International Women’s Day has been a focus for LondonJazz News since Fran Hardcastle started the series in 2011. Our 2024 editor is Kai Hoffman, who has done several of the interviews this year. Features to be published this Friday 8 March 2024.
For International Women’s Day 2024, LJN is proud to present another amazing lineup of boundary-pushing women from around the globe.
In this series, we will be featuring the following artists:
- the brilliant composer & saxophonist Asha Parkinson, whose music crosses multiple genres with humanitarian ideals at its heart (co-publishing with European publications)
- the versatile Katie Patterson, freelance drummer and enthusiastic educator
- Latinx powerhouse Eliane Correa, composer, pianist, MD, arranger and curator of the London Latin Jazz Festival
- Clara Green, Swedish jazz vocalist, composer and educator
We also have fantastic, informative interviews with some of the world’s top jazz club organisers:
- Sarah Weller, Head of Music at Ronnie Scott’s,
- Lisa Buck, founder and director of BuckingJam Palace, Calgary, Canada
- Anna-Marie Schluifelder, who until 2022 was Head of Office and Production at the Unterfahrt Jazz Club in Munich, Germany, and is now a pivotal figure at the brand new Bergson centre.
Sarah Weller encourages us by saying “be prepared to work hard and be passionate about what you do. You have to be single minded about the things you love.”
“The music industry is just better when there is a diversity of voices,” Lisa Buck adds. “One of the most powerful tools you can have is a network, so build that with people whose values and spirits resonate with your own. If you are struggling to get a seat at the table, then build your own table and make it fabulous.”
Enjoy these inspiring interviews and have a Happy International Women’s Day on Friday!
(*) Photo credits above: Chris Huning (KH), Broadway Studios (AP), Georg Stirnweiss (AMS), Ronnie Scott’s (SW), Bosphorus Cymbals (KP), Leya Russell (LB)
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Yeeeaaaaasssssss Lisa Buck!!!