A huge congratulations to Balimaya Project who have won the Collaboration Award at the 2026 Jazz FM Awards for their collaboration with Discos Pacifico All-Stars. Check out the full list of winners and nominees here.

Balimaya Project and Discos Pacifico All-Stars bold collaboration presented a cross-continental performance fusing West African jazz and Afro-Colombian tradition in a boundary-pushing exchange of rhythm, heritage, and sound. Facilitated by UK jazz tastemakers Jazz re:freshed and the prolific Colombia-based label Llorona Records, Balimaya Project and Discos Pacifico All Stars brought together 15 musicians connecting the Atlantic and Pacific coasts exploring experimental Afro-diasporic soundscapes. Blending Mandé jazz with Afro-Colombian folkloric music, the collaboration explores the deep rhythmic and cultural ties between African and Latin American traditions.