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The JazzFM Awards were presented at the Bloomsbury Ballroom earlier this evening, and the winners were:
Breakthrough Act of the Year
WINNER: Binker & Moses
NOMINEES: Jacob Collier, Nerija
International Jazz Artist of the Year (Sponsored by Yamaha)
WINNER: Kamasi Washington
NOMINEES: Marcus Miller, Maria Schneider
Blues Artist of the Year
WINNER: Gary Clark Jnr
NOMINEES: Alabama Shakes, Buddy Guy
Soul Artist of the Year
WINNER: Jill Scott
NOMINEES: Leon Bridges, Lizz Wright
Instrumentalist of the Year (Sponsored by Arqiva)
WINNER: Mark Lockheart
NOMINEES: Theon Cross, Zoe Rahman
Vocalist of the Year
WINNER: Lauren Kinsella
NOMINEES: Eska, Liane Carroll
Jazz Innovation of the Year (Sponsored by Mishcon de Reya)
WINNER: Christian Scott Atunde Adjuah
NOMINEES: Black Top, David Virelles
Digital Initiative of the Year (Sponsored by 7digital)
WINNER: Jacob Collier
NOMINEES: Chassol, Tin Men and the Telephone
Album of the Year (Public Vote – Sponsored by Arqiva)
WINNER: Hiatus Kiayote ‘Choose Your Weapon’
NOMINEES: Christian Scott ‘Stretch Music’
Kamasi Washington ‘The Epic’
Maria Schneider ‘The Thompson Fields’
Charenee Wade ‘Offering’
Snarky Puppy ‘Sylva’
UK Jazz Act of the Year (Sponsored by Grange Hotels)
WINNER: Binker & Moses
NOMINEES: Matthew Halsall, Sons of Kemet
Live Experience of the Year (Public Vote)
WINNER: Ice-T and Ron McCurdy – The Langston Hughes Project at the Barbican
Nominees: Maria Schneider at Symphony Hall Birmingham
Taylor McFerrin at Rio Club Glasgow
Impact Award
Gregory Porter
Lifetime Achievement (Sponsored by PPL)
Quincy Jones
SPONSORS/ ORGANIZERS: The Jazz FM Awards 2016 is a partnership between Jazz FM and Serious and is made possible with the support of Grange Hotels, Mishcon De Reya, PPL, RCS, 7digital, Yamaha, Arqiva, Pink Pepper Gin, Fever Tree and Denbies Wine Estate.
Categories: miscellaneous
We're so proud of Binker and Moses and what they've already achieved in such a short space of time since the Dem Ones LP was released on 29 May 2015. Take a deep breath, now the hard work really starts!
Darrel, Adam, Justin, Caspar & Alan.