The nominees for the 2025 Jazz FM Awards are announced.
*The awards ceremony is 24 April.
* UK Jazz Act of the year and Album of the Year are open to public vote.
*The winners of three more awards, the Lifetime Achievement Award, Gold Award, and Impact Award will be announced in the run-up to the event,
NOMINEES
UK Jazz Act of the Year
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Ezra Collective
Nubya Garcia
Album of the Year
Alice Zawadzki, Fred Thomas, 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
Breakthrough Act of the Year
Mama Terra
Ni Maxine
Sultan Stevenson
International Jazz Act of the Year
Lakecia Benjamin
Meshell Ndegeocello
Samara Joy
Vocalist of the Year
Alice Zawadzki
Bryony Jarman-Pinto
Lucy-Anne Daniels
Instrumentalist of the Year
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Emma Rawicz
Mark Kavuma
Soul Act of the Year
Allysha Joy
Jalen Ngonda
Michael Kiwanuka
Blues Act of the Year
Christone “Kingfish” Ingram
Shemekia Copeland
Toby Lee
The Innovation Award
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Ferg’s Imaginary Big Band
Orii
The Collaboration Award – NEW FOR 2025
Queer Jazz
Take Five by Serious
Women in Jazz
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3 responses
I’ve not heard of any of them…… MInd you, Jazz FM always sounds a bit confused itself.
Please can you confirm if there is an active criteria for race inclusiveness or exclusiveness in nominating for the awards, and who chooses the nominees? Thank you.
The Terms and Conditions page of the Jazz FM Awards website has an email address to contact for information like this:
awards (at) jazzfm.com
The organisers will be in a better position to provide the clarification you seek than we are.