October 6th LILY DIOR, one of Australia’s finest singers, award winning saxophonist HANNAH HORTON & award winning J STEPS pay tribute to Dexter Gordon. In association with @WomeninJazzMed The Swinging Cat Jazz Club Haverhill Arts Centre Tickets £15/£10 bit.ly/SwingingCat

"Visionary organisation....Student musicians inspiring... J Steps is an example of what we can do to ensure the future of the music we love" - Maxine Gordon about J Steps ahead of the Dexter Gordon legagcy event on 6th Oct. Haverhill Arts Centre jazzineurope.mfmmedia.nl/2023/09/featur… @WomeninJazzMed

Friday Oct 6th The Swinging Cat Jazz Club Lily Dior is my special guest + support form J Steps j Haverhill Arts Centre Celebrating Dexter Gordon in collaboration with @WomeninJazzMed Tix £15/£10 bit.ly/SwingingCat #suffolk #essex #cambridge Jazzwise

Meet Annie Qosja - one of the awesome alto sax players in J Steps j Wonderful to see Annie growing in confidence & developing her jazz improvisation. I can’t wait to see what the future holds for her. #futuretalent #mentor #musiceducation #jazzfutures #saxplayer

Thanks to everyone for filling the house at The Swinging Cat last night. What a special night it was with the awesome Lily Dior and J Steps j for #Dex100 in association with @WomeninJazzMed Huge thanks to @fifross for her help and support

Tracks I’m loving & which inspire including Chip Wickham Kyle Eastwood Gregory Porter Joy Ellis jo harrop Tony Kofi Camilla George Lily Dior Updated open.spotify.com/playlist/6N8LO…

Happy Birthday Pharoah Sanders. Jazz legend and sax master. Thanks for all the music and lessons you gave us 🙏🏻🎷

We loved being part of this event. Thanks to the amazing audience who cheered and whooped us, you made our night! Awesome playing to a full house.

Meet J Steps. Formed to address the historical lack of representation of women in jazz. It means so much to nurture, encourage and develop jazz artists of the future. #womeninjazz #jazzfuture #nurture #youngtalent #girlsplayjazz J Steps j @WomeninJazzMed

Wow! We loved being on this podcast with our director Hannah Horton Thanks for inviting us on @WomeninJazzMed and for your wonderful support

In just 5 weeks, something really exciting is happening – my album launch gig at the fabulous Toulouse Lautrec Jazz Club in London on Friday, April 26th! 🌟✨ Sam Leak 🎹 Steve Taylor 🥁 Rob Statham 🎸 #AlbumLaunch #LondonJazzScene #ukjazz #londonjazz #jazzsax

Really lovely to see all ages and abilities jamming together last night. I never thought I’d get a jam this inclusive and welcoming going! Thanks to Wylde Sky Brewing for having us at your brewery every month 🙏🏻 #GivingBack #community #jazzjam #equality

We are loving our new home at Fairycroft in Saffron Walden. Here we are on our first session there. Excited for all our future plans and sharing more with you. #saffronwalden #futuretalent #musiceducation #jazzfutures #girlsplayjazz @WomeninJazzMed Hannah Horton

Still buzzing after a great session yesterday afternoon. Exploring #originals and #jazzstandards with Hannah Horton

This month in 1956, Billie Holiday completed her recording of LADY SINGS THE BLUES album. Her autobiography was released simultaneously with the album, both sharing the same name. Have you ever read the book? 📕 #BillieHoliday #LadyDay #StrangeFruit #LadySingsTheBlues

Thanks to a truly wonderful fan for letting me know I am on The Jazz Mann recommend listening. I truly am blown away by the support from the jazz community for this album ❤️🙏🏻 Ian Mann #playlist #jazz

We loved playing at The Swinging Cat Jazz Club Haverhill Arts Centre . Not long until we come back on 9th Nov - we can’t wait!

Some of us from our gig last night at #TheSwingingCat Haverhill Arts Centre Thanks to everyone for your support. Our first gig with our current lineup and we loved every second. Directed by Hannah Horton #jazzfutures #girlsplayjazz #itsoktobeyou #womeninjazz