The recipients of the 2024 Parliamentary Jazz Awards were announced earlier this evening, Tuesday 29 October 2024
Jazz Vocalist of the Year: Emma Smith
Jazz Instrumentalist of the Year: Emma Rawicz
Jazz Album of the Year : Zoe Rahman “The Colour Of Sound”
Jazz Ensemble of the Year: Alina Bzhezhinska’s HipHarpCollective
Jazz Newcomer of the Year: Ife Ogunjobi (of Ezra Collective)
Jazz Venue of the Year : The Verdict Brighton
Jazz Media Award: Gilles Peterson MBE
Jazz Education Award: Nikki Yeoh
Services to Jazz Award: George Nelson – Moment’s Notice
Special APPJG Awards: Anita Wardell and Paula Gardiner
The Awards are organised by the secretariat of the All Party Parliamentary Jazz Group (APPJG) and supported by PPL. The Chair of the group is Chi Onwurah MP and the Deputy Chair is Lord Mann. It currently has over 73 members from the House of Commons and House of Lords across all political parties. The Secretary is Chris Hodgkins with the assistance of Simon Jennings, Will Riley-Smith of NorthPoint Strategy and Andrew Lansley.
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Congratulations to Verdict Jazz, at the forefront of great jazz music in Brighton, and to all the great young women choosing to express themselves through jazz music!!! 👏