NIKKI's BAND "PRINTMAKERS" WHICH FEATURES NORMA WINSTONE ON VOCALS IS NOMINATED FOR "BEST BAND" IN THE 2010 PARLIAMENTARY JAZZ AWARDS WHICH TAKE PLACE ON MAY 19TH AT THE HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT.

The APPJAG currently has over 100 members from the House of Commons and House of Lords across all political parties.  Their aim is to encourage wider and deeper enjoyment of jazz, to increase Parliamentarians’ understanding of the jazz industry and issues surrounding it, to promote jazz as a musical form and to raise its profile inside and outside Parliament.  The Group’s officers are Co-Chairs Michael Connarty MP and Lord Colwyn, Secretary Joan Walley, MP and Treasurer Lord Davies of Coity.

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NIKKI TO RECORD A NEW ALBUM ON THE BASHO LABEL WITH RUFUS REID AND JEFF WILLIAMS - the album will be recorded in the States in September and is DUE FOR RELEASE IN THE SPRING OF 2011.