Georgina Jackson
After acquiring a strange and somewhat unfashionable obsession with Jazz and Big Band music at a very early age, (and in Wigan!) Georgina began her musical career working as a professional trumpet player almost everywhere up, down, left and right of the country. After leaving school she spent her summers playing big band music every night at Blackpool Tower Ballroom. Touring for many years with West End Shows, Big Band Rat Pack shows and artists such as Frank Sinatra Junior, Nancy Sinatra, Four Tops and Temptations and Seal.
Harbouring a desire to wear a posh frock rather than the same as 'the lads' in the band, Georgina decided to make a dash for the front mike! Setting up her own Big Band to play at a local ballroom was the first step to fulfilling her frock and singing ambitions. Recording her own Big Band album at Abbey Road studios led to enthusiastic support from the legendary Michael Parkinson and her dream gig as resident performer with the Ronnie Scotts Jazz Orchestra where she has regularly performed for the last 15 years.
Georgina works internationally as a Cabaret Artiste performing her ‘One Woman’ entertaining trumpet/vocal shows on the world's most prestigious cruise lines. Often found performing her show upon the iconic Cunard Queen Mary II as she sails out of New York.
Her ‘Sass and Brass’ show has sold out numerous times at Ronnie Scotts and her ‘The Big Swing’ project headlined the London Jazz Festival at the Cadogan Hall.
Other recent notable performances have included, BBC TV’s ‘The Big Band Proms’ at the Royal Albert Hall, North Sea Jazz Festival and as a headline performer at International trumpet conferences in Hollywood, Naples and San Paulo in Brazil.
In 2024 Georgina came a glorious full circle to become the Musical Director of the LP Swing Orchestra. Becoming the only female conductor of her own commercial Big Band allows Georgina to wave her baton (and trumpet) around in theatres across the country.
Georgina has a passion for putting a smile on people’s faces and sharing the pure joy of music, she is absolutely cock-a-hoop to be involved in this blinking magical production !