It gives us great pleasure to announce the nominations for this year’s British Jazz Awards. They’ve chosen their four favourites in each of the 16 categories – now it’s over to you!
You can vote online at http://tiny.cc/britishjazzawards18/ until midnight on Sunday 21st October (note – this replaces the previously advertised date of 30th September), with the results announced on here shortly afterwards. Email jazzawards[at]bigbearmusic.com to obtain copies of the postal voting form to distribute at your jazz club, record society, festival or other gathering of jazz fans
The full list of nominees is as follows:
Trumpet
Bruce Adams
Enrico Tomasso
Freddie Gavita
Henry Lowther
Trombone
Dennis Rollins
Ian Bateman
Mark Bassey
Mark Nightingale
Clarinet
Adrian Cox Music
Alan Barnes
Julian Stringle
Peter Long
Alto Sax
Alan Barnes
Paul Towndrow
Sam Mayne
Soweto Kinch Official
Tenor Sax
Art Themen
Dave O’Higgins
Karen Sharp
Robert Fowler
Piano
David Newton
Gareth Williams
Nikki Iles
Nikki Yeoh
Guitar
Jim Mullen
John Etheridge
Martin Taylor
Nigel Price
Bass
Alison Rayner
Andrew Cleyndert
Arnie Somogyi
Dave Green
Drums
James Maddren
Sebastiaan de Krom
Steve Brown
Winston Clifford
Vocals
Claire Martin
CLARE TEAL
Georgia Mancio
Tina May
Rising Star
Alexandra Ridout Music
Daniel Casimir Bass
Nadim Teimoori – Musician
Nubya Garcia
Small Group
Digby Fairweather’s Half Dozen
Kansas Smitty’s House Band
Nigel Price Organ Trio
Tipitina
Big Band
Beats & Pieces Big Band
Gareth Lockrane Big Band
NYJO
Scottish National Jazz Orchestra
New Album
ART Records for “The Tour Continues” by Art Themen’s New Directions Quintet
ECM Records for “The Study of Touch” by Django Bates Beloved
Lake Records for “Thanks For The Melody” by Jeff Barnhart & Spats Langham
Woodville Records for “Ask Me Now” by Alan Barnes & Dave Newton
Best Reissue CD
Jazz Crusade for “It Looks Like A Big Time Tonight” by Johnny Parker
Lake Records for “My Tiny Band Is Chosen” by Freddy Randall
Esoteric Recordings for “Where Fortune Smiles” by Surman, Berger, Holland, Martin and McLaughlin
Upbeat Recordings for Sir Humph’s Delight by Humphrey Lyttelton
With many thanks to our nomination panel for their input:
| Chris Hodgkins | Musician and broadcaster |
| David Nathan | National Jazz Archive |
| Denny Ilett | Bristol International Jazz & Blues Festival |
| Gill Wilde | Grimsby Jazz |
| Ian Darrington | Wigan Jazz Festival |
| Jill Roger | Glasgow Jazz Festival |
| John Billett | JBGB Events |
| Lance Liddle | Bebop Spoken Here |
| Laurie Burnette | Jazz London Radio |
| Roger Cotterrell | Jazz Writer |
| Ron Simpson | The Jazz Rag |