LEAH WILLIAMS, Editor of UKJN’s 2021 International Women’s Day Series, writes:
This weekend marks exactly a decade since we first published a special series for International Women’s Day and this year we’re excited to present our largest collection yet with a range of features and interviews that profile, champion and support women from all aspects of the jazz industry:
Melissa Acchiardi, percussionist (*)
Seonaid Aitken, violinist/composer
Regina Carter, violinist
Elaine Delmar, vocalist, pt.2 (read the first part of the profile HERE)
Clara Haberkamp, pianist (*)
Jiaowei Hu, writer
Lydia Liebman, publicist
Leila Martial, vocalist
Lou Paley, co-founder Women in Jazz
Yannick Peeters, bassist (*)
Fiona Ross, vocalist/journalist
Ingrid Steinkopf, pianist (*)
Shirley Tetteh, guitarist (*)
Ghalia Volt, singer/songwriter (*)
Annie Yanbekian, journalist
Round-up of female-led jazz organisations by Lauren Bush
Since 2011, we have published almost a hundred pieces placing a spotlight on women in jazz for this series. If you can’t wait for these new pieces, then check out our back catalogue from previous years:
(*) We are also proud to have co-published six of these articles as part of an IWD collaboration to highlight young jazz and blues female musicians across Europe with: Citizen Jazz (Fr), Jazzaround (Be), Jazz’halo (Be), Jazznytt (No)
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