services to Jazz: Brian Blain, Celia Greenwood, Val Wilmer.