Nominations Revealed For This Year's Jazz Bell Awards

The nominations for this year's Australian Jazz Bell Awards have been revealed today, with a number of nominess up for multiple awards.

Saxophonist Julien Wilson is up for three awards, two as part of his project Julien Wilson Quartet, which also includes Jonathan Zwartz - another multiple nominee in this year's awards. Zwartz is up for two gongs for his album The Remembering And Forgetting Of The Air.

Seven awards will be handed out on the night, along with the announcement of the Graeme Bell Hall Of Fame inductee. The ceremony will take place at the Regent Theatre in Melbourne on Thursday 1 May and will be hosted by Televsion journalist and presenter Tracey Curro.

Here is the full list of 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