The nominees for the 2018 Jazz FM Awards have been announced, led by London five-piece Ezra Collective (pictured) who received three nominations.
The group are up for Breakthrough Act of the Year, UK Jazz Act of the Year and Live Experience of the Year for their set at London Jazz Festival.
Following with two nominations each are Theon Cross, Cécile McLorin Salvant, Christian Scott aTunde Adjuah, Thundercat and Denys Baptiste, while legendary venue Ronnie Scott’s also receives nods in two categories.
Elsewhere, UK acts Shabaka Hutchings, Nubya Garcia, Jacob Collier, Zara McFarlane and Yazz Ahmed received nominations.
The Jazz FM Awards are now in their fifth year and celebrate and recognize the best emerging new artists, contemporary jazz icons and established stars from across the worlds of jazz, soul and blues.
The ceremony will take place at Shoreditch Town Hall on International Jazz Day on 30 April.
Recent Grammy winner Cecile McLorin Salvant is the first artist confirmed to perform on the night, while the recipients of the special award categories, including the PRS For Music Gold Award, will be announced ahead of the ceremony.
Public voting is open now and closes on 2 April. Visit www.jazzfmawards.com to vote.
The Jazz FM Awards 2018 is a partnership between Jazz FM and Serious and is made possible with the support of Mishcon de Reya, PPL, PRS For Music, Rathbones, Oris Watches, Grange Hotels, Lateralize, Arqiva, Yamaha, RCS, Shoreditch Town Hall, Cambridge Audio, Denbies Wine Estate, Warsteiner, Sharpstream and British Airways.
Full list of 2018 nominees:
Breakthrough Act of the Year
Ezra Collective
Nubya Garcia
Rob Luft
Soul Artist of the Year - Sponsored by RCS
Jordan Rakei
Leroy Hutson
Moonchild
UK Jazz Act of the Year (Public Vote) - Sponsored by Cambridge Audio
Dinosaur
Ezra Collective
Kansas Smitty’s House Band
Digital Initiative of the Year
Esperanza Spalding: Exposure
Jacob Collier: I Harm U
Ronnie Scott’s Jazz Club: Live Streaming
Instrumentalist of the Year - Sponsored by Grange Hotels
Evan Parker
Theon Cross
Yazz Ahmed
Blues Artist of the Year
Lucky Peterson
Taj Mahal & Keb’ Mo’
Robert Cray
Jazz Innovation of the Year - Sponsored by Mishcon de Reya
Carleen Anderson: Cage Street Memorial
Joe Armon-Jones and Maxwell Owin: Idiom
Shabaka Hutchings
Vocalist of the Year - Sponsored by Lateralise
Alice Zawadzki
Liane Carroll
Zara McFarlane
International Jazz Artist of the Year - Sponsored by Oris Watches
Cécile McLorin Salvant
Christian Scott aTunde Adjuah
Thundercat
Album of the Year (Public Vote) - Sponsored by Arqiva
Blue Note All-Stars – Our Point of View
Cécile McLorin Salvant – Dreams and Daggers
Christian Scott aTunde Adjuah – Diaspora
Denys Baptiste – The Late Trane
Phronesis – The Behemoth
Thundercat – Drunk
Live Experience of the Year (Public Vote) - Sponsored by Rathbones
A Concert for Alice and John - Pharoah Sanders Quartet, Denys Baptiste and Alina Bzhezhinska – EFG London Jazz Festival at The Barbican
An evening with Dave Holland – Ambleside Days Festival at Zephirellis Cinema
Jazz Re:Fest at Southbank Centre
Makaya McCraven featuring Theon Cross Trio and Jaimie Branch Fly or Die Ensemble - CHICAGOXLONDON Day 1 at Total Refreshment Centre
Randolph Matthews – Jazz in the Round at Love Supreme Festival
Ronnie Scott’s presents Ezra Collective – EFG London Jazz Festival at Islington Assembly Hall
PPL Lifetime Achievement Award
TBA
Impact Award
TBA
PRS For Music Gold Award
TBA
The group are up for Breakthrough Act of the Year, UK Jazz Act of the Year and Live Experience of the Year for their set at London Jazz Festival.
