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‘I enjoy the company of women musicians. It creates a different, supportive atmosphere on stage’
CHRIS SEARLE speaks to Rwanda-born jazz vocalist INEZA
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THE Rwanda-born singer Ineza, says of her striking and beautifully sung first album Women’s Words, Sisters’ Stories: “Its unifying theme is championing the works of female composers, singers and songwriters in the jazz world.”

Her accompanying band are all women, with the exception of pianist Alex Webb: bassist Charlie Pyne, Katie Patterson on drums, trombonist Rosie Turton and tenor saxophonist Maddy Coombs. There is also an all-women string quartet of violinists Johanna Burnheart and Annalise Lam, with Julia dos Reis on viola and cellist Miranda Lewis-Brown.

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