Welcome to our latest team news! We like to share some of the work the team have been doing both inside and outside of their Women in Jazz Media work and we have all been very busy as always.

A lot has been happening since our last news update in May, so get ready…we launched our July magazine which you can find hereSome highlights include:

Isabel Marquez spoke to Vidya, told is about her New York trip and shared our Jazz Sisters event for Anita Wardell. Charlotte Keeffe spoke to our cover woman The Trumpet LadyPaulette Jackson shared her thoughts on Sylvia MoyFiona Ross spoke to the UK Black Female Photography Collective, trombonist (and team member) Laura Impallomeni bassist and composer Endea Owens and shared her inspiring conversation with Tulani Bridgewater-KowalskiA incredible range of photos from Tatiana Gorilovsky Monika s Jakubowska Vuyo Giba and Enid Farber

We also paid tribute our team member Sandra Booker who very sadly passed away recently.

We relaunched our ‘Kicking Down The Door’ podcast series with new host Mary Sho and were thrilled to have the mighty China moses as our first guest! You can listen here

Migdalia Van Der Hoven launched the latest episode of our Sticks and Thrones podcast platforming female drummers across the globe. You can find out more here

Kim Cypher interviewed the owner of Ronnie Scott’s Sally Greene OBE in our latest magazine, and has as usual Kim has been very busy. She has released a brand-new original track and video - **'Uniquely the Same' **featuring Ashley Slater and Antonio Forcione, one of twelve tracks from her forthcoming album 'Catching Moments', due for release on all music platforms on 22nd November:

Following her recent sell-out Album Preview show at Ronnie Scott's, Kim is launching the album at Dunkerton's in her hometown of Cheltenham on Thursday 3rd October. The Album Launch event features Kim's 7-piece ALL-STAR band plus special guest Ray Gelato on vocals and tenor saxophone and The Flaming Feathers dancers. The evening will be compered by Jazz FM's David Freeman. You can click here to book tickets this spectacular event

Germana Stella La Sorsa interviewed jazz vocalist Lisa Rich in our recent magazine, which you can read here and you can see Germana along with harpist Tara Minton in London on October 2nd, as part of the Spice Jazz Soho events. Tickets available here

‘Italian London-based singer Germana Stella La Sorsa migrated from Puglia, Italy, in 2017 and quickly established herself on the London jazz scene. “Nudging boundaries as she goes” (The Slow MusicMovement) and exploring “the crossroads of many musical components, including story, composition, genre and style as well as instrumentation and effect” (London Jazz News), La Sorsa released her debut album‘Vapour’ in 2021 on 33 Jazz Records.

Following the success of her first record, the singer melds her disparate influences in her second studio album, ‘Primary Colours’. Praised as “a sure-fire statement of her confident stature amongst London’s top jazz cats” (Presto Music), La Sorsa’s new work continues to ride the contemporary/avant-garde jazz wave, further exploring the boundaries of improvisation and sound experimentation and drawing upon modern sounds and grooves, from drum’ n bass to Latin music.’

Ashaine White is on fire creating a unique and much needed space for new music. She was recently interview by NME which you can read here

Last but by no means least, Lara Eidi shares:

‘I'm delighted and excited to share a project very dear to me, and frankly something I've been doing ever since I became a professional musician: education . Over the years I've been fortunate enough to tour and perform extensively, as well as train both off stage and on stage. My approach to music has always been under the firm belief that when you are performing, you are learning and when you are teaching, you're always learning. 

As an educator. My approach to music has always embodied this idea of creating a space for musicians and non musicians to actually commit to the artistic process. After all, this is at the very heart of what being an artist and musician is, and for that matter, what being creative is. Therefore, it gives me great joy to officially launch my Songwriting Mentorship Program titled 'The Notes Between '. 

For further information and contact details, please click here