For too long, Black women composers and musicians have not received the recognition that they deserve. Fleetwood-Jourdain Theatre and the Jazz Institute of Chicago are bringing some of them into th… ...

When thinking about jazz, it’s impossible to ignore the deep, soulful contributions of Black women who have shaped the genre into what it is today.

Celebrated as the U.S.' original art form, jazz has inspired generations of musicians and listeners alike. The sound is rich, improvisational and deeply emotional, blending rhythm, soul and ...

Recording artists Nicole "Lady" Wray, Adi Oasis and Melanie Charles talk shop with host Myra Flynn. Jazz took it’s original shape in the late 19th century, and is widely associated with the ...

Decades before Jackie Robinson integrated Major League Baseball, these Black musicians were fighting discrimination and segregation on the bandstand.

Jazz without Patriarchy- an hour of Black Jazz women’s music with Dr Angela Wellman. Inspired by the motto of the Berklee Institute of Jazz and Gender Justice at the Berklee School of Music, this hour ...

BLACK ENTERPRISE closes out Women’s History Month, highlighting 10 Black women who are game-changers in sports, exhibit boss leadership moves, and show proof that representation matters.

Discover the best black female jazz singers ever! From Ella to Esperanza, meet 25 iconic voices that revolutionized the jazz world. Tune in now!

Ella Fitzgerald made history on May 4, 1959, as the first woman to win a Grammy Award. The “First Lady of Song” took home two ...

U.K. jazz is having a moment, but women still see a gender imbalance in the genre. The community group Women in Jazz is out to change that.

Over the weekend of March 8, thousands flocked to Miami Gardens’ 18th Annual Jazz in the Gardens Music Festival.