Happy International Women’s Day 2025 and welcome to our latest magazine!

China Moses is our mighty cover woman and this edition features an incredible range of women from across the globe including Devon Gates, Filomena Campus, Georgia Mancio, J Steps, Lydia Liebman, Macha Gharibian, Poppy Daniels, Rosa Brunello, Tatiana Tate and our team for this edition Diana Torti, Enid Farber, Fiona Mactaggart, Fiona Ross, Germana Stella La Sorsa, Hannah Horton, Isabel Marquez, Kim Cypher, Monika S Jakubowska, Paulette Jackson and Tatiana Gorilovsky. Shout out to our regular guest playlist contributor Dr Brad Stone who is an incredible supporter of our work and we are eternally grateful!

Our magazine is free, online and interactive. You can click on the album and book covers to go straight to the artist’s site to support and find out more. Accessible on all devices, due to the incredible photography, it is best viewed on an ipad or a large screen. You can also download as a pdf to read! All this is free and easy, you don’t have to sign up to anything, we just ask that if you find something you like, please share far and wide, and help to change the narrative.

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The theme for this year's International Women’s Day is Accelerate Action and this edition is full of inspirational women who are changing the landscape and helping us move to a space of equality, respect and value. Throughout the world, this day brings people together and shines a light on women across the globe and allows a platform to explore the many issues women are facing. But as Gloria Steinem said ‘The story of women's struggle for equality belongs to no single feminist, nor to any one organization but to the collective efforts of all who care about human rights.’ 

Women in Jazz Media is an organisation with 28 incredible women, trying to make the jazz world a better place. A fairer place. A safe place. We are grateful for everyone’s support in our work and we cannot achieve anything alone. Please enjoy exploring the work of the incredible women in this edition and share, support and embrace the power of community.

Welcome to the latest episode of our podcast series’ The Notes Between’ with Lara Eidi. Conversations exploring everything behind and about the world of songwriting! Our theme music ‘Breathe Love’ is from Lara Eidi herself available here

In this episode, Lara talks to songwriterLouise Dodds

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Best Vocalist nominee at the Scottish Jazz Awards 2022 and 2023, Scottish jazz vocalist Louise Dodds is set to release her 4th studio album on Norwegian contemporary jazz label AMP Records. The album is written by Louise, based on her own experiences and the experiences of those closest to her. The release date is set for 14th March 2025, and also features Elchin Shirinov (arrangements and piano), Max Luthert (double bass) and Dave Hamblett (drums) and was mixed and mastered by Grammy winning engineer Chris Allen (Samara Joy, Gretchen Parlato). The album has been funded by Creative Scotland.

In May 2023, Louise released her third studio album, a duo project with Azerbaijani pianist, arranger and composer Elchin Shirinov titled Two Hours After Midnight. The album brought together their love of folk, classical and jazz and was supported by Creative Scotland. The album received 4 star reviews from Jazzwise, All About Jazz and MOJO Magazine, as well as critical acclaim from press in Europe, America and Japan, and was selected by All About Jazz as one of their top jazz albums of 2023. It also resulted in Louise being the focus of a podcast on Switzerland’s national station RTS.

The duo then worked on a writing commission through PRS Foundation for Music on the theme of Belonging, with lyrics by Louise and music by Elchin. The subsequent compositions were performed as part of their summer 2024 tour. Prior to this release, Louise released her first album in 9 years in March 2022. The album, ‘The Story Needs an Ending’, was also Louise’s first fully original album. She took the album on the road, performing 12 dates across Scotland, Northern Ireland and England. The album was selected by Jim Gilchrist in his Arts Review of 2022 in The Scotsman. It was also selected as Album of the Week in the UK, Central America and Asia.

Recorded in Glasgow in June 2021 with fellow Scots Tom Gibbs, Andrew Robb and Alyn Cosker, the album contains 10 tracks which Louise wrote by delving deep into her own life experiences, touching on subjects like grief, relationships, learning to trust life again, and emancipation. Many of the tracks were written during lockdown, with some being showcased as part of Louise’s lockdown collaboration project, ‘Songs From The Blue Room’. During lockdown, Louise also collaborated with London jazz guitarist Ant Law, resulting in the single Whispers (Credits) being released (as well as this rendition of Coltrane’s 26-2!)

Prior to lockdown though, 2020 saw Louise having the incredible honour of opening for Norma Winstone MBE as part of the Scottish Jazz Weekend in Edinburgh, Her career has also seen her performing at London Jazz Festival, Pizza Express, Edinburgh Jazz & Blues Festival, Glasgow Jazz Festival as well as in Europe and the Middle East.

Her previous album, ‘Fly’, released in 2013, featured UK jazz heavyweights John Pearce, Dave Green, Steve Brown and Martin Shaw, and that year she was also awarded funding by Jazz Services UK and Arts Council England for her upcoming UK tour. In 2012 Louise was semi finalist at the International Jazz Vocalist Competition in Lithuania.

