London band Nérija joined Chris Philips on The Blueprint

Nérija are a vibrant all-woman London band born Gary Crosby's Tomorrow's Warriors music education programme. They played a number of dates at London Jazz Festival and are fast gaining a growing following for their uplifting self-penned jams, the best of which now figure on their new Nérija E.P. Ever curious, Chris Philips finally managed to get three of the seven members, saxophonists Nubya Garcia and Cassie Kinoshi and trumpeter Sheila Maurice-Grey, in for a chat.