Parliamentary Jazz Awards

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The Parliamentary Jazz Awards in the United Kingdom are organised by the All Party Parliamentary Jazz Appreciation Group (APPJAG) at the Houses of Parliament in London. The group consists of over a hundred members drawn from across the UK political parties. The awards were the brainchild Bob Blizzard (Waveney MP), a long-time enthusiast of the jazz genre who was concerned that there was a lack of national recognition for the work of jazz performers and venues across the UK. Blizzard was involved with organising and running the awards for 11 years. Also supporting the awards are Jazz Services, Jazz UK, Jazzwise , [1] the UK Musicians' Union jazz section, and PPL. [2]

Contents

There are nine categories: [3] [4]

  1. Jazz Musician of the Year
  2. Jazz Ensemble of the Year
  3. Jazz Venue of the Year
  4. Jazz Journalist of the Year
  5. Jazz CD of the Year (released during the previous year by a band or musician)
  6. Jazz Broadcaster of the Year
  7. Jazz Publication of the Year
  8. Jazz Education Award (for a person who has contributed to jazz in education)
  9. Services to Jazz Award

In 2009, a special award was presented to Ronnie Scott's Jazz Club, as a tribute to the 50th anniversary of the well-known London club that year. [3]

Winners

Source: [5]

2008

2009

2010

2011

2012

2013

2014

Source: [7]

2015

2016

2017

2018

2019

2020

2021

2022

2023

2024

References

  1. Jazz breaking news: Voting Now Open For 2010 All Parliamentary Jazz Awards, Jazzwise , 20 January 2010.
  2. Voting now open for Sixth Parliamentary Jazz Awards 2010, PPL, UK, 18 January 2010.
  3. 1 2 Parliamentary Jazz Awards Winners Are Announced, Jazzwise, 21 May 2009.
  4. "Parliamentary Awards : Winners ...and winners on the night" Archived 5 March 2018 at the Wayback Machine , London Jazz News, 20 May 2009.
  5. "Parliamentary Jazz Awards". All Party Parliamentary Jazz Group. 20 January 2021. Retrieved 28 July 2025.
  6. "Winners announced at the Parliamentary Jazz Awards 2012". PPL. 7 May 2012. Archived from the original on 3 December 2017. Retrieved 23 November 2015.
  7. "Parliamentary Jazz awards 2014 announced". The Telegraph. 14 May 2014. Retrieved 20 November 2024.
  8. "This year's Parliamentary Jazz Awards". Jazzwise . 10 March 2015. Retrieved 5 June 2015.
  9. Quinn, Peter (11 May 2016). "2016 Parliamentary Jazz Awards". The Arts Desk. Retrieved 23 August 2016.