Introduction:

The Jazz FM Awards are a reflection of the spirit of Jazz FM, one the world’s most renowned jazz radio stations, and the continued excitement surrounding today’s flourishing contemporary jazz scene.

The Awards are designed to celebrate the eclectic mix of jazz, blues and soul that is played and supported by the station – mainstream, straight-ahead, smooth, fusion, funk, latin and big band.

An international panel of invited nominators has put forward nominees for consideration, by a panel of jurors from Jazz FM, in each award category. The winners are decided either by the panel or through public vote and will be announced at the awards ceremony in October 2022. Further award categories will be given in the gift of Jazz FM.

The judging panel has been chosen to contain experts in various fields of jazz, soul and blues. The panel consists of six to ten respected figures from Jazz FM as well as other experts from the music industry and are representative of the jazz community right across the UK. The panel also contains a chairperson who has a deciding vote in the event of deadlock.

Those nominated have been chosen through UK and international jazz, blues and soul scenes, festivals, promoters, broadcasters, record labels and journalists from 1 June 2021 to 31 May 2022.

Awards 2022 – Categories & Eligibility:

Breakthrough Act of the Year

Eligibility: UK Only

For the deserving artist or group who has made their impact on the UK jazz scene. The group may contain musicians who are already known, but it is unlikely they will already be mature or celebrated members of the UK scene.

Period for them to have achieved this: between 1 June 2021 to 31 May 2022.

Number of nominations allowed: 3

International Jazz Act of the Year

Eligibility: UK / International

For the deserving jazz artist or group who has distinguished themselves by the quality of their work and a combination of the following: their impact on audiences, recorded music and/or ticket sales, media presence and critical reception.

Period for them to have achieved this: between 1 June 2021 to 31 May 2022.

Number of nominations allowed: 3

Blues Act of the Year

Eligibility: UK / International

For the deserving blues artist or group who has distinguished themselves by the quality of their work and a combination of the following: their impact on audiences, recorded music and/or ticket sales, media presence and critical reception.

Period for them to have achieved this: between 1 June 2021 to 31 May 2022.

Number of nominations allowed: 3

Soul Act of the Year

Eligibility: UK / International

For the deserving soul artist or group who has distinguished themselves by the quality of their work and a combination of the following: their impact on audiences, recorded music and/or ticket sales, media presence and critical reception.

Period for them to have achieved this: between 1 June 2021 to 31 May 2022.

Number of nominations allowed: 3

Instrumentalist of the Year

Eligibility: UK Only

For the deserving jazz instrumentalist who has demonstrated the ability to work to the highest standards set by the great jazz musicians, as determined by the quality of their work and by virtue of their technique, imagination and concept.

Period for them to have achieved this: between 1 June 2021 to 31 May 2022.

Number of nominations allowed: 3

Vocalist of the Year

Eligibility: UK Only

For the deserving jazz vocalist (or possibly vocal group) who has distinguished themselves by the quality of their work and by virtue of their technique, sound and emotional impact demonstrated the ability to work to the highest standards.

Period for them to have achieved this: between 1 June 2021 to 31 May 2022.

Number of nominations allowed: 3

The Innovation Award

Eligibility: UK / International

For the deserving artist, group or organisation who has distinguished themselves by working in the area of fresh and innovative contemporary jazz, soul or blues, and who has made a notable contribution to the music.

Period for them to have achieved this: between 1 June 2021 to 31 May 2022.

Number of nominations allowed: 3

Album of the Year

Eligibility: UK / International

For the deserving jazz, soul or blues album, as judged by a combination of the following: the judges’ evaluation, critical reception, radio airplay and wider media impact and recorded music sales.

Period for them to have achieved this: between 1 June 2021 to 31 May 2022.

Number of nominations allowed: 3

UK Jazz Act of the Year

Eligibility: UK Only

For the deserving UK jazz instrumentalist, vocalist, bandleader or group who has distinguished themselves by the quality of their work and a combination of the following: their impact on audiences, recorded music and/or ticket sales, media presence and critical reception.

Period for them to have achieved this: between 1 June 2021 to 31 May 2022.

