Jazz Grammy Award Winners

And the winners are.............

The surprise winner was Esperanza Spalding who beat Justin Bieiber, Mumford & Sons, Drake, Florence and the Machine to the awards for BEST NEW ARTIST.

In the Jazz categories there were awards for The Stanley Clarke Band, Dee Dee Bridgewater, Herbie Hancock (receiving his award above- picture from blogger ElementsofJazz), the Mingus Big Band, James Moody, and Chucho Valdes.

The Traditional Blues Award went to Pinetop Perkins, and Contemporary Blues to Buddy Guy. Mavis Staples won an award for Best Americana Album

FULL LISTINGS OF GRAMMY 2011 NOMINEES AND WINNERS

And here's our London Jazz Festival review of Esperanza Spalding, whose April Barbican gig was close to selling out even before this news.

The choice for Boxing Day lunchtime

What an interesting choice for Boxing Day (Photo credit: I see Modern Britain/ Creative Commons)

If you stay by a (DAB) radio or your computer there's Helen Mayhew 's interview with Herbie Hancock, going out at 1pm.

He'll be talking about ...his love of the I-Phone 4, .... the story of the inspirations behind the song Watermelon Man..... about Miles Davis ... and about the making of the album The Imagine Project as that's what he was over to talk about. That's JazzFm - 1pm on Boxing day, 26th Dec.


But a day indoors and you'll be needing a gig as a matter of desperation, won't you. Look no further than Hugo's Jazz lunch special celebration - Ten Years of Jazz at Hugo's with Bret Kean - Tenor , Kate Williams - Piano , Dominic Howles - Bass , Paul Clarvis Drums. Hugo's is in Lonsdale Road, Queens Park, NW6.

Or, sure, there are the shops.......