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Jazzmeia Horn

JAZZMEIA HORN HEADLINES THE WOMEN’S JAZZ FESTIVAL

Reviewed by Eric Myers

Loudmouth, December 1, 2024

Anyone who has heard Jazzmeia Horn’s great album Messages would be well aware that she’s an outstanding jazz singer, perhaps the most talented and unusual vocal artist to have emerged in the US over the last ten years. In view of her importance I was certainly looking forward to her first performance in Sydney, headlining the Sydney International Women’s Jazz Festival at St Stephens Uniting Church in Macquarie Street, Sydney. Let me say at the outset that the evening could only be considered a major success, in terms of audience reaction. A little over 400 people, intent on showing their appreciation for Horn’s obvious talents, reacted rapturously to her amazing work…