She’s been at least intriguing since she first came on the scene as a fearless 27-year-old back in 2008, splashing new colors ...

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 ...

Sometimes it can seem like the jazz world is a man's, man's, man's world (as James Brown would say), but there have always been excellent female musicians creating jazz on par with that of their male ...

For quite some time, people have bemoaned the fact that there are few women jazz artists. To some extent this claim has been true, amplified by the circumstance that many women jazz musicians have ...

René Marie, vocals: Friday, Sept. 1, 6 p.m. and Sunday, Sept. 3, 8:30 p.m. Tia Fuller, saxophone: Friday, Sept. 1, 9:30 p.m. Akiko Tsuruga, B3 organ: Saturday, Sept ...

AND VINE DISTRICT TODAY, BUT ONLY IN JAZZ AT NOON AT THE BLUE ROOM AT 18TH, AND BARNES. THE MELODY IN CELEBRATION OF JAZZ AND FOR SOME IN MEMORY OF ADAM MACBETH, PROBABLY ONE OF THE GREATEST ...

The Washington Women in Jazz Festival was born out of the necessity for more feminine representation in the genre. The festival’s founder, Amy K. Bormet, is a vocalist and pianist who noticed the lack ...

Women of Jazz Unite in Palm Springs: The 10th anniversary of the Palm Springs Women’s Jazz Festival takes place this week, on Nov. 11 to Nov. 13, and along the main attractions are Ledisi, Nnenna ...

Plus, get the best of BroadwayWorld delivered to your inbox, and unlimited access to our editorial content across the globe. The series kicks off on Wednesday, July 24 with the Sarah Hanahan Quartet.

The Tucson Jazz Society's Primavera All-Stars concert is the nation's longest continuous celebration of women in the arts. Now in its 26th year, Primavera honors pioneering musicians such as Ella ...