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Christine Tobin, Guy Barker, and John Etheridge have been nominated for jazz musician of the year at this year’s Parliamentary Jazz Awards sponsored by royalties body PPL and Jazz Services the winners of which will be announced at a ceremony in the Terrace Pavilion of the House of Commons on 8 May.

In the album of the year category, Irish singer Tobin receives another nomination for her acclaimed album Sailing to Byzantium, while Jazz FM award winner Saltash Bells by John Surman and Walking Dark by Phronesis are also nominated.

The jazz ensemble of the year nominations are Beats & Pieces Big Band, Impossible Gentlemen, and Troyka; while the Live Jazz award of the year nominations are Café Oto, Herts Jazz, Manchester Jazz Festival, and the Vortex.

Jazz journalist of the year nominees are: previous winner John Fordham of The Guardian; the Financial Times’ Mike Hobart; and The Herald’s Rob Adams who was nominated last year. Jazz broadcaster of the year nominees are Gilles Peterson, previous winner Helen Mayhew, and Mike Chadwick, often nominated at the awards now in their ninth running, while jazz publication of the year nominations go to Catherine Tackley for Benny Goodman’s Famous 1938 Carnegie Hall Jazz Concert; previous winner Jazzwise; and the website London Jazz News.

The jazz education nominees are Brian Moore, Jonathan Eno, Nick Smart, and Tommy Smith; while Services to Jazz nominees are Evan Parker, BBC producer Keith Loxam, Norma Winstone, and Stan Tracey.

The winners are chosen by peers and MPs, the judging members of the All Party Parliamentary Jazz Appreciation Group in Parliament. James Pearson and the Ronnie Scott’s All Stars will perform at the awards in May, making a return appearance.
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