Ian Shaw - Best Vocalist

Ian Shaw has picked up the prize for Best Vocalist in the 2007 BBC Jazz Awards, held at London's Mermaid Theatre last night.

The St Asaph-born singer previously won the category in 2004, while another previous Welsh winner, pianist Gwilym Simcock, was pipped to the prize for Best Instrumentalist by Julian Siegel.

For full details see bbc.co.uk/jazzawards/

Listen out for highlights on Jazz on 3 on BBC Radio 3 on Friday 13 July 11.30pm, and on Jazz Line-Up on BBC Radio 3 on Saturday 14 July at 5pm.

The full BBC Jazz Awards concert can be heard on BBC Radio 2 on Monday 16 July 10pm.