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Emma-Jean Thackray
Born in Leeds, England in the late 1980s, Emma-Jean Thackray is an acclaimed
jazz multi-instrumentalist, DJ, singer, composer, and producer. She experiments
with a wide variety of musical styles including spiritual jazz, funk, neo-soul,
electronica, and rap. Known more for her trumpet playing, she also plays
percussion and keyboards. Her musical journey began playing the cornet in a
local marching band. She then studied trumpet and composition at the Royal
College of Wales, where her teacher was jazz pianist and composer Keith Tippett.
After earning a master's degree in orchestra...
