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Jazz education group Tomorrow’s Warriors are just short of their 2021 fundraising target, with just two days to go they are just a few thousand pounds shy of their £100,000 target.

They say the money will be used to give free opportunities to young people across the UK, accessible across cultural divides and barriers, with a particular focus on Black musicians, young women and to get their group through the COVID-19 crisis.

The education development programme allows aspiring young jazz musicians to discover their magic and achieve their creative ambitions. Free access to this programme is key and has proved crucial in nurturing the nascent talent and early careers of so many of the most exciting UK artists currently tearing up the jazz scene at home and across the world.

Tomorrow’s Warriors’ impressive alumni include Moses Boyd, Nubya Garcia, Sheila Maurice-Grey, Cassie Kinoshi and Nérija, Femi Koleoso and Ezra Collective, Binker Golding, Shabaka HutchingsandSons of Kemet, Eska, Denys Baptiste, Soweto Kinch, Blue Lab Beats, Mark Crown, David Okumu, Ben Burrell, Zara McFarlane, Mark Kavuma, Camilla George, Cherise, Nathaniel FaceyandEmpirical, Peter Edwards, Jason YardeandJ-Life, Robert Mitchell, Byron Wallen and many more.

Janine Irons MBE, co-founder and chief executive of Tomorrow's Warriors, said, ""We need your support to help the next generation of jazz talent have a bright future across a number of cultural and economic divides. It means so much to us to provide this vital learning programme to the young people that need it most.”

You can hear about the group's work from Janine Irons and Gary Crosby below:

You can donate through their Gofundme page here.

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