Vote for Jazz in the Yorkshire Gig Guide Grassroots Awards

It's that time of year again - voting is open for the 2016 Yorkshire Gig Guide Grassroots Awards. These awards celebrate the regional music scene and the people who make it all happen with awards for promoters, venues, festivals, media and more.

This year, the awards ceremony will be held at the Marsden Jazz Festival on Sudnay October 9th. The public are invited to vote to decide on the winners and the very simple online voting form will be available online until August 31st.

To see a full list of nominees and to vote, visit the Grassroots Awards 2016 website.

Below, we've listed the nominees connected to the jazz scene - great to see some familiar faces and names on the list!

Oustanding New Festival of 2016: Ilkley Jazz Festival

Oustanding Established Festival of 2016: Marsden Jazz Festival

Outstanding Contributon of 2016: Barney Stevenson

Outstanding Promoter of 2016: Barney Stevenson, Martin Powell

Oustanding Small Live Venue of 2016: Glyde House (home of JATP), Seven Arts, Cafe Lento, Fox and Newt (home of Fusebox), Wharf Chambers (home of Sproggits), Inkwell (venue for Seven Jazz)

Yorkshire Outstanding Music Club of 2016: Wakefield Jazz Club

Jazz Radio in Bradford - artists submit your work!

As well as running live jazz at JATP in Bradford, for the past few years promoter Martin Powell has also been presenting a jazz radio show called Jazzscene on BCB Radio 106.6fm.

The show features a range of jazz with a particular focus on UK and Continental groups. He is a big supporter of current musicians on the scene and his recent broadcasts have included music by John Bailey, Zeitgeist, Girls In Airports, The Weave, Outhouse and Michael Garrick.

Martin has an open invitation for artists to send their recordings to be broadcast - if you'd like him to play your music (or to request a particular band/song) send him an email at martin.powellATbcbradio.co.uk (replacing AT with @)

More information and a Listen Again function for past shows can be found on the BCB Radio website.