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 ...

Praise is pouring in for the inaugural Jazz Music Awards, which had its broadcast premiere on Jan 1, 2024, on PBS Passport.

More Black Women in Jazz to Love. Beyond the legends above, countless Black female jazz artists have contributed to the genre’s evolution. From Nancy Wilson to Samara Joy, ...

The recently formed jazz group Mary Lou's Apartment spotlights compositions by black women in jazz. (Tim Burgess) In the early 1990s, the late trombonist-arranger Melba Liston lived with her three ...

March is International Black Women in Jazz Month, and Sarah Vaughan is one of the most well-known African-American jazz musicians of all time. Vaughan, who died in 1990, would have celebrated her ...

The Black Women in Jazz panel takes place on Friday, March 19, at RedLine Contemporary Art Center, with limited in-person attendance and a virtual viewing option.

Cotuit Center for the Arts presents “Cerise Bynoe: Black Women in Jazz” on Friday and Saturday, Feb. 27 and 28, at 7:30 p.m. Bynoe honors some of the greatest women in jazz in this tribute to ...

Women In Jazz: Taking Back All-Female Ensembles : ... Israeli, Dutch, Portuguese, Chinese-American and African-American musicians -- all of them women. ...

Women in Jazz, Part 1: Early Innovators article by Karl Ackermann, published on February 4, 2019 at All About Jazz. ... poets and minstrels, we can see parallels to early black jazz musicians in ...

The selective, historically black women's college in Atlanta has cut the college's once-esteemed jazz program, a rarity within the traditionally male-dominated genre.

Black Women Dominate Production Team Of The Inaugural Jazz Music Awards For Standout Recognition Of America's Indigenous Art Form . The Jazz Music Awards is available on demand on PBS Passport.