Jazz FM Awards

winners nominees

UK Jazz Act of the Year
sponsored by Rathbones

corto.alto

Breakthrough Act of the Year
sponsored by Arts Council England

Ni Maxine

International Jazz Act of the Year
sponsored by Saint Lucia Tourism Authority

Lakecia Benjamin

Vocalist of the Year
sponsored by Sounds from Spain by ICEX

Alice Zawadzki

Instrumentalist of the Year
sponsored by Yamaha

Mark Kavuma

Soul Act of the Year
sponsored by Oanda

Jalen Ngonda

Blues Act of the Year

Shemekia Copeland

The Innovation Award
sponsored by Mishcon de Reya

corto.alto

The Collaboration Award
sponsored by Cash for Kids

Women In Jazz

Album of the Year
sponsored by Rayo

Ezra Collective

The Gold Award

Melody Gardot

The Impact Award
sponsored by Raymond Weil

Jamie Cullum

Lifetime Achievement Award

Billy Cobham

corto.alto

Ezra Collective

Nubya Garcia

Mama Terra

Ni Maxine

Sultan Stevenson

Lakecia Benjamin

Meshell Ndegeocello

Samara Joy

Alice Zawadzki

Bryony Jarman-Pinto

Lucy-Anne Daniels

corto.alto

Emma Rawicz

Mark Kavuma

Allysha Joy

Jalen Ngonda

Michael Kiwanuka

Christone “Kingfish” Ingram

Shemekia Copeland

Toby Lee

corto.alto

Ferg’s Imaginary Big Band

ORII

Queer Jazz

Take Five by Serious

Women In Jazz

Alice Zawadzki, Fred Thomas, and Misha Mullov-Abbado :
Za Górami

Ezra Collective :
Dance, No One's Watching

Meshell Ndegeocello :
No More Water: The Gospel of James Baldwin

Nubya Garcia :
Odyssey

Samara Joy :
Portrait

Shabaka :
Perceive Its Beauty, Acknowledge Its Grace

Melody Gardot

Jamie Cullum

Billy Cobham

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