A big gathering of the great and the good on the British jazz scene comes together for tonight’s Parliamentary Jazz Awards, one of the calendar’s longest running jazz awards and the only one whose winners are voted for by MPs and peers.

The winners will be announced this evening in a ceremony to be held in the Terrace Pavilion of the House of Commons.

And the nominees are:

Jazz Vocalist of the Year                    
Alice Zawadzki
Georgia Mancio
Norma Winstone
Zara McFarlane
Jazz Instrumentalist of the Year         
Jason Yarde
Laura Jurd
Phil Robson
Jazz Album of the Year                      
Partisans, Swamp
Julian Argüelles, Circularity
Tim Garland, Songs to the North Sky
Jazz Ensemble of the Year                 
Engines Orchestra
Loose Tubes
Partisans
Jazz Newcomer of the Year                
Blue-Eyed Hawk
Elliot Galvin Trio
Peter Edwards
Jazz Venue of the Year           
Manchester Jazz Festival
Spice of Life
St Ives Jazz Club
Jazz Media Award                              
Jazz on 3, BBC Radio 3
londonjazznews.com
thejazzbreakfast.com
Jazz Education Award                        
Tommy Smith
National Youth Jazz Orchestra
Simon Purcell
Services to Jazz Award                     
Chris Hodgkins
Evan Parker
Mike Gordon