Louise also performed the Title Theme and Credits Theme for the PS4 game Mutazione in 2019. She is also an accomplished writer in many genres and has songs published by Universal and BMG.

In addition to her performing, recording and writing work, Louise is Deputy Chair of the Scotland Council for The Ivors Academy and an elected member of The Ivors Academy Senate representing the members at a national level.

Louise is supported by Creative Scotland, PRS Foundation for Music and Help Musicians.

Athens born to Lebanese Canadian parents, Lara Eidi is an artist that thrives on being different. As an independent artist, singer and multi- instrumentalist, she has carved a path for herself that continuously aimed at reshaping and developing her voice as a storyteller. An accomplished and reputable singer-songwriter, pianist, recording artist and jazz- folk vocalist of her own accord based in London and Athens. Her music has gained her critical acclaim as a genre bending artist (BBC Artist, 2020), described as “a singer with true gift of a voice, a kind soul, and a captivating presence.” (Jazz UK). At the heart of her being as a multi-disciplinary artist, she is sought after as a composer for vocal film scores, writes as a freelance music journalist, and is in demand as a creative workshop leader. Her music seeks to elevate and heal, and as a result, she creates genre- defying songs with a great emphasis on story telling. Her latest album ‘Sun’, her long awaited debut album, is all about pulling the threads of her folk, acoustic rock and jazz-classical upbringing to her message of hope, empowerment, and freedom. As a soloist, her recent debut performance at the infamous Royal Albert Hall, singing select pieces from Greece and Lebanon form the MedievalByzantine Traditions sees Lara engaging on a series of select and innovative performances with the SAUDHA Indian Classical Music Association.  

Lara Eidi website

Our new Women in Jazz Media Playlist is now out: Volume 40! We publish a new playlist each month and try to share a wide range of women from across the world - new releases, legacy artists, new and established artists and also some women we think you should know about but maybe don't!  We keep it to 15 artists per playlist to give you time to discover, listen and share these incredible women. 

You can listen here on Spotify or Youtube

As always we would encourage you to buy directly from the artist where possible, and all the links are on our site here: 

Ilario Ferrari Trio   Irene Serra   Elsa Nilsson    Yazz Ahmed  

Kristin Korb      Lauren Henderson      Ganavya     Sahara Von Hattenberger

Rosa Passos     Dominique Fils- Aimé     Emily Remler     Marianne Solivan

Kayla Waters    Annie Ross    Sara Serpa

Do please get in touch if you have music you would like us to include - either your own or recommendations. We are especially keen to share music from female instrumentalists and composers.

Multi-award-winning jazz vocalist, lyricist and producer, Georgia Mancio, celebrates her 25th anniversary in music with a series of highlight concerts and the spring release of her 9th album, ‘A Story Left Untold’ (Roomspin Records), co-written with Grammy-winning pianist/composer, Alan Broadbent.

A supreme storyteller whose performances connect deeply with her audiences, Georgia’s work is characterised by authenticity, creativity, collaboration and a commitment to social and humanitarian issues.

Throughout this landmark year, she will feature her Quartet(Robin Aspland, Andrew Cleyndert, Dave Ohm); introduce new projects(Sam Dunn, Tony Kofi, Alex Hutton) and revisit her most pivotal partnerships(Liane Carroll, Ian Shaw, Nigel Price, Kate Williams, Gareth Lockrane).

Central to these, is her revered 12 year association with Alan Broadbent, with whom she has written over 40 songs, published two books and performed across Europe and the US, including iconic venues, Ronnie Scott’s and Jazz at Lincoln Center (NYC).

Their new album, ‘A Story Left Untold’, masterfully blends the personal and political, across duo, quartet and orchestral settings. Set for release on 1 May with an accompanying 10 date tour, it completes a trilogy with the critically acclaimed ‘Songbook’ (2017) and ‘Quiet Is The Star’ (2021).

Georgia’s expansive artistry is reflected in her copious industry acknowledgements: First Prize in the Brussels International Jazz Singers’ Competition, presided over by Sheila Jordan (2006); Best Album (‘Finding Home’, 2020) and Best Vocalist (2021) at the Parliamentary Jazz Awards, and multiple nominations at the Jazz FM, British Jazz and Urban Music Awards.

Her reputation has been further consolidated by her formidable production skills, encompassing ‘ReVoice!’ – the international voice festival she devised and directed across multiple venues for 5 editions with artists including Gregory Porter, Carmen Lundy, Tuck & Patti, Beady Belle and Karin Krog (2010-2014) – and its successor, ‘Hang’ (2017-2019). She also co-directs Eltham and Crystal Palace Jazz Clubs with drummer Dave Ohm, and her own independent label, Roomspin Records (2001-). Other credits include Pat Metheny (lyric approval), Bobby McFerrin, Bobby Wellins, Robert Mitchell, Nikki Iles and BBC Proms (2019).

