Jazz musician Isabel Udell ’19 said she’d like to see more women start playing jazz at Bowdoin and elsewhere, to set off a cascade. “You need more women to attract more women,” she said. So, she ...

Join Julie Charnet Rhenda Fearrington and Shakera Jones for an evening of classic jazz, swing and more. Decades: Ladies of Jazz is a tribute to those great songs of the past that still resonate with ...

Re: that last post from Friday, I actually drew up a first draft which started completely differently. I've modified and fleshed it out as a supplement to the women and jazz thoughtpiece. And yes, I ...

Back in the big band era, women on the bandstand played