Jackie began her involvement in jazz playing clarinet with Keith Tippett’s Seedbed Workshop Orchestra in Bristol. She progressed to a degree course in Music with Arts Management at Dartington College of Arts in Devon where she studied jazz alto sax & piano with Mick Green (tenor saxophonist) and Lewis Riley (pianist / composer).

Jackie got the bug for jazz jam sessions in Devon and set up her own session at the Exeter & Devon Arts Centre whilst still a student. In more recent years she set up two sessions in Bristol at the Prom (moved to the Bunch of Grapes) and Marlows and was a regular player at other popular sessions including the East Bristol Jazz Club at Seymours and Tantric Café.

On completion of degree studies and returning to Bath, Jackie joined the ska/reggae band, Snatch which was a popular band often seen playing at the Hat & Feather in Bath’s Walcot Street.

Shortly after moving to Bristol, she formed her own group, Machuki which played numerous local venues and events including Bath Fringe Festival’s Walcot Nation Day & Bristol’s Easton Community Festival.

2003 saw a flurry of activity including the formation of the ‘Guapos’ combos which played numerous gigs throughout Bristol and the south west.

This year, Jackie returns in a new band, High Jingo playing well-known and a few unexpected jazz tunes including one or two original compositions.