Jools Holland, Marcus Miller and Norma Winstone to be honoured at Jazz FM Awards 2022

The Jazz FM Awards have announced that Jools Holland, Marcus Miller and Norma Winstone are to be the recipients of this year’s special awards, presented annually to three musicians who have made contributions of exceptional significance to their art. The awards will be presented in-person on the evening of Thursday October 20th at the ceremony at Shoreditch Town Hall, which will be hosted by US actor and star of The Wire and Treme, Clarke Peters.

This year’s Impact Award will be presented to pianist and broadcaster Jools Holland OBE DL who over the course of an illustrious 50-year career has become a doyen of the international music scene. Alongside presenting his Later with... TV show for 30 years, which has helped launch the careers of countless jazz artists, Holland has toured his rhythm and blues orchestra around the globe, sold millions of albums and was awarded an OBE in 2003 for his services to the British music industry.

The recipient of this year’s Lifetime Achievement Award is the revered UK vocalist Norma Winstone MBE. Throughout a remarkable career, the 81-year-old east-London-born singer has influenced and inspired generations and is now widely regarded as one of the all-time greats of European jazz. Commenting on the award Winstone said: "I was thrilled a few years ago when I received the Vocalist Of The Year at the Jazz FM Awards in 2017 and now to be honoured with a lifetime achievement award for doing what I love, is humbling. [I’m] looking forward to the ceremony and singing a little something for you all!"

Receiving the Gold Award is one of the most distinctive artists of the modern era – bassist, producer, composer and bandleader Marcus Miller. A key figure in the late career of Miles Davis, Miller has released a string of acclaimed albums under his own name and his instantly recognisable bass playing has graced a vast catalogue of musical hits from Bill Wither’s ‘Just The Two Of Us’ and Luther Vandross’ ‘Never Too Much’, to songs by the likes of Chaka Khan, Herbie Hancock, Eric Clapton, Aretha Franklin, George Benson and Elton John to name a few.

Responding to news of the aware Miller said: “I am delighted to accept the Jazz FM Gold Award. Jazz is a vital artform that continues to bring communities and cultures together, feeding souls and bringing joy to so many of us. Thank you Jazz FM for your continued support of what I do and recognising the hard work of so many musicians through these awards along with providing such an invaluable platform to so many artists at all stages of their careers.”

Jools Holland, Norma Winstone and Marcus Miller join a long list of esteemed musicians to have received a Jazz FM Special Award including the likes of Tony Bennett, Herbie Hancock, Quincy Jones, Gregory Porter, Norah Jones, Dame Cleo Laine, George Benson, Pat Metheny, Georgie Fame and Ahmad Jamal.

The Nominees for the JAZZ FM AWARDS 2022 with PPL and PRS for Music are:

BREAKTHROUGH ACT OF THE YEAR

Chelsea Carmichael

Jasmin Myra

Mica Millar

INTERNATIONAL JAZZ ACT OF THE YEAR

Lady Blackbird

Theo Croker

Trombone Shorty

SOUL ACT OF THE YEAR sponsored by Boisdale

Alex Isley

Cleo Sol

Mica Millar

BLUES ACT OF THE YEAR sponsored by Imagine Cruising

Christone ‘Kingfish’ Ingram

Joanne Taylor Shaw

Mavis Staples and Levon Helm

VOCALIST OF THE YEAR sponsored by Hampstead Jazz Club and Lateralize Records

Brigitte Beraha

Georgia Cecile

Omar

INSTRUMENTALIST OF THE YEAR sponsored by Yamaha

Emma Rawicz

Fergus McCreadie

Mark Kavuma

THE DIGITAL AWARD sponsored by Rathbones

jazzed

Summer of Soul

We Out Here

INNOVATION AWARD sponsored by Mishcon de Reya

Blue Lab Beats

Café OTO

Jazz Is Dead

PUBLIC VOTE

UK JAZZ ACT OF THE YEAR

Blue Lab Beats

KOKOROKO

Georgia Cecile

PUBLIC VOTE

ALBUM OF THE YEAR

Cleo Sol – Mother

Blue Lab Beats – Motherland Journey

Emma-Jean Thackray – Yellow

Fergus McCreadie – Forest Floor

Kurt Elling – SuperBlue

Robert Glasper – Black Radio III

A show featuring highlights from the ceremony will go out on Jazz FM at 10pm on Thursday 20 October 2022 for more info visit www.jazzfmawards.com