LEAH WILLIAMS, Editor of LJN’s 2021 International Women’s Day Series, writes:
Elaine Delmar at The Hawth Crawley, 2015. Image courtesy of Brian O’Connor.
Clara Haberkamp
Leila Martial
Seonaid Aitken
Shirley Tetteh, Jazz sous les Pommiers, 2019. Photo credit Gérard Boisnel / Citizen Jazz
Lou Paley (L) and Nina Fine (R), co-founders of Women in Jazz. Photo credit @azcaptures
Mélissa Acchiardi, Nov 2019, Nevers Jazz Festival. Photo credit Christophe Charpenel / Citizen Jazz
Fiona Ross. Photo credit Indian Hill Design
Regina Carter. Photo credit Arnold Stanley
Ghalia Volt. Publicity photo.
Yannick Peeters. Photo credit Geert Vandepoele
Ingrid Steinkopf. Photo credit Eir-Jørgen Bue.
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:
IWD series 2020
IWD series 2011-2019
(*) 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)
#Womentothefore #IWD2021
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Tagged as: Annie Yanbékian, Clara Haberkamp, Elaine Delmar, Fiona Ross, Fran Hardcastle, Ghalia Volt, IWD, IWD 2021, Jiaowei Hu, Leah Williams, Leila Martial, Lou Paley, Lydia Liebman, Melissa Acchiardi, Regina Carter, Seonaid Aitken, Shirley Tetteh, Yannick Peeters
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