Born in Tokyo, Japan, to Belgian and British parents, Lucy grew up at the intersection of three cultures and ways of life. She took lessons with Mr Yoshida, an inspiring clarinet teacher who loved Benny Goodman and Louis Sclavis.

As a teenager and in her early 20s, Lucy started to explore the music scene in Japan, visiting jazz bars, rock tribute bars, going to clubs, singing karaoke till the early hours of the morning, and attending jam sessions.

Lucy moved to London for her studies and spent her 20s exploring the London music scene. She formed a band, Raka Balkan band, with her university contemporaries, and played in many now-vanished venues, such as Passing Clouds (now The Jago), Balabam, and the old Jamboree. She also played in many swing formations, in famous venues such as The Quecumbar (also now gone), The Eleanor Arms, and many pubs scattered around London. A brief spell also took her to Cork, where she continued to play in Cork and learn from amazing musicians.

Now predominantly based in Brussels, Lucy continues to play in Belgium, UK, Ireland, and beyond.

Lucy continues to develop her professional practice, studying Bulgarian folk in Plovdiv, attending Jure Pukl’s Jazz Klinik in Velenje, Slovenia, and attending the International Jazz Platform in Lodz, Poland.

She has been invited to perform and teach workshops in festivals around the world, including the World Culture Festival in Karachi, Pakistan, and the Schleswig-Holstein Festival in Germany.