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| Ahmad Jamal and Ramsey Lewis at the Jazz FM Awards |
Last night (31st January 2013) saw the first ever Jazz FM Awards at One Marylebone sponsored by Kliptsch. Winners – in bold – below. Rob Edgar writes
The London Youth Gospel Choir sang a fine set upstairs at the drinks reception before leading us down to our tables where the Ross Stanley Trio were already setting up for their first set of the night, played a lovely Bill Evans – style rendition of Young and Foolish and provided pretty much all the background music throughout the night.
After a rollicking, bluesy set from Cerys Matthews host Ian Shaw stepped up to the podium to announce first award.
Instead of making long speeches, the musicians often prefer to play. When Ramsey Lewis was presented with his Gold Award For Outstanding Contribution To Jazz , he launched into a fluid, impressionistic and almost worshipful version of Coltrane’s Dear Lord before presenting us with an angular and almost Thelonious Monk-esque Body and Soul.
Carleen Anderson sang a soulful version of Don’t Look Back in Anger by Oasis (and the sheer vocal range of the woman was enough to silence the hall) when presented with her award for UK Vocalist Of The Year.
The night was brought to an end by Ahmad Jamal who, after receiving his award for for Lifetime Achievement, played a set that was simply excellent, subtle and the product of a lifetime of living in music.
The full list of noninees, with the winners in bold, is below:
UK Jazz Artist of the Year (Public Vote)
Neil Cowley Trio
Jamie Cullum
Troyka
International Jazz Artist
Kurt Elling (ACCEPTANCE SPEECH HERE)
Brad Mehldau
Sonny Rollins
Cutting Edge Award for Jazz Innovation
Django Bates
Robert Glasper (ACCEPTANCE SPEECH HERE)
Troyka
Album of the Year
Robert Glasper Experiment: Black Radio
Keith Jarrett: Sleeper
Pat Metheny: Unity Band
Gregory Porter: Be Good
John Surman: Saltash Bells
Ryan Truesdell: Centennial (Newly Discovered Works of Gil Evans)
Jazz Media
AllAboutJazz.com (website)
Do The Math (website of Ethan Iverson of The Bad Plus)
Jazzwise (magazine)
Best UK Newcomer
Beats & Pieces Big Band
Josh Arcoleo
Roller Trio
UK Vocalist of the year
Carleen Anderson
Liane Carroll
Ian Shaw
UK Instrumentalist of the Year
Nathaniel Facey (saxophonist with Empirical)
Ivo Neame (pianist with Phronesis)
Phil Robson
Live UK Shows of the Year
Phronesis
Gregory Porter (ACCEPTANCE SPEECH HERE)
PB Underground
Best UK Jazz Venue
Band on the Wall
Café Oto
Ronnie Scott’s
Gold Award For Outstanding Contribution To Jazz:
Ramsey Lewis
Lifetime Achievement Award:
Ahmad Jamal
The London Youth Gospel Choir sang a fine set upstairs at the drinks reception before leading us down to our tables where the Ross Stanley Trio were already setting up for their first set of the night, played a lovely Bill Evans – style rendition of Young and Foolish and provided pretty much all the background music throughout the night.
After a rollicking, bluesy set from Cerys Matthews host Ian Shaw stepped up to the podium to announce first award.
Instead of making long speeches, the musicians often prefer to play. When Ramsey Lewis was presented with his Gold Award For Outstanding Contribution To Jazz , he launched into a fluid, impressionistic and almost worshipful version of Coltrane’s Dear Lord before presenting us with an angular and almost Thelonious Monk-esque Body and Soul.
Carleen Anderson sang a soulful version of Don’t Look Back in Anger by Oasis (and the sheer vocal range of the woman was enough to silence the hall) when presented with her award for UK Vocalist Of The Year.
The night was brought to an end by Ahmad Jamal who, after receiving his award for for Lifetime Achievement, played a set that was simply excellent, subtle and the product of a lifetime of living in music.
The full list of noninees, with the winners in bold, is below:
UK Jazz Artist of the Year (Public Vote)
Neil Cowley Trio
Jamie Cullum
Troyka
International Jazz Artist
Kurt Elling (ACCEPTANCE SPEECH HERE)
Brad Mehldau
Sonny Rollins
Cutting Edge Award for Jazz Innovation
Django Bates
Robert Glasper (ACCEPTANCE SPEECH HERE)
Troyka
Album of the Year
Robert Glasper Experiment: Black Radio
Keith Jarrett: Sleeper
Pat Metheny: Unity Band
Gregory Porter: Be Good
John Surman: Saltash Bells
Ryan Truesdell: Centennial (Newly Discovered Works of Gil Evans)
Jazz Media
AllAboutJazz.com (website)
Do The Math (website of Ethan Iverson of The Bad Plus)
Jazzwise (magazine)
Best UK Newcomer
Beats & Pieces Big Band
Josh Arcoleo
Roller Trio
UK Vocalist of the year
Carleen Anderson
Liane Carroll
Ian Shaw
UK Instrumentalist of the Year
Nathaniel Facey (saxophonist with Empirical)
Ivo Neame (pianist with Phronesis)
Phil Robson
Live UK Shows of the Year
Phronesis
Gregory Porter (ACCEPTANCE SPEECH HERE)
PB Underground
Best UK Jazz Venue
Band on the Wall
Café Oto
Ronnie Scott’s
Gold Award For Outstanding Contribution To Jazz:
Ramsey Lewis
Lifetime Achievement Award:
Ahmad Jamal
Categories: miscellaneous
The Independent takes the gloss of the evening with this swipe http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/diary/the-feral-beast-aled-jones-is-walking-off-the-air-8478453.html