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Legendary US jazz guitarist Pat Metheny will receive this year’s PRS for Music’s Gold Award at the 2018 Jazz FM Awards. The prize recognises his life-long contribution to jazz composition, performance and education. Previous recipients include pianist Ramsey Lewis and Rolling Stones drummer Charlie Watts. Metheny is revered by critics and fans alike for his…

The first two recipients of this year’s special Jazz FM Awards have been announced – George Benson will receive the ‘Impact’ Award, recognising the substantial contribution he has made to jazz, soul, funk and disco, and how he has brought the music to millions of people. One of the most successful jazz artists of modern…

The nominations for the 2018 Jazz FM Awards have been announced. Bassist extraordinaire Thundercat, formidable vocalist Cécile McLorin Salvant, genre-bending bassist and singer Esperanza Spalding, and pioneering trumpeter Christian Scott aTunde Adjuah are all up for awards alongside the cream of the thriving UK scene including Shabaka Hutchings, Nubya Garcia, Jacob Collier and Yazz Ahmed, as announced at…

Following the success of the 2017 Jazz FM Awards and its rollcall of international stars which included the likes of Georgie Fame, Sir Van Morrison, Charlie Watts, Sir Mick Jagger, Ronnie Wood, Laura Mvula, Donny McCaslin, Soweto Kinch, Gilles Peterson and Courtney Pine, the organisers have announced today that the event will return in 2018,…