Liane Carroll wins Jazz Album of the Year
The winners of the 2012 Parliamentary Jazz Awards have been announced; the ceremony took place at the House of Commons last week.
The ceremony, now in its eighth year, was organised by the All Party Parliamentary Jazz Appreciation Group (APPJAG). Their aim is to encourage wider and deeper enjoyment of jazz, to increase Parliamentarians’ understanding of the jazz industry and issues surrounding it, to promote jazz as a musical form and to raise its profile inside and outside Parliament.
The ceremony was hosted by Paul Gambaccini and featured a performance by James Pearson and the Ronnie Scott’s All Stars. The winners and nominees are as follows:
Jazz Musician of the Year
WINNER: Bobby Wellins
Jim Mullen
Shabaka Hutchings
Jazz Album of the Year
WINNER: Liane Carroll: Up and Down
McCormack & Yarde Duo: Places Other Spaces
Phil Robson: The Immeasurable Code
The Impossible Gentlemen: The Impossible Gentlemen
Jazz Ensemble of the Year
WINNER: Scottish National Jazz Orchestra
Beats & Pieces Big Band
Kate Williams Septet
Live Jazz Award of the Year
WINNER: The Spin, Oxford
Jazzlines (formerly Birmingham Jazz)
Scarborough Jazz Festival
Jazz Journalist of the Year
WINNER: Jon Newey
Rob Adams
Stephen Graham
Jazz Broadcaster of the Year
WINNER: Jamie Cullum
Kevin LeGendre
Mike Chadwick
Jazz Publication of the Year
WINNER: Jazz UK
Jazz in London
London Jazz
Jazz Education Award
WINNER: Gary Crosby OBE
Abram Wilson
Paula Gardiner
Pete Churchill
Services to Jazz Award
WINNER: John Cumming
Bill Kyle
Mike Westbrook
