Spice Jazz Soho: Lucy Joy Quartet 2026

“It is impossible to be unmoved by the exuberance and creativity of Lucy Joy and her quartet. This vibrant young singer-composer absolutely captivates as she creates an exciting and entirely original performance and artistic point of view,” says jazz vocalist and composer Jo Lawry.

The Lucy Joy Quartet is the latest of a long line of innovative modern jazz groups to emerge out of the Guildhall School of Music and Drama. Led by vocalist and composer Lucy Joy, the group performs her original songs which fuse rolling, swaggering modal jazz and sensual, rich female vocal songwriting as well as rock and blues, drum and bass and 90s Northern indie.

Influenced by Betty Carter, Cecile McLorin Salvant, and Wayne Shorter, but also by Radiohead, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, and Led Zeppelin, the Lucy Joy Quartet is eclectic and diverse in its approach, yet always energetic, dynamic, and exciting. They are Lucy Joy, Thomas Sladden, Louis Gascoyne and Luke Brueck Seeley.

Come and see them, and they will draw you into their world.

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Lucy Joy – voice

Thomas Sladden – piano

Louis Gascoyne – bass

Luke Brueck Seeley – drums

Born and raised in the North West, Lucy Joy is a vocalist, composer/arranger and songwriter. Based in London, she is currently an undergraduate student in jazz composition and arranging at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama. She has had the pleasure of also working with acclaimed members of the modern jazz scene, including Scott Stroman, Darmon Meader, Trish Clowes, Clare Wheeler, members of the legendary New York Voices (Peter Eldridge and Lauren Kinhan) and members of jazz supergroup MOSS (Kate McGarry, Theo Bleckmann, and Jo Lawry), as well as jazz/soul singer/songwriter Ola Onabule and vocal powerhouse Corinne Bailey Rae. She has also worked with indie rock artist Hayden Thorpe (Wild Beasts), jazz pianist and composer Bill Laurance (Snarky Puppy) and legendary arranger Callum Au (RAYE, Metropole Orkest).