The 19th year of the Jazz Oscars recognising the best in British Jazz.

Here’s your opportunity to contribute to an event that honours the wealth of jazz talent which exists in this country. British jazz has never been healthier. It is as good as, and often better than, anything the USA currently produces. So take part in the British ‘Jazz Oscars’, the 19th annual awards made to this country’s finest jazz performers.

The 2007 British Jazz Awards will be presented on Tuesday 18th September at The Sands, Gainsborough, Lincolnshire. As a voter you are entitled to purchase tickets at £20 each. This will be a significant and immensely enjoyable event, with a jazz celebrity presenter and full performance by the Award Winners. Dress code: Informal.

For further information on The British Jazz Awards
Tel: 0121 454 7020 Fax: 0121 454 9996 Email: awards@bigbearmusic.com

To book tickets for this prestigious event please contact The Sands Venue on 01427 811118 or visit www.the-sands.co.uk.

NOMINATION PANEL – TONY AUGARDE, BBC Radio Oxford, BOB BLIZZARD, MP, Cross-Parliamentary Jazz Appreciation Group, ROGER COTTERRELL, Northway Publications, LORD ANTHONY COLWYN, Cross-Parliamentary Jazz Appreciation Group, JOHN CUMMING, Serious Music, MIKE DURHAM, Whitley Bay Jazz Festival, DAVE GELLY, The Observer, MIKE HART, Edinburgh International Jazz Festival, DARREN HENLEY, theJazz, DICK LAURIE, Allegedly Hot News International, TIM LIHOREAU, theJazz, LIZ LINCOLN, British Jazz Foundation, COLE MATHIESON, The Concorde Club, DAVID NATHAN, National Jazz Archive, GILLES PETERSON, BBC presenter, JULIE PLANT, Musicians Union, SEBASTIAN SCOTNEY, JazzDev, RON SIMPSON, Jazz Rag, JIM SMITH, Brecon Jazz Festival, PETER VACHER, Jazz author/journalist, BOB WEIR, Jazz Journal International, and CHRIS YATES, Jazz North East.