Find out more through Georgia Mancio website here

Georgia 25th Anniversary, photos by Lara Leigh 2025 and Chris Baker 2000

Welcome to the latest episode of ‘In Conversation With’ with host and producer Hannah Horton, with our theme tune Surfing Thermals from our host, Hannah too! In this episode, host Hannah Horton welcomes Tara Minton

Our podcasts have been featured at number 7 on the Top 10 Women In Media Podcasts on the web by Feedspot and you can also find our podcasts at number 9 in the top 60 Best Jazz Podcasts in FeedSpot!

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Tara Minton is an Australian born harpist, vocalist and composer. She is proudly endorsed by Camac Harps and holds a master's degree in jazz performance from The Guildhall School of Music and Drama. Tara is well established as both an improvising harpist and vocalist and has worked with The Australian World Orchestra, Björk, Tom Walker, Miranda Mulholland, “Kitty, Daisy and Lewis”, SuRie, Stan Sulzmann, Tony Kofi and Geoff Gascoyne. She leads her own original project as a harpist/vocalist and sings with “The Blues and Roots Ensemble” - a London based nine-piece band celebrating the music of Charles Mingus.

In 2020 Tara released her critically acclaimed album ‘Please Do Not Ignore The Mermaid’ exploring themes of climate change and mer-myth. She consolidated the album's success with an intimate duo album released in January 2022 - ‘Two For The Road’ with bassist Ed Babar. The album was produced by Geoff Gascoyne and features Stan Sulzmann on tenor saxophone.

Tara is a passionate music educator and advocate for the harp in jazz and improvised music. She was appointed Professor of Jazz Harp at the London Performing Academy of Music in 2021 and has given masterclasses in jazz and improvisation at many of the country’s top music colleges.

Tara is also one of the three Directors of SpiceJazz Soho alongside Paul Pace and Clement Reger and co-hosts The Jazz Podcast with saxophonist Rob Cope.

“An otherworldly collection that brings the harp centre stage” - The Sunday Times
Tara Minton website

Hannah Horton is a British Female Jazz Saxophonist whose music is rooted in jazz, folk and funk. She has performed with many great jazz artists including Ian Shaw, Amy Winehouse, John Etheridge, Tina May, Georgia Mancio, Polly Gibbons, Natalie Williams, Esther Bennett and Irene Serra; and at venues including Ronnie Scott’s, Pizza Express Dean St, The 606, The Pheasantry, Love Supreme Jazz Festival, Royal Festival Hall and The Barbican. She has also toured in Europe and USA with her own and other groups. Her latest album has been going down a storm across the world. “Hannah makes the big beast of a baritone sax sound like an angel” – Ian Shaw. Hannah Horton website

The latest Women in Jazz Media magazine is now out!! Our 11th edition! 206 pages and nearly 100 women in this magazine and this doesn’t even touch the surface of the incredible women out there.

Our magazine is free, online and interactive. You can click on the album and book covers to go straight to the artist’s site to support and find out more. Accessible on all devices, due to the incredible photography, it is best viewed on an ipad or a large screen. You can also download as a pdf to read! All this is free and easy, you don’t have to sign up to anything, we just ask that if you find something you like, please share far and wide, and help to change the narrative.

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Firstly, we must shout out to the incredible photographers in this edition whose stunning work brings everything to life. Our team members Enid Farber, Monika S Jakubowska and Tatiana Gorilovsk and the long list of guest photographers who have shared their work with us.

Fiona Ross talks to the inspirational Youn Sun Nah, who is also our brilliant cover woman, drummer Sylvia Cuenca talks to Isabel Marquez about ‘Life on the Bandstand’ , Hannah Horton is busy ‘Breaking Barriers with the Baritone’ and the award winning Canadian artist, Laila Biali shows us ‘The Beauty in Winter’. Our ‘On The Bookcase’ feature explores two books,  the new ‘Focus On Women in Jazz’ photography book from Guy Fonck and we also talk to Dr Alexis McGee about her From Blues To Beyoncé book.

Germana Stella la Sorsa interviews two incredible artists singer/songwriter Irene Serra and composer Claire Cope, Kim Cypher explores the work of Tamara Barschak in A Creative World of Kaleidoscopic Vibrancy and we shine a light on the Harmonious World of writer and podcaster Hilary Seabrook.

We are thrilled to have four guest contributors for this edition. The award winning journalist Jane Cornwell explores Women in Australian Jazz and interviews trumpeter/vocalist Audrey Powne, Jordannah Elizabeth shares some business strategies for musicians and Nick Lea shines a well overdue light on guitarist Emily Remler. And our brilliant guest curator for our playlist, Dr Bradley Stone, shares another fantastic playlist of 13 artists.

Huge shout out and thank you to the Women in Jazz Media team members involved in this edition and the team for this magazine are:
Isabel Márquez, Monika S. Jakubowska, Germana Stella La Sorsa, Tatiana Gorilovsky, Kim Cypher, Enid Farber, Fiona Ross and Fiona Mactaggart.

We hope you enjoy!