International Stars Honoured At The 2017 Jazz FM Awards

15/06/2017

The Rolling Stones, Laura Mvula, Damien Chazelle, Donny McCaslin and Gilles Peterson were among the winners at the 2017 Jazz FM Awards, which took place last night (25 April) at Shoreditch Town Hall in the heart of East London.

A glittering array of UK and international talent turned out to celebrate the very best of jazz, blues, soul and beyond, as the music industry and public figures, including Charlie Watts, Mick Jagger, Ronnie Wood, Laura Mvula, Van Morrison, Georgie Fame, Adrian Lester, Will Young, Maxi Jazz, The Brand New Heavies, Courtney Pine and more, gathered at a ceremony hosted by Jazz FM presenter Jez Nelson.

The Stones collected an impressive two Awards, fighting off stiff competition to take home the accolades of Blues Artist of the Year and the public voted Album of the Year, sponsored by Arqiva, which were personally accepted by Charlie Watts, Mick Jagger, and Ronnie Wood. Blue and Lonesome producer Don Was sent a message direct from California, and Watts was also presented with The Gold Award in recognition of his significant contribution to jazz and blues from his long-term friend and iconic British jazz musician Evan Parker.

Don Was said:

The Rolling Stones are among some of the most hard-working and talented musicians ever to step in front of a microphone, and when they kick into gear, the whole becomes far greater than the already gigantic sum of the parts that's exactly what happened during the making of Blue and Lonesome

La La Land and Whiplash Director Damien Chazelle was honoured with The Impact Award and thanked the station via video:

I want to thank Jazz FM for honouring me with this year's Impact Award. It truly means the world to me, I've been jazz obsessed my whole life, as a former wannabe jazz musician. I was never quite good enough to make it so I decided to film jazz musicians instead and try to put jazz on screen I truly believe in the marriage between jazz and cinema, and I hope to play a small tiny part in keeping that tradition alive.

Other highlights from the night included Laura Mvula receiving the Award for Soul Artist of the Year, which she followed up with a memorable live rendition of The Man I Love as a tribute to Ella Fitzgerald, whose birthday centenary coincided with the event. PPL Lifetime Achievement Award winner Georgie Fame, who after being presented with his Award by Van Morrison, captivated audiences with an exclusive, one off collaboration with MBE trumpeter Guy Barker, and Donny McCaslin flew in especially for the ceremony to perform material from his critically acclaimed album in memory of David Bowie, Beyond Now.

McCaslin also took home the International Jazz Artist of the Year Award, and Donny was surprised with a special video from Tony Visconti, congratulating him on the honour:

Congratulations Donny on winning the International Jazz Artist of the Year Award. When we did Blackstar together you blew our minds because you're a one take guy and David and I weren't quite used to such professionalism. If it wasn't for you Blackstar wouldn't be the success that it is, it was so much fun working with you and your band. This is a well-deserved Award.

South London jazz/groove duo on the rise Yussef Kamaal were named as the Breakthrough Act of the Year, and in their absence the Award was collected by DJ Gilles Peterson, who discovered and signed them to his label Brownswood Records in 2016. Peterson also picked up the Digital Initiative of the Year Award in recognition of Worldwide FM. US drummer and social activist Jaimeo Brown was honoured with Jazz Innovation of the Year for his Transcendence project.

Richard Johnson, Head of Commercial Radio at Arqiva said:

It was a brilliant evening and were delighted to have supported the Awards. Im personally a huge fan of Jazz and Blues, so to see the range of international talent from the genre recognised and celebrated was fantastic.

As for the Album of the Year Award which we sponsored, a huge congratulations to the musical legends that are The Rolling Stones for picking up the award, well and truly deserved!

The full list of winners is as follows:

BREAKTHROUGH ACT OF THE YEAR (Sponsored by Yamaha)

Yussef Kamaal

INTERNATIONAL JAZZ ARTIST OF THE YEAR (Sponsored by Oris Watches)

Donny McCaslin

VOCALIST OF THE YEAR (Sponsored by PRS for Music)

Norma Winstone

INSTRUMENTALIST OF THE YEAR (Sponsored by Rathbones)

Nikki Yeoh

BLUES ARTIST OF THE YEAR (Sponsored by The Piano Bar Soho)

Rolling Stones

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