Tony Bennett To Receive Lifetime Achievement Award at Jazz FM Awards 2021OFFICIAL PRESS RELEASENEWS PROVIDED BY Baxter PR US vocalist Tony Bennett will be honoured with the Lifetime Achievement Award at this month’s Jazz FM Awards with PPL and PRS for Music. The legendary singer, who has sold over 50 million records during the course of an illustrious 70-year career, will be presented with the award at the ceremony at Under the Bridge in West London on October 28th. Tony Bennett and Lady Gaga's 'Love For Sale' Deluxe edition is available here: https:// Also being honoured at this year’s ceremony will be revered UK saxophonist Courtney Pine CBE, who is the recipient of The Gold Award. Pine and Bennett join a long list of illustrious artists to have received one of Jazz FM’s Special Awards including the likes of Herbie Hancock, Quincy Jones, Gregory Porter, Norah Jones, Dame Cleo Laine, George Benson, Pat Metheny, Georgie Fame and Ahmad Jamal. Jazz FM Content Director Nick Pitts: “We are absolutely thrilled that the legendary Tony Bennett, one of the true greats of jazz whose music has touched so many millions of people around the world, has agreed to receive this year’s Lifetime Achievement Award. In the meantime, we can’t wait for the world to see this year’s ceremony which is not only topped off by this Award for Tony alongside the Gold for Courtney Pine, but there will be some real surprises in the room along with some stunning performances. Roll on 28th October.” This year’s Jazz FM Awards ceremony will be hosted by Jazz FM presenter Anne Frankenstein and British jazz saxophonist Soweto Kinch and can be watched live on the station’s Facebook page. Nominees include star saxophonist Nubya Garcia, chart-topping singer Celeste, London soul collective SAULT, US pianist and singer Jon Batiste, fast-rising trumpeter Emma-Jean Thackray, producer and DJ Floating Points with the London Symphony Orchestra and Pharoah Sanders, neo-soul singer-songwriter Ego Ella May, revered British-Italian singer Georgia Mancio, and the legendary alto saxophonist Gary Bartz. Plus, for the first time, the event will be followed by a NOLA themed afterparty for the winners and special guests hosted by LouisianaTravel.com with a special DJ set by Jazz FM’s Big Easy presenter, DJ Lil’Koko. JAZZ FM AWARDS 2021 with PPL and PRS for Music: GIFTED AWARD CATEGORIES LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD GOLD AWARD IMPACT AWARD JAZZ FM AWARDS 2021 with PPL and PRS for Music: NOMINEES BLUES ACT OF THE YEAR BREAKTHROUGH ACT OF THE YEAR THE DIGITAL AWARD sponsored by Raisin UK THE INNOVATION AWARD sponsored by Mishcon de Reya INSTRUMENTALIST OF THE YEAR INTERNATIONAL JAZZ ACT OF THE YEAR sponsored by Travelzoo SOUL ACT OF THE YEAR sponsored by LouisianaTravel.com VOCALIST OF THE YEAR sponsored by Hampstead Jazz Club Presents PUBLIC VOTE CATEGORIES ALBUM OF THE YEAR UK JAZZ ACT OF THE YEAR The Jazz FM Awards 2021 is made possible with the support of PPL and PRS for Music, Mishcon De Reya, Travelzoo, Raisin UK, Hampstead Jazz Club Presents, LouisianaTravel.com, Sky VIP, Denbies, David Arnold Music and Yamaha. Launched this year on the Jazz FM Premium app is a Jazz FM Awards channel that celebrates the rich history of the Awards with non-stop, ad break free music from winners and nominees. Jazz FM Premium launched earlier this year and offers its subscribers 20 exclusive Jazz FM stations along with a host of additional content.
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October 21, 2021 5:21am ET by Pressparty |