To a casual observer, it may not seem unusual that an ensemble made up entirely of female musicians will hit the main stage at the Detroit Jazz Festival this weekend, Sept. 2-5. But for Allison Miller ...

If you Google “all-female jazz groups,” you’ll learn of the existence of ARTEMIS pretty quickly. The musicians attached have changed throughout the years, but the ensemble of women has always featured ...

Maqueque, an all-female Afro-Cuban jazz sextet featuring five young Cuban female musicians, will headline at Chris' Jazz Café on Friday and Saturday February 25 & 26 for a weekend of scintillating and ...

Eboni Fondren a jazz vocalist and bandleader in Kansas City. Kansas City jazz artists say the gender imbalance in the music world continues to be evident, specifically in their genre. Despite many ...

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 ...

I felt it was my mission to create this platform to celebrate Jazz music. It just so happened that the incredible team we were able to build for Jazz Music Awards consisted of women.” — Wendy F.

At a time when a female jazz percussionist was a rarity, she played with Benny Goodman and went on to work with Marian McPartland and other big names. By Richard Sandomir Dottie Dodgion, one of the ...

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