La La Land Director Damien Chazelle and Georgie Fame to be honoured at the Arqiva supported 2017 Jazz FM Awards

Coinciding with a particularly significant year for jazz, which sees noteworthy anniversaries occurring across the year including 100 years since the very first jazz recording as well as centenaries for Ella Fitzgerald, Thelonious Monk and Dizzy Gillespie, this year's gala will present thirteen awards to a range of stand-out artists responsible for carving the way forward in the worlds of jazz, blues and soul.

While the majority of winners will be announced on the evening, the organisers have confirmed that pioneering R&B and jazz vocalist Georgie Fame will receive the PPL Lifetime Achievement Award and La La Land and Whiplash director Damien Chazelle, who on Sunday won the Best Director award at the 2017 Oscars for La La Land, will receive the Impact Award for the notable impact his work is having on bringing jazz to wider audiences.

Arqiva is delighted to be sponsoring the Album of the Year Award, which along with the UK Jazz Act of the Year and Live Experience of the Year will be decided by public vote and the nominees for these categories include Shabaka Hutchings, Gregory Porter, Wayne Shorter, Madeleine Peyroux, Soweto Kinch, Anderson .Paak, Kurt Elling, Roberto Fonseca and Julian Arguelles.

Public voting is open now at www.jazzfmawards.com and will close on 31 March 2017.

Richard Johnston, Head of Commercial Radio at Arqiva said:

Were delighted to be sponsoring the Album of the Year Award at the Jazz FM awards again this year. Its a great opportunity to celebrate the significant achievements in Jazz this year, whilst also celebrating some of the most iconic artists from the genre for whom this year marks their centenary.

Commercial radio is becoming more and more diverse in terms of the variety of genres available, Jazz is a big part of that. Its fantastic that Jazz FM are bringing this genre to a national audience on DAB.

The night will also host several performances from a range of acclaimed artists, including a one-off, exclusive show from Georgie Fame with a quartet led by Guy Barker, as well as a tribute to Ella Fitzgerald performed by a special guest performer. Ella holds a very special place in Jazz FM's heart and history having launched the station in 1990 with two concerts at the Royal Albert Hall and was one of the first voices to be heard on air.

Nominated artists this year include Laura Mvula, Stax Records icon William Bell, and neo-soul singer-songwriter Jordan Rakei who are up for International Soul Artist of the Year, US heavyweights Brad Mehldau, David Bowie collaborator Donny McCaslin, and genre-bending pianist Robert Glasper who will fight it out for International Jazz Artist of the Year, and groove duo Yussef Kamaal, pianist Ashley Henry, and Nubya Garcia who represent the outstanding British talent that has emerged in 2016 and are up for Breakthrough Act of the Year.

The Rolling Stones have been nominated for two awards under the categories of Album of the Year and Blues Artist of the Year for Blues & Lonesome, with US singer-songwriters Bonnie Raitt and Eric Bibb also in contention for the latter award. Another dual nominee is drummer and social activist Jaimeo Brown for Jazz Innovation and Digital Initiative of the Year, where he will be up against DJ Gilles Peterson and US trumpeter Dave Douglas.

The Jazz FM Awards 2017 is a partnership between Jazz FM and Serious and is made possible with the support of Mishcon De Reya, PRS For Music, Rathbones, Pollitt & Partners, Oris Watches, Grange Hotels, RCS, Denbies Wine Estate, Arqiva, Fever Tree, Yamaha, The Piano Bar Soho and PPL.

Full list of 2017 Nominees:

BREAKTHROUGH ACT OF THE YEAR

Sponsored by Yamaha

Ashley Henry

Nubya Garcia

Yussef Kamaal

INTERNATIONAL JAZZ ARTIST OF THE YEAR

Sponsored by Oris Watches

Brad Mehldau

Donny McCaslin

Robert Glasper

VOCALIST OF THE YEAR

Sponsored by PRS for Music

Carleen Anderson

Norma Winstone

Polly Gibbons

INSTRUMENTALIST OF THE YEAR

Sponsored by Rathbones

Nikki Yeoh

Gwilym Simcock

Tim Garland

BLUES ARTIST OF THE YEAR

Sponsored by The Piano Bar Soho

Bonnie Raitt

Eric Bibb

The Rolling Stones

SOUL ARTIST OF THE YEAR

Sponsored by RCS

Jordan Rakei

Laura Mvula

William Bell

JAZZ INNOVATION OF THE YEAR

Sponsored by Mishcon de Reya

Darcy James Argue

Jaimeo Brown

Moon Hooch

DIGITAL INITIATIVE OF THE YEAR

Sponsored by Pollitt & Partners

Dave Douglas - Greenleaf Music

Gilles Peterson - Worldwide FM

Jaimeo Brown - Transcendence: Work Songs

ALBUM OF THE YEAR (PUBLIC VOTE)

Sponsored by Arqiva

Anderson .Paak - Malibu

Donny McCaslin - Beyond Now

Gregory Porter - Take Me To The Alley

Kurt Elling - The Beautiful Day

Madeleine Peyroux - Secular Hymns

The Rolling Stones - Blue & Lonesome

UK JAZZ ACT OF THE YEAR (PUBLIC VOTE)

Sponsored by Grange Hotels

Dinosaur

Shabaka Hutchings

Soweto Kinch

LIVE EXPERIENCE OF THE YEAR (PUBLIC VOTE)

Ashley Henry Trio at Jazz Re:Fest, Royal Festival Hall

Cory Henry & The Funk Apostles at Glee Club Birmingham

Roberto Fonseca Trio at Gateshead International Jazz Festival, Sage Gateshead

Julian Arguelles with Frankfurt Radio Big Band, Django Bates & Steve Arg elles at Cheltenham Jazz Festival

Orphy Robinson All Stars The Bobby Hutcherson Songbook at St James The Great, London

Wayne Shorter Quartet at EFG London Jazz Festival, Barbican

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