The 2014 Australian Jazz Bell Awards will be announced in Melbourne on May 1 and the nominees have now been officially announced.
Seven category awards feature the diversity of Australian Jazz. The Australian Jazz Bell Awards differ from other awards shows by recognising the different styles of jazz in Australia.
The annual awards are voted on by an expert jazz panel featuring Albert Dadon, Rob Burke, Adrian Jackson, Gerry Koster, John McBeath, Laurence Donohue-Greene, Martin Jackson, Michael Tortoni, and John Shand.
The Australian Jazz Bell Awards were named after Australian jazz heart Graeme Bell. Every year the awards induct of Australia’s greatest jazz stars into the Graeme Bell Hall of Fame in recognition of an outstanding career. The 2014 inductee will be announced on the night.
The 2014 Australian Jazz Bell Awards will be hosted by Tracey Curro, at the Regent Theatre Ballroom in Melbourne on Thursday 1 May.
2014 Australian Jazz Bell Awards nominees
Best Australian Jazz Vocal Album
Allira Wilson ‐ Rise and Fall
Leigh Carriage ‐ Mandarin Skyline
Penny King Quintet ‐ Journey
Best Australian Modern Jazz Album
Andrea Keller Quartet ‐ Wave Rider
Red Fish Blue ‐ The Sword and the Brush
Jonathan Zwartz ‐ The Remembering and Forgetting of the Air
Best Australian Contemporary ‘Avant-garde’ Jazz Album
Monash Art Ensemble ‐ Monash Art Ensemble
Allan Browne Trio ‐ Lost in the Stars
Tilman Robinson ‐ Network of Lines
Best Australian Traditional Jazz Album
Julien Wilson Quartet ‐ This is Always
Steve Grant Piano Trio ‐ From This Moment On
Sam Anning Trio ‐ Sweethearts
Best Australian Jazz Song of the Year
Sam Anning Trio ‐ Princess Doug of Fitzroy
Andrea Keller ‐ Meditations on Light
Julien Wilson ‐ Trout River
Best Australian Jazz Ensemble
Julien Wilson Quartet ‐ This is Always
Jonathan Zwartz ‐ The Remembering and Forgetting of the Air
Tilman Robinson ‐ Network of Lines
Young Australian Jazz Artist of the Year
Joseph O’Connor ‐ Monash Art Ensemble
Samuel Pankhurst ‐ Allan Browne Trio ‐ Lost in the Stars
Dan Sheehan ‐ Infinite Ape
The winner of the Graeme Bell Hall of Fame – in recognition of an outstanding career – will be announced on the night.
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