It is rare that a jazz musician is just a jazz musician. In order to survive you almost always have to have another gig, teach, or work in some auxiliary role to your music life. A musician who ...

Sometimes it can seem like the jazz world is a man's, man's, man's world (as James Brown would say), but there have always been excellent female musicians creating jazz on par with that of their male ...

René Marie, vocals: Friday, Sept. 1, 6 p.m. and Sunday, Sept. 3, 8:30 p.m. Tia Fuller, saxophone: Friday, Sept. 1, 9:30 p.m. Akiko Tsuruga, B3 organ: Saturday, Sept ...

This story about “The Woman King” composer Terence Blanchard first appeared in “The Race Begins” issue of TheWrap’s awards magazine. Terence Blanchard’s resume is full of big accomplishments: The jazz ...

Jan. 30—In conjunction with Berks Jazz Fest, the KU Presents! series presents Pioneering Women in Jazz, featuring the Jazz at Lincoln Center's all-female jazz band backing vocalists Charenee Wade, ...

The Washington Women in Jazz Festival was born out of the necessity for more feminine representation in the genre. The festival’s founder, Amy K. Bormet, is a vocalist and pianist who noticed the lack ...

AND VINE DISTRICT TODAY, BUT ONLY IN JAZZ AT NOON AT THE BLUE ROOM AT 18TH, AND BARNES. THE MELODY IN CELEBRATION OF JAZZ AND FOR SOME IN MEMORY OF ADAM MACBETH, PROBABLY ONE OF THE GREATEST ...

For quite some time, people have bemoaned the fact that there are few women jazz artists. To some extent this claim has been true, amplified by the circumstance that many women jazz musicians have ...

Leading Ladies: A Celebration of Women in Jazz honors the vital contributions of female jazz artists through a series of performances. The lineup includes acclaimed artists such as Jazzmeia Horn, CC + ...

Women of Jazz Unite in Palm Springs: The 10th anniversary of the Palm Springs Women’s Jazz Festival takes place this week, on Nov. 11 to Nov. 13, and along the main attractions are Ledisi, Nnenna ...

Visiting Detroit for the opening of "New Standards" — the Carr Center's multimedia exhibition celebrating women's contributions to jazz — legendary civil rights activist and scholar Angela Davis ...

*Praise is pouring in from the Jazz community for the inaugural Jazz Music Awards, which had its broadcast premiere on January 1, 2024, on PBS Passport’s on-demand platform, as well as the nine PBS ...