All About Jazz

September 24, 2025

Jazz Forward Award Winners

All About Jazz, a driving force for jazz music since 1995, is thrilled to honor and celebrate industry trailblazers who actively promote jazz awareness, discovery, and culture through its prestigious Jazz Forward award program.

Carefully selected by a team of industry visionaries, recipients don’t just receive an award; their achievements are showcased in All About Jazz’s weekly newsletter, featured prominently on the All About Jazz website and forever enshrined on our Jazz Forward award recipients page. Representatives also appear as roundtable guests on Lawrence Peryer’s award-winning Spotlight On podcast and are featured in an annual announcement circulated by DL Media to industry professionals worldwide.

See the inaugural class of Jazz Forward Award Winners here.

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