EXCLUSIVE: Jazz category nominees revealed for MOBO's 2017

Five names were announced by Jamie Crick on Jazz FM Breakfast

Author: Chris GilvearPublished 16th Oct 2017

The five nominees for this year's MOBO (Music Of Black Origin) awards jazz category have been exclusively revealed by Jamie Crick on Jazz FM Breakfast. They are...

  • British vocalist Cleveland Watkiss
  • Cuban pianist and singer Daymé Arocena
  • UK drummer and producer Moses Boyd
  • DJ Mr. Jukes
  • US producer and multi-instrumentalist Terrace Martin

The main MOBO event will take place at the end of November, including categories for best gospel, African, R'n'B and Soul. Previous winners of the jazz prize include Esperanza Spalding (2016), Binker and Moses (2015), Zara Macfarlane (2014) and Sons of Kemet (2013).

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