Spice Jazz Soho Presents: Lily Dior

After 25 years of solid jazz promoting, as founded by Paul Pace, at the Spice of Life Soho, nurturing upcoming talents as well as established masters of the music, the SpiceJazz Team (Tara Minton and Clement Regert) are excited to relocate their acclaimed operation to the well-appointed and stylish music room of Crazy Coqs.

The LILY DIOR BAND present an evening of original soul drenched jazz that will lift your spirits and warm you into the new year.

Featuring some of London’s finest musicians including Tim Lapthorn, Geoff Gascoygne and Rod Youngs, who’ve back a who’s who of the UK and international jazz scene, Lily has written seven songs with bassist extraordinaire Geoff over the last year and will be going into the studio in 2026 to record a new album.

Come and experience this exciting new music and incredible band before it’s released into the world.

Line up:

Lily Dior: Vocals
Geoff Gascoyne: Double bass
Rod Youngs: Drums
Tim Lapthorn: piano

“Lily Dior has two personae – the straight-ahead jazz singer, and , the soul diva… Lily Dior wowed a packed house” – UK JAZZ NEWS

“The production is superb, the musicianship exceptional, and Lily’s musicality and singing is breathtaking.” – Mix-Biz UK

Recognised as one of Australia’s finest singers, Lily Dior has shared the stage with a remarkable list of outstanding musicians and singers from Australia and around the world including, Oscar Castro Neves, Airto Moriera, Don Grusin, Dave Matthews, Jim Mullen, John Etheridge, Abe Laboriel, Alex Acuna, Bill Evans, Mike Nock, Paul Grabowsky amongst many others, and has performed at many of Australia’s best venues including The Opera House Concert Hall, The State Theatre, Lyric Theatre and the Sydney Town Hall.

Born to professional musicians who met and married in London, Lily has been steeped in music her whole life, traveling the world from the tender age of two weeks with her parents as they sang and played their way through Europe, Asia and eventually Australia.

Returning to her roots, Lily has established herself as an in demand performer appearing at iconic London venues such as Ronnie Scott’s, The 606 Club and Pizza Express Soho and Holburn as well as The Royal Festival Hall and The Budapest Jazz Club.