“The nominations have today been announced for the 2010 Parliamentary Jazz Awards. Paul Gambaccini will be returning to host the ceremony, now in its sixth year, which is organised by the All Party Parliamentary Jazz Appreciation Group (APPJAG).
The awards are sponsored by music licencing company PPL and Jazz Services and feature nine categories, Jazz Musician of the Year, Jazz CD of the Year, Jazz Ensemble of the Year, Jazz Venue of the Year, Jazz Journalist of the Year, Jazz Broadcaster of the Year, Jazz Publication of the Year, Jazz Education Award, and the Services to Jazz Award.
The winners will be announced at the awards which will take place at the House of Commons, Terrace Pavilion on 19th May.
For the first time entries for the Awards were registered online via the Jazz Services website and proved very popular.
The full list of nominees are:
Jazz Musician--Gwilym Simcock, Mark Lockheart, Sebastian Rochford
Jazz CD--Janette Mason Alien Left Hand, Liam Noble Trio Brubeck, The Gareth Lockrane Septet No Messin'
Jazz Ensemble--Nigel Price Organ Trio, Phronesis, The Printmakers featuring Nikki Iles & Norma Winstone, trioVD
Jazz Venue--Caf Oto (London), Jazz Bar (Edinburgh), Old Fruit Market (Glasgow), Spice of Life (London), Vortex (London), Wakefield Jazz (Yorkshire)
Jazz Journalist--Daniel Spicer, John Fordham, Mike Flynn
Jazz Broadcaster--Alyn Shipton, Helen Mayhew, Jez Nelson
Jazz Publication--Jazz UK, Jazzwise, www.LondonJazz.blogspot.com
Jazz Educator--Gary Crosby, Kathy Dyson, Nick Smart
Services to Jazz--Brian Blain, Tommy Smith, Tony Dudley Evans
“We at PPL are delighted to continue our long standing relationship with APPJAG and to be the main sponsor of these Awards. I would like to extend my personal thanks and appreciation to Michael Connarty MP and to Lord Colwyn for doing such a fantastic job in co-chairing and running APPJAG. I would also like to thank all the judges for their time and Paul Gambaccini for being such a unique and virtuoso host of the event," said Fran Nevrkla, Chairman & CEO, PPL. “These Jazz Awards remain a special night for Parliament, the jazz community and award recipients as well as for PPL and the music industry generally."
The APPJAG currently has over 100 members from the House of Commons and House of Lords across all political parties. 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 Group's officers are Co-Chairs Michael Connarty MP and Lord Colwyn, Secretary Joan Walley, MP and Treasurer Lord Davies of Coity."
