Jazz FM Awards 2025 with PPL and PRS for Music – Nominees List
UK Jazz Act of the Year – PUBLIC VOTE
Sponsored by: Rathbones
corto.alto
Ezra Collective
Nubya Garcia
Album of the Year – PUBLIC VOTE
Alice Zawadzki, Fred Thomas, Misha Mullov-Abbado – Za Górami
Ezra Collective – Dance, No One’s Watching
Meshell Ndegeocello – No More Water: The Gospel of James Baldwin
Nubya Garcia – Odyssey
Samara Joy – Portrait
Shabaka – Perceive Its Beauty, Acknowledge Its Grace
Breakthrough Act of the Year
Sponsored by: Arts Council England
Mama Terra
Ni Maxine
Sultan Stevenson
International Jazz Act of the Year
Sponsored by: Saint Lucia Tourism Authority
Lakecia Benjamin
Meshell Ndegeocello
Samara Joy
Vocalist of the Year
Alice Zawadzki
Bryony Jarman-Pinto
Lucy-Anne Daniels
Instrumentalist of the Year
corto.alto
Emma Rawicz
Mark Kavuma
Soul Act of the Year
Sponsored by: Oanda
Allysha Joy
Jalen Ngonda
Michael Kiwanuka
Blues Act of the Year
Christone “Kingfish” Ingram
Shemekia Copeland
Toby Lee
The Innovation Award
Sponsored by: Mishcon de Reya
corto.alto
Ferg’s Imaginary Big Band
Orii
The Collaboration Award – NEW FOR 2025
Queer Jazz
Take Five by Serious
Women in Jazz
