Saturday 9 November – 8:00pm
Hannah Horton with Joanna Eden and J Steps
Ex-student Sam Smith calls Joanna Eden ‘the reason I sing’. Like Christine McVie, Eden comes from the heart of England but is drenched in the influences of North and South America from Joni to Johnson, to Jobim. Mojo says her songs have ‘melody, mystery and bite’ but Eden resists categorisation. She seeks “only to connect; with the song, with the audience, with the groove, with truth. The South American influence, rhythms and harmonies are cemented by Joanna’s bassist Uruguayan bassist & guitarist Andrés Lafone and Guillermo Hill.
Award-winning J Steps is a ground breaking jazz ensemble for female and non-binary jazz musicians under the age of 18. Founded and directed by Hannah Horton, J Steps nurtures the talent of improvising young musicians with it’s main aim being to balance the historic lack of representation of women in jazz. J Steps have performed at the EFG London Jazz Festival and at venues including Saffron Hall, Toulouse Lautrec and Jazz Cafe POSK. Rarely do you get to experience a teenage ensemble as authentic, musical and tight as this!
