The 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 have taken place. The 2015 winners announced earlier at a ceremony held in the Terrace Pavilion of the House of Commons were:

Jazz Vocalist of the Year                    
Norma Winstone
Jazz Instrumentalist of the Year         
Laura Jurd
Jazz Album of the Year                      
Partisans, Swamp
Jazz Ensemble of the Year                 
Engines Orchestra
Jazz Newcomer of the Year                
Peter Edwards
Jazz Venue of the Year           
St Ives Jazz Club
Jazz Media Award                              
londonjazznews.com
Jazz Education Award                        
National Youth Jazz Orchestra
Services to Jazz Award                     
Chris Hodgkins
Special Award
Peter Ind