“I am just part of that long tradition of black people who have made a contribution”
2007 URBAN MUSIC AWARDS
Best Jazz Act
2002 FELLOWSHIP
Leeds College of Music
2002 BBC JAZZ AWARDS
Best Live Band
2001 BRITISH FILM AWARDS NOMINATION Best Filmscore
2001 MOBO NOMINATION
Best Jazz Act
2000 ORDER OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE
(O.B.E) - Queen’s New Year’s Honours
1997 MOBO AWARD
Best Jazz Act
1997 MERCURY MUSIC PRIZE
Modern Day Jazz Stories
Nominated Best British Album of the Year
1996 MOBO AWARD - Best Jazz Act