Born in Durham and raised on a heady musical diet of Nina Simone, Billie Holiday and Aretha Franklin, Jo Harrop first cut her teeth as a session singer. 

After moving to London, she quickly established herself as one of the most unmistakable voices in British jazz, performing everywhere from the Royal Albert Hall to sell out shows at Ronnie Scott's. Jo was nominated for two Parliamentary Jazz Awards in 2022, for best vocalist and album of the year, and her songs have been playlisted on BBC Radio 2's Jo Whiley show, Jazz FM and BBC Radio 6 music. 

Having signed to London-based jazz label, Lateralize Records, she recently received a raft of rapturous reviews for Weathering The Storm, her debut with guitarist, Jamie McCredie, and her first original album, The Heart Wants, which hit number 13 in the US Jazz album charts. 

Effortlessly blurring the lines between jazz and folk, it's an achingly beautiful album that is so shot through with pathos and pain, it could melt the hardest of hearts. The Guardian dubbed it 'a little gem of an album: simple, modest and perfect,' whilst BBC 6 Music's Iggy Pop fell in love with her voice, calling her "a very fine jazz singer." Warm, smokey and capable of the most delicate dynamics, Jo Harrop's mellifluous voice reveals an intimacy few singers are capable of generating.

Jo is joined by the most intuitive of accompanists, Chris Ingham on piano, with his quartet featuring Harry Greene on Saxophone & guitar, Joe Pettitt on bass and George Double on drums.

'Sublime' JO WHILEY BBC RADIO 2

'A very fine Jazz Singer' - I believe her' – IGGY POP BBC 6 MUSIC

'Exquisite, a rare mixture of delicacy and boldness' THE GUARDIAN