New York, NY (Top40 Charts) The Jazz FM Awards 2020, which were postponed earlier this year due to coronavirus restrictions, will now take place at Ronnie Scott's Jazz Club in Soho on October 27th. Also announced today is the recipient of this year's Impact Award, one of the evening's special awards, which will be presented to multi-million-selling singer and pianist Norah Jones, and the first ever Jazz FM Awards headline sponsor in the form of foreign exchange company OANDA.
The ceremony will adhere to all government guidelines and will be a closed event that will be livestreamed on both the Jazz FM and Ronnie Scott's Facebook pages alongside special dedicated programming on Jazz FM.
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Director Nick Pitts: "There's so much to say! Firstly, I'm so pleased that we are now in a position to move forward with a celebration of the 'Jazz FM Awards 2020 with OANDA'. I'd also like to thank OANDA for showing their continued support and faith in our annual celebration and upgrading their support to headline sponsor.
Elsewhere, it's been a tough few months for everyone in our community so a real moment to allow the brilliance to shine through is most welcome. Venues have of course also suffered terribly so to be able to partner with the world-famous Ronnie Scott's Jazz Club as our "base" for this year reminds people that live music is still there and vitally important. I thank Fred Nash and his team for loving the idea as much as us.
And finally… congrats to
Norah Jones and her Impact Award. Norah has done so much to bring jazz music to the greater public and her 50 million record sales and 9 GRAMMYs® prove it. This year's Jazz FM Awards with OANDA is shaping up to be not only rather unique, but also something incredibly special."
Ronnie Scott's General Manager Fred Nash:
"We felt that Ronnie's was the perfect place to host the awards. The connection between Jazz FM and Ronnie's is longstanding, and we hope this continues for many years."
Since launching in 2013, The Jazz FM Awards with OANDA has become one of the most highly anticipated events in the music industry calendar, providing an opportunity to celebrate both emerging artists and established stars from across the genre's increasingly vibrant and diverse community. Previous recipients include the likes of
Quincy Jones,
George Benson, Dame Cleo Laine, The Rolling Stones, Gregory Porter, Don Was, Hugh Masekela, Shabaka Hutchings, Nubya Garcia, Esperanza Spalding,
Laura Mvula and Georgie Fame.
Amongst the nominees this year are legendary US saxophonist Charles Lloyd, iconic soul singer and Earth Wind & Fire founding member Philip Bailey, Brit Award Rising Star winner Celeste, four-time Grammy-winning Jacob Collier, genre-bending Anderson .Paak and the Mercury-nominated drummer Moses Boyd. The PPL Lifetime Achievement Award and Gold Award recipients will be announced in due course.
The Jazz FM Awards with OANDA is made possible with support from PRS for Music, PPL, Mishcon de Reya, Cambridge Audio, Arqiva, Ronnie Scott's Jazz Club, Blue Orchid Hotels, Denbies and Saville Row Gin.
Full list of 2020 awards and nominations:
IMPACT AWARD
Norah Jones
GOLD AWARD
TBA
PPL LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
TBA
BREAKTHROUGH ACT OF THE YEAR
Sponsored by Cambridge Audio
Rosie Turton
Xhosa Cole
Yelfris Valdés
THE DIGITAL AWARD
Sponsored by Oanda
Chiminyo
Jacob Collier
Jazz re:freshed
THE INNOVATION AWARD
Sponsored by Mishcon de Reya
Jazz re:freshed
Moses Boyd
Sarathy Korwar
INSTRUMENTALIST OF THE YEAR
Binker Golding
Mark Kavuma
Shirley Tetteh
INTERNATIONAL JAZZ ACT OF THE YEAR
Branford Marsalis
Charles Lloyd
Kris Davis
SOUL ACT OF THE YEAR
Anderson .Paak
Celeste
Philip Bailey
BLUES ACT OF THE YEAR
Sponsored by Blue Orchid Hotels
Keb' Mo'
Gary Clark Jr.
Jon Cleary
VOCALIST OF THE YEAR
Alice Zawadzki
Georgia Cécile
Judi Jackson
PUBLIC VOTE:
PRS For
Music UK JAZZ ACT OF THE YEAR
Joe Armon-Jones
SEED Ensemble
Yazz Ahmed
ALBUM OF THE YEAR
Sponsored by Arqiva
Ashley Henry - Beautiful Vinyl Hunter
Binker Golding - Abstractions of Reality Past and Incredible Feathers
Branford Marsalis Quartet - The Secret Between the Shadow and the Soul
Jazzmeia Horn - Love and Liberation
SEED Ensemble - Drift Glass
Yazz Ahmed - Polyhymnia
VENUE OF THE YEAR
Band on the Wall, Manchester
Church of Sound
Love Supreme Festival
Ronnie Scott's Jazz Club
The Verdict, Brighton
Vortex, Dalston
Jazz FM is the largest commercial jazz station in the world, celebrating the complete spectrum of jazz in all its colourful forms since 1990, and celebrating its 30th birthday year in 2020. Jazz FM broadcasters, producers and entire team are true devotees, with a deep love and understanding of their particular jazz shade; their passion is vivid, their enthusiasm infectious, sharing the finest jazz with everyone. As the UK's only dedicated jazz broadcaster, Jazz FM is on a mission to entertain, promote and celebrate all that's great about jazz. Involvement with national festivals and awards is part of this - setting the bar high for live performance, recognising outstanding talent and strengthening the jazz community. No matter how people tune-in they always listen in colour.
