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 ...

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 + ...

Unlock access to every one of the hundreds of articles published daily on BroadwayWorld by logging in with one click. At the end, everyone came out for a performance of “On the Sunny Side of the ...

The talented all-female ensemble will play at St. Paul’s Mears Park as part of the Twin Cities Jazz Festival. Ten years after forming the Jazz Women All Stars, Patty Peterson and her ensemble of ...

under-recognized Black female jazz performers and composers. Dr. Angela M. Wellman is an award-winning musician, scholar, educator, and activist. As a third-generation musician, Wellman has performed ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — The Universal Temple of the Arts (UTA) will play host to the 36th Annual Staten Island Jazz Festival, a celebration of the contributions of women to the world of jazz. This ...

Even though women such as Ella Fitzgerald, Billie Holiday and Nina Simone have names that will be forever etched into jazz history, the music industry as a whole remains quite male-dominated. That's ...

It’s true that come March many jazz venues consciously look to book female instrumentalists in celebration of Women’s History Month. But it’s also true that presenters don’t have to search hard to ...

The country’s biggest Women’s Jazz Festival is set to return to Hey Nonny Jan. 7 through 11. It will be the third annual installment of the event at the Arlington Heights music venue and bistro.

The 1970s produced some of the most talented, prolific and iconic female vocalists of all time. From once-in-a-lifetime voices like Patti LaBelle and Aretha Franklin to pop culture royalty like Patti ...