Herbie Hancock amongst stars to be honoured at Jazz FM Awards 2020 with OANDA

They took place 27th October 2020

PPL Lifetime Achievement Award winner Herbie Hancock - Jazz FM Awards 2020 with OANDA
Author: Alastair SteelPublished 27th Oct 2020
Last updated 29th Oct 2020

The Jazz FM Awards 2020 with OANDA announced that legendary, 14-time Grammy-winning pianist Herbie Hancock is the recipient of this year’s PPL Lifetime Achievement Award. Of winning the awards, Herbie said, "The UK has supported and kept jazz alive for so many years.

"Not just for its citizens, but globally. And people in distant lands, many fans from Asia, Africa and around the world have been able to enjoy great jazz in places like Ronnie Scott’s and other venues for many, many years.

"It has all been a wonderful ride and continues with the younger generation of jazz musicians collaborating with me and I’m inspired by that. They think I’m inspiring them; they don’t realise they are inspiring me!

"But jazz is in a very healthy state. The pandemic is not going to stop that. It’s continuing beyond that. So I want to thank the Jazz FM Awards and OANDA for this wonderful honour. Thank you all so very, very much."

PPL Lifetime Achievement Award winner Herbie Hancock - Jazz FM Awards 2020 with OANDA

Other Jazz FM Awards 2020 with OANDA nominees included Celeste, Jacob Collier, Moses Boyd, Charles Lloyd, Anderson .Paak, Branford Marsalis and Earth Wind & Fire’s Philip Bailey.

The news follows the recent announcement that Norah Jones will be presented with this year’s Impact Award.

Sarah Mitchell, Director of Membership and Communications at PPL said: “The Jazz FM Awards with OANDA hold an important place in the musical calendar, celebrating a genre rich with UK talent. This is especially true now as a new generation of jazz artists and musicians receive critical acclaim for their work.

"As well as recognising new talent, it also presents the opportunity to celebrate the contributions of those who have made jazz what it is today. Herbie Hancock is a deserved winner of this year’s PPL Lifetime Achievement Award after decades of innovation in the genre, and we are looking forward to presenting him with his award at this year’s ceremony.”

The Jazz FM Awards 2020 with OANDA will take place as a closed event at Ronnie Scott's Jazz Club in Soho on October 27th. The event will adhere to all government guidelines and will be a closed event that will be livestreamed on both the Jazz FM and Ronnie Scott’s Facebook page alongside special dedicated programming on Jazz FM.

Jazz FM Awards 2020 with OANDA: Winners

BREAKTHROUGH ACT OF THE YEAR (Sponsored by Cambridge Audio)

WINNER: Xhosa Cole
Yelfris Valdés
Rosie Turton

SOUL ACT OF THE YEAR

WINNER: Philip Bailey
Anderson .Paak
Celeste

IMPACT AWARD

WINNER: Norah Jones

GOLD AWARD

WINNER: Orphy Robinson MBE

THE DIGITAL AWARD (Sponsored by Oanda)

WINNER: Chiminyo
Jacob Collier
Jazz re:freshed

INSTRUMENTALIST OF THE YEAR (Sponsored by Hampstead Jazz Club)

WINNER: Binker Golding
Mark Kavuma
Shirley Tetteh

BLUES ACT OF THE YEAR (Sponsored by Blue Orchid Hotels)

WINNER: Jon Cleary
Keb' Mo'
Gary Clark Jr.

THE INNOVATION AWARD (Sponsored by Mishcon de Reya)

WINNER: Jazz re:freshed
Moses Boyd
Sarathy Korwar

VOCALIST OF THE YEAR

WINNER: Judi Jackson
Alice Zawadzki
Georgia Cécile

INTERNATIONAL JAZZ ACT OF THE YEAR (Sponsored by Saint Lucia Wellness Festival)

WINNER: Charles Lloyd
Branford Marsalis
Kris Davis

The PPL LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

WINNER: Herbie Hancock

Herbie said, "The UK has supported and kept jazz alive for so many years. Not just for its citizens, but globally. And people in distant lands, many fans from Asia, Africa and around the world have been able to enjoy great jazz in places like Ronnie Scott's and other venues for many, many years.

"It has all been a wonderful ride and continues with the younger generation of jazz musicians collaborating with me and I'm inspired by that. They think I'm inspiring them; they don't realise they are inspiring me! But jazz is in a very healthy state. The pandemic is not going to stop that. It's continuing beyond that. So I want to thank the Jazz FM Awards and OANDA for this wonderful honour. Thank you all so very, very much."

UK JAZZ ACT OF THE YEAR - PUBLIC VOTE (Sponsored by PRS For Music)

WINNER: Yazz Ahmed
Joe Armon-Jones
SEED Ensemble

ALBUM OF THE YEAR - PUBLIC VOTE (Sponsored by Arqiva)

WINNER: Yazz Ahmed – Polyhymnia
Ashley Henry – Beautiful Vinyl Hunter
SEED Ensemble – Drift Glass
Jazzmeia Horn – Love and Liberation

Binker Golding – Abstractions of Reality Past and Incredible Feathers
Branford Marsalis Quartet – The Secret Between the Shadow and the Soul

VENUE OF THE YEAR - PUBLIC VOTE

WINNER: Vortex, Dalston
Church of Sound
Ronnie Scott's
Love Supreme Festival
The Verdict, Brighton
Band on the Wall, Manchester

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