Twenty-two-year-old Hackney-born jazz pianist Deschanel Gordon was revealed as Young Jazz Musician of the year presented by award-winning saxophonist-compose YolanDa Brown
Deschanel Gordon follows in the footsteps of saxophonist Xhosa Cole, who won the Competition in 2018 and went on to win
Breakthrough Act of the Year at the 2020 Jazz FM Awards and Jazz Newcomer of
the Year in the 2019 Parliamentary Jazz Awards, with a performing schedule that
has taken him to the most prestigious venues across the UK.