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 ...

PHILADELPHIA (CBS) -- In a world where jazz music has traditionally been dominated by men, a unique nonprofit is changing the narrative. The Key Of She Jazz hosted its annual jam session and ...

MADISON, Wis. -- "Ladies Must Swing." an 18-piece all-women's jazz band brought the house down at Cafe Coda on Williamson Street on Sunday. The band, based in Dane County, said that its important for ...

Widespread Panic • Lake Street Dive • Leela James • Lettuce • Alejandro Escovedo • Fred Wesley and his New JBs • Grace Bowers • Sweet Crude • Buckwheat Zydeco Jr. and The Legendary Ils Sont Partis ...

In the early 1980s, pianist Dee Spencer’s astonishing and unanticipated encounter with Melba Liston introduced her to a jazz wonderland. A first-call trombonist best known as the arranger of choice ...

In Celebration of Women’s History Month, CapRadio will present nightly broadcasts on KXPR (88.9 FM) during the entire month of March that will spotlight the legendary female instrumentalists and ...

NMAF copy 39088019788116 gift from Pearl Bowser. "The International Sweethearts of Rhythm, a popular women's jazz band of the 1940s, earned a reputation as the "best all-women's swing band ever to ...

The fourth “Celebrating Women in Jazz” concert, produced by Chris “Big Dog” Davis, will be back by popular demand on Saturday at noon in the DoubleTree by Hilton Reading Grand Ballroom. Chris “Big Dog ...

Performing at the Maui Jazz & Blues Festival Series "Women in Jazz" concert at the Ocean Vodka Farm on May 25, Joie Taylor fell in love with the saxophone as a 10-year-old living in Alabama, hearing ...

NMAF copy 39088019788116 gift from Pearl Bowser. Contents Foreword / Billy Taylor -- 1. Prologue -- 2. Historical Overview -- 3. Piney Woods Country Life School -- 4. The Sweethearts' Early Years -- 5 ...