Janine Irons

Janine Irons
OBE FRSA
Born
Janine Mireille Irons

Harrow, London, England
NationalityBritish
Occupation(s)Music educator, artist manager and producer
Known forChief executive of Tomorrow's Warriors
PartnerGary Crosby
AwardsServices to Jazz Award at 2023 Parliamentary Jazz Awards

Janine Mireille Irons OBE FRSA is a British music educator, artist manager and producer, who in 1991 co-founded with her partner Gary Crosby the music education and professional development organisation Tomorrow's Warriors, of which she is Chief Executive.[1][2] In 1997, she and Crosby also initiated the Dune Records label, with a focus on Black British jazz musicians and musicians from Tomorrow's Warriors.[3][4][5] Irons has also worked as a photographer and musician.[4]

In 2023, Irons received the Services to Jazz Award at the Parliamentary Jazz Awards,[6] and she was also honoured as an OBE in the Birthday Honours for services to the music industry.[7] and also

  1. ^ "Janine Irons | Tomorrow's Warriors", AMA (Arts Marketing Association).
  2. ^ "About", Tomorrow's Warriors website.
  3. ^ John Murph, "Do Your Own Thing: The Dune Label", JazzTimes, March 2004.
  4. ^ a b Sarah Birke, "Record label PR file: Dune Records", The Independent, 31 January 2007.
  5. ^ Hilary Moore, Inside British Jazz: Crossing Borders of Race, Nation and Class (Ashgate Publishing, 2007), Routledge, 2016, p. 131.
  6. ^ "Winners Announced at the 2023 Parliamentary Jazz Awards". LondonJazz News. 4 July 2023.
  7. ^ "Janine Irons Honoured with OBE for Services to the Music Industry". Tomorrow's Warriors. 2 February 2024.