Voting now open for 2020 Parliamentary Jazz Awards

The categories are as follows (criteria for each category follows in brackets):

Jazz Album of the Year (released in 2019 by a UK band or musicians) 

Services to Jazz Award (to a living person for their outstanding contribution to jazz in the UK)

Jazz Newcomer of the Year (UK-based artist, musician or group with a debut album released in 2019)

Jazz Education Award (to an educator or project for raising the standard of jazz education in the UK)

Jazz Media Award (including broadcasters, journalists, magazines, blogs, listings and books)

Jazz Venue of the Year (including jazz clubs, venues, festivals and promoters)

Jazz Ensemble of the Year (UK-based group who impressed in 2019)

Jazz Instrumentalist of the Year (UK-based musician who impressed in 2019)

Jazz Vocalist of the Year (UK-based vocalist who impressed in 2019)

To vote visit: www.pizzaexpresslive.com/parliamentary-jazz-awards

The awards are organised by the All Party Parliamentary Jazz Appreciation Group (APPJAG), co-chaired by John Spellar MP and Lord Mann, and supported by PizzaExpress Live.

APPJAG currently has over 116 members from the House of Commons and House of Lords across all political parties. Its aim is to encourage wider and deeper enjoyment of jazz, to increase Parliamentarians’ understanding of the jazz industry and issues surrounding it, to promote jazz as a musical form and to raise its profile inside and outside Parliament.

"These awards are a great opportunity to celebrate the talents and energies of the great musicians, educators, promoters and journalists who keep jazz flourishing, in spite of the challenges they face. PizzaExpress Live are proud to support them," comments Joseph Paice, programming manager of PizzaExpress Live.