Number of nominations allowed: 3

The Digital Award

Eligibility: UK / International

For the deserving musician, group or organisation who has harnessed the power of technology to achieve engagement with their audiences and/or to take the music or performance to another dimension.

Period for them to have ached this: Between 1 June 2021 to 31 May 2022.

Number of nominations allowed: 3

In the gift of Jazz FM & Serious are the following awards:

Gold Award

Lifetime Achievement

Impact Award

Some definitions

‘UK’ or ‘UK-based’ means:

-An artist who has a UK passport

-An artist who is normally domiciled in the UK, but may not have a UK passport e.g. Michael Janisch would qualify, but George Shearing would not

-A UK national who spends periods abroad but retains strong UK links, such as Django Bates

‘International’ means any artist or group who is internationally recognised in the jazz, soul or blues communities as a result of substantial music sales in multiple countries, international tours and/or press coverage.

Nomination & Judging Rules:

1. The nominations are awarded for the achievements of the artists in the period 1 June 2021 to 31 May 2022.
2. Artists may be nominated in more than one category.
3. Winners are not eligible for nomination within the same category in the year immediately following their win.
4. Nominators may not nominate artists in whom they have a professional interest. An ‘interest’ is defined as any professional stake in the career of the artist, such as being their manager, agent, record company or publicist.
5. Any judge who has an interest in any longlisted artist has to declare it, and may not participate in the jury’s discussion of that particular artist. An ‘interest’ is defined as any professional stake in the career of the artist, such as being their manager, agent, record company or music publisher.
6. All discussions of nominations and jury selections are made in confidence and are held under a strict embargo by all parties until the relevant announcement dates.
7. The calculation of votes by the nomination panels and the jury, and the subsequent decisions thereof, are the responsibility of Jazz FM and no correspondence about these decisions will be entered into.
8. All nominators and jury panels are subject to rotation and each year a number of panelists will be asked to stand down to make way for new names.
9. Certain Awards (at the discretion of Jazz FM) will be subject to a public vote.

Audience Vote Awards – Voting Guidelines

10. All voting is done via the website www.jazzfmawards.com (the ‘website’) or the Jazz FM Awards Alexa skill (‘Alexa vote for the Jazz FM Awards’). Please note that it is not possible to vote via any other method. You can vote for your favourite nominee, from amongst a short-list of contenders (the “Short-list”) in the relevant Audience Vote categories. Voters may vote for one (1) nominee in each of the two (2) categories indicated.
11. The vote opening date and time is 1800 on 8th September 2022. It will close at 1800 on 26th September 2022.
12. You can vote in two categories (UK Jazz Act of The Year and Album of the Year), but within each category you are only allowed to vote for one nominee. If you exceed the limit when voting your votes will not be counted. We are committed to operating voting fairly, and to preventing abuse of its systems, therefore we will only allow 1 vote per category per IP address (website) and/or 1 vote per category per account (Alexa). We reserve the right to disqualify votes if we have reasonable grounds to suspect, having regard to all circumstances and information available to us at the relevant time, that fraudulent voting has occurred, such that it is designed to excessively manipulate the outcome of the vote or otherwise.
13. The result of the vote will be based on the total of all valid votes received by the closing date and time. Please note that votes that have been sent but not received or not validated by the closing date and time will not be counted. The winners of each of the categories will be announced at the Jazz FM Awards. In the event of a tie, i.e. where two or more nominees receive joint highest votes, then the winner will be at the discretion of the judging panel that may decide to award a joint prize.
14. In the event of a technical failure or other circumstance beyond our reasonable control that affects the vote, or any other decision which the vote would have determined, we will calculate the outcome of the vote having regard to all circumstances and information available to us at the relevant time.
15. We do not accept any responsibility whatsoever for any technical failure, interruption or malfunction or any other problem which may result in any votes not being properly received, heard, registered or recorded, or for any votes incorrectly addressed, or lost in transit or for any irregularities, industrial action, or other disruption in the postal service, and we will not be held liable in any such event.
16. If you have a query about your vote, you may register your query by email info@jazzfm.com. You will need to give the following information: Your name, the time(s) you experienced problems, what device you were on, what problems you experienced when voting and a contact telephone number. Nothing in these guidelines restricts your statutory rights as a consumer.

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