Following with two nominations each are Theon Cross, Cécile McLorin Salvant, Christian Scott aTunde Adjuah, Thundercat and Denys Baptiste, while legendary venue Ronnie Scott’s also receives nods in two categories.
Elsewhere, UK acts Shabaka Hutchings, Nubya Garcia, Jacob Collier, Zara McFarlane and Yazz Ahmed received nominations.
The Jazz FM Awards are now in their fifth year and celebrate and recognize the best emerging new artists, contemporary jazz icons and established stars from across the worlds of jazz, soul and blues.
The ceremony will take place at Shoreditch Town Hall on International Jazz Day on 30 April.
Recent Grammy winner Cecile McLorin Salvant is the first artist confirmed to perform on the night, while the recipients of the special award categories, including the PRS For Music Gold Award, will be announced ahead of the ceremony.
Public voting is open now and closes on 2 April. Visit www.jazzfmawards.com to vote.
The Jazz FM Awards 2018 is a partnership between Jazz FM and Serious and is made possible with the support of Mishcon de Reya, PPL, PRS For Music, Rathbones, Oris Watches, Grange Hotels, Lateralize, Arqiva, Yamaha, RCS, Shoreditch Town Hall, Cambridge Audio, Denbies Wine Estate, Warsteiner, Sharpstream and British Airways.
Full list of 2018 nominees:
Breakthrough Act of the Year
Ezra Collective
Nubya Garcia
Rob Luft
Soul Artist of the Year - Sponsored by RCS
Jordan Rakei
Leroy Hutson
Moonchild
UK Jazz Act of the Year (Public Vote) - Sponsored by Cambridge Audio
Dinosaur
Ezra Collective
Kansas Smitty’s House Band
Digital Initiative of the Year
Esperanza Spalding: Exposure
Jacob Collier: I Harm U
Ronnie Scott’s Jazz Club: Live Streaming
Instrumentalist of the Year - Sponsored by Grange Hotels
Evan Parker
Theon Cross
Yazz Ahmed
Blues Artist of the Year
Lucky Peterson
Taj Mahal & Keb’ Mo’
Robert Cray
Jazz Innovation of the Year - Sponsored by Mishcon de Reya
Carleen Anderson: Cage Street Memorial
Joe Armon-Jones and Maxwell Owin: Idiom
Shabaka Hutchings
Vocalist of the Year - Sponsored by Lateralise
Alice Zawadzki
Liane Carroll
Zara McFarlane
International Jazz Artist of the Year - Sponsored by Oris Watches
Cécile McLorin Salvant
Christian Scott aTunde Adjuah
Thundercat
Album of the Year (Public Vote) - Sponsored by Arqiva
Blue Note All-Stars – Our Point of View
Cécile McLorin Salvant – Dreams and Daggers
Christian Scott aTunde Adjuah – Diaspora
Denys Baptiste – The Late Trane
Phronesis – The Behemoth
Thundercat – Drunk
Live Experience of the Year (Public Vote) - Sponsored by Rathbones
A Concert for Alice and John - Pharoah Sanders Quartet, Denys Baptiste and Alina Bzhezhinska – EFG London Jazz Festival at The Barbican
An evening with Dave Holland – Ambleside Days Festival at Zephirellis Cinema
Jazz Re:Fest at Southbank Centre
Makaya McCraven featuring Theon Cross Trio and Jaimie Branch Fly or Die Ensemble - CHICAGOXLONDON Day 1 at Total Refreshment Centre
Randolph Matthews – Jazz in the Round at Love Supreme Festival
Ronnie Scott’s presents Ezra Collective – EFG London Jazz Festival at Islington Assembly Hall
PPL Lifetime Achievement Award
TBA
Impact Award
TBA
PRS For Music Gold Award
TBA
