The nominations for the 2018 Jazz FM Awards have been announced.
Bassist extraordinaire Thundercat, formidable vocalist C cile McLorin Salvant, genre-bending bassist and singer Esperanza Spalding, and pioneering trumpeter Christian Scott aTunde Adjuah are all up for awards alongside the cream of the thriving UK scene including Shabaka Hutchings, Nubya Garcia, Jacob Collier and Yazz Ahmed, as announced at this weeks nominations event held in London at Melomania at Cambridge Audio'.
Recognising the best emerging new artists, contemporary jazz icons and established stars from across the worlds of jazz, soul and blues, the Jazz FM Awards are now in their fifth outing and will celebrate what has been a remarkable year for jazz which has seen the genre continue to enjoy widespread critical acclaim and a huge resurgence in popularity. The ceremony will take place at Shoreditch Town Hall in London on International Jazz Day on 30 April.
As well as the awards presentation, which will be hosted by Jazz FM presenters Chris Philips and Jez Nelson, the night will feature several performances from a range of acclaimed artists led by rising star pianist and MD of this year's Jazz FM Awards House Band, Ashley Henry. Cecile McLorin Salvant, who was recently honoured at the Grammys, is the first artist confirmed to perform at the event and will showcase material from her 2017 release Dreams and Daggers. The US powerhouse vocalist has been nominated for two awards this year under the categories of International Jazz Act of the Year and the Arqiva supported Album of the Year, with the latter decided by public vote.
The recipients of the special award categories - PPL Lifetime Achievement Award, PRS For Music Gold Award and Impact Award - will be announced ahead of the ceremony. In previous years, these special award-winners have included Oscar-winning film director Damien Chazelle, Georgie Fame, Quincy Jones, Gregory Porter and the late Hugh Masekela.
Public voting is open now at www.jazzfmawards.com and will close on Monday 2nd April.
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, which is now in its fifth year.
Digital radio is bringing more and more variety to listeners and its fantastic that Jazz FM are bringing this genre to a national audience, broadcasting in high fidelity DAB+ to listeners across the UK.
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 Lateralize
Alice Zawadzki
Liane Carroll
Zara McFarlane
International Jazz Artist of the Year
Sponsored by Oris Watches
C cile McLorin Salvant
Christian Scott aTunde Adjuah
Thundercat
Album of the Year (Public Vote)
Sponsored by Arqiva
Blue Note All-Stars Our Point of View
C cile 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 Zeffirellis 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
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The nominations for the 2018 Jazz FM Awards have been announced.
