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Jazz Unites The House As Yamaha Honor Britain's 2010 Jazz Scholars

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The hugely successful, high-powered and influential partnership between Yamaha in association with Jazzwise, PPL and the All Party Parliamentary Jazz Appreciation Group celebrated the fourth year of its Jazz Scholarship programme at the All Party Parliamentary Jazz Appreciation Group's annual 'Summer Jazz' event in association with Jazzwise and PPL in the House of Commons on Wednesday 14th July.

Six winners representing the cream of young British jazz talent put in an exceptional performance, after being nominated for special consideration by the Heads of Jazz at six of the UK's leading conservatoires.

Award winning Jazz FM presenter Helen Mayhew, Yamaha Education Liaison Manager Bill Martin and Yamaha Senior Director Mike Ketley presented scholarships to Andrew Linham, an alto saxophonist studying at Leeds College of Music; drummer David Hamblett, a student at the Royal Academy of Music; pianists Dougie Freeman, studying at Guildhall School of Music & Drama and Chris Gilligan from the Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama; Peter Randall who studies Double Bass at Trinity College of Music and Lluis Mather who studies tenor saxophone at Birmingham Conservatoire.

All six scholarship winners who are about to leave college each received £1000 to help set themselves up as they embark on their new musical careers. More importantly the unique platform of a performance at the Palace of Westminster provided the opportunity to showcase their talent not only to Members of Parliament from both Houses who are interested in jazz, but also prominent invitees from the jazz community, including press, venue operators and record company executives.

In addition to the £1000 scholarship, all six Scholarship Award winners will have the opportunity to feature alongside some of Yamaha's most highly respected and established jazz artists on 'The Yamaha New Jazz Sessions 2010' promotional CD, sponsored by Yamaha Music UK, to be recorded and cover-mounted on Jazzwise magazine's Xmas and New Year double issue, with the chance to perform live at the CD launch at London's internationally renowned '606' Jazz Club. Previous year's highly acclaimed 'Yamaha New Jazz Sessions' CDs produced by Andy Ross at Astar Studios have included tracks by Yamaha artists Liane Carroll, Nigel Hitchcock, Julian Joseph, Gwilym Simcock, Jason Rebello and Ryan Quigley, who performed an inspired set at the Summer Jazz event with Brass Jaw. The CD series is expected to top 45,000 copies circulated since its debut release in 2008, amounting to one of the most significant jazz albums of the year and following the 2009 recordings Yamaha Jazz Scholar Kit Downes invited Andy Ross to produce his debut trio album 'Golden' (Basho), featuring 2008 Jazz Scholar Calum Gourlay on double bass, that received 4 star reviews from the Guardian and Observer jazz critics.

The annual scheme jointly sponsored by Yamaha Music UK Ltd in association with Jazzwise is designed to support young emerging jazz musicians by providing valuable funding and important marketing support through performance and recording opportunities.

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