Presentation Ceremony in the Axis Restaurant, One Aldwych Hotel, Covent Garden, June 20, 7 pm

The London Awards for Art and Performance are the country's most expansive awards and recognises the best in British art and entertainment across 11 categories. Nominations are based on recent and highly rated reviews of the artist or performer's work, and a recognition of their talent and skill in their art form.

As current and excellent practitioners of their art, the nominees themselves are the best people to judge each category. Nominees are asked to pick their top artists to arrive at the shortlist and award winner who will receive the trophy. The winner will be announced at the Presentation Ceremony.

Shortlist (in development as votes are coming in, alphabetical order):

Results of public voting (please note, online voting can be unreliable so this is for interest only and will not be used in the judging). Please take a moment to vote below, only one vote per award please.

Long list in competition (click on title for more) - nominations: 18

London Jazz Award Nomination Phil Robson: '.. harnesses the textural possibilities of an unconventional combination of frontline instruments and subtly marries straight-ahead postbop with earthy, odd time signature grooves is reminiscent of the writing of Dave Holland.'

Greg Tallent · Views 209 · Mar 03 ·

London Jazz Award Nomination Alex Garnett: '[on album Serpent] This music is a personal statement which comes from very deep inside a fine musician. What you see is what you get, rather than concessions to fashion or edginesss.'

Greg Tallent · Views 178 · Mar 03 ·

London Jazz Award Nomination Josh Arcoleo: 'His ballad tone is rich and smoky on ruminations such as Glade and Kite Flight. The title track has a patient symmetry that becomes an abstract multiphonic rawness, confirming his composing strengths and technical breadth.'

Venetia Twigg · Views 259 · Feb 23 ·

London Jazz Award Nomination Soweto Kinch: '[His] gig was a scalding display of post-Coleman alto-sax improvising, a virtuosic and intelligent exposition of political rap, and a visually riveting event into the bargain. Accompanied only by his keyboard-mimicking laptop, bassist Karl Rasheed-Abel and drummer Graham Godfrey for much of the gig, Kinch instantly revealed the barking emphasis and melodic resourcefulness that has made him a world-league saxophonist.'

Venetia Twigg · Views 185 · Feb 15 ·

London Jazz Award Nomination Zoe Rahman: '.. currently touring the surprisingly compatible confection of American, Bengali and Irish music... Ireland and the east were joined in two Rabindranath Tagore pieces (the Bengali polymath tuned into Celtic music while studying in the UK), brought to life by the band... It was an evening of broad-ranging jazz played with glee.'

Venetia Twigg · Views 362 · Feb 10 ·

London Jazz Award Nomination Trevor Watts and Veryan Weston: 'A mark of invention pervades throughout, as the duo fuses sublime persuasions, inverted theme-building jaunts, and mesmeric passages with fleeting melodies and rhythmical dynamics.'

Venetia Twigg · Views 442 · Jan 27 ·

London Jazz Award Nomination Tim Hodgkinson: '[on album Klarnt] There is a sense of heightened emotion as Hodgkinson plums every register and mood of which the clarinet is capable... despite being jam-packed, the playing never feels frantic, and there’s always room to let each statement breathe. Beyond that, each moment of reflection cleanses the palette for what follows.'

Venetia Twigg · Views 288 · Jan 12 ·

London Jazz Award Nomination Acoustic Triangle: 'The trio’s fascination with the nature of sound itself was epitomised during the introduction to Cole Porter’s “All Of You” with Garland placing the bell of his tenor sax directly inside the raised lid of Simcock’s grand piano. The reverb that this generated was little short of astonishing.'

Venetia Twigg · Views 369 · Dec 23 ·

London Jazz Award Nomination Beats and Pieces Big Band: ‘An explosive, 14-piece contemporary jazz band, led by the talented and energetic Ben Cottrell, spearheading the return of the big band into the 21st century hipster’s musical consciousness with swagger and style’.

Alice Stride · Views 369 · Dec 23 ·

London Jazz Award nomination Bad Ass Brass: 'Whoops and yells from both the band and the loyal audience between phrases punctuated with Pink Panther-esque trumpet squeals set this gig’s tone.'

Venetia Twigg · Views 453 · Dec 20 ·

London Jazz Award nomination Ola Onabule: '.. is a storyteller .. he tells his tales with a soulful openness which is infectious, and he sings with a beautiful clarity and depth.'

David Knight · Views 409 · Dec 09 ·

London Jazz Award nomination Dennis Rollins: '.. a new found subtlety and a certain weight that transforms his rich tones into something elegant.'

David Knight · Views 452 · Dec 06 ·

London Jazz Award nomination Kieran Hebden: '.. playing with more interest in the perfect personal musical moment than pristine dance-floor momentum.’

David Knight · Views 261 · Dec 05 ·

London Jazz Award nomination Empirical: '.. have become fascinating and fearless.'

David Knight · Views 391 · Dec 01 ·

London Jazz Award nomination Neil Yates: '.. there are jig-like dances, and long-note tone poems in which the brass sound slowly curls and wreathes like a voice.' [on album Five Countries]

David Knight · Views 423 · Nov 25 ·

London Jazz Award nomination Guy Barker: '.. he is a serious force to be reckoned with, and what he has put together is all together mind-blowing stuff.'

Venetia Twigg · Views 438 · Nov 14 ·

London Jazz Award nomination Blinq: 'All four singers have astonishing ranges. All lead or blend at will.'

Views 573 · Nov 04 ·

London Jazz Award nomination Phronesis: 'Pitch Black – premiering at Brecon – was conceived as a natural live follow-up to the band’s 2009 album Green Delay, written after band leader and double-bassist Jasper Høiby learned that his sister had gone blind. [...] Extended to a live setting, Høiby’s vision played out like musical theatre, a mix of drama, tension and comedy, held together by remarkable jazz, immaculately played.'

Views 601 · Aug 16 ·