Awards

Jazz FM Awards Set to Return in Spring 2024

After a brief hiatus in 2023, the prestigious Jazz FM Awards, an annual celebration of exceptional talent in the realms of jazz, soul, and blues, is poised to make a return in the...

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Erik Truffaz Awarded Swiss Grand Award for Music 2023

Swiss trumpeter Erik Truffaz has been honored with the Swiss Grand Award for Music 2023. Presented by the Federal Office of Culture, this prestigious award recognizes...

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Esperanza Spalding & Brad Mehldau take honours at the 2020 Grammy Awards.

Last night in Los Angles the 62nd edition of the Grammy awards were held. Clocking in at almost 4 hours long, the Recording Academy was clearly in no rush to get through this...

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Scottish Saxophonist Tommy Smith presented with OBE.

Scottish Jazz Saxophonist Tommy Smith to be presented with OBE by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II on July 2nd at Holyrood Palace, Edinburgh. Tommy Smith says: “At the age of...

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2020 NEA Jazz Masters announced.

Yesterday the American National Endowment for the Arts announced the four newest recipients of the nation’s highest honor in jazz. Innovative jazz musicians Bobby McFerrin,...

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Ahmad Jamal receives a Lifetime Achievement award from Jazz Journalists Association.

The Jazz Journalists Association announced the winners of the 2019 JJA awards yesterday. The Association initiated its awards honouring excellence in jazz music, recordings,...

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Jacob Collier Bags Gold Honour At Jazz FM Awards 2019

Today JazzFM announced 2-time Grammy-winner Jacob Collier will be honoured with the PRS For Music Gold Award at this year’s Jazz FM Awards, which returns to Shoreditch Town Hall...

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7 Virtual Jazz Club’s Contest – 4th Edition Pre-registrations are open

Musicians can get a better deal on the entry fee by pre-registering. Deadline for pre-registration: June 01st, 2019. The 7 Virtual jazz Club continues its worldwide search for...

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2019 Grammy winners in the category “Jazz”

Last night the 61st Grammy awards were held at the Staples Center in Los Angeles. In the category “Jazz” the big winner was John Daversa taking the award for both Best...

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The 7 Virtual Jazz Club announces the beginning of the finals

Editors note: 7 Virtual Jazz Club is a non-profit all-volunteer association dedicated to the support of jazz music in all its forms. Their goal is to find truly outstanding...

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Adrien Brandeis – wins Letter One Rising Stars Jazz Award for Europe Edition 2018

ADRIEN BRANDEIS is a French jazz pianist and composer born in Annecy in 1992. After having studied at the Conservatory of Nice and the Conservatoire de Paris with Robert Persi and...

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