Liane Carroll was named ‘Parliamentary Jazz Musician of the Year’ in the House of Commons on Tuesday Evening. The Parliamentary Jazz awards, which were hosted by Paul Gambaccini, each year awards Jazz Musicians accolades for the work they have done as assessed by a panel of Parliamentarians and music experts.

Local musician Liane Carroll was not only named ‘Jazz Musician of the Year’ but was also nominated in the ‘Jazz CD of the Year’ category

Local MP Michael Foster who was present at the awards said how “proud Hastings should be of home-grown Liane Carroll. She has National and indeed international prominence and it was great to see how popular a choice she was.”