You name it, Emma-Jean Thackray can do it: play the cornet, sing, lead a band, DJ, run a label, arrange an intergalactically complex jazz EP? All in a day’s work for the Leeds-born musician. Her distinct take on nu-jazz is spiritually-minded and designed to get both your mind and body moving. “The groove is the most important thing,” she says, and it’s been ever-present in her work since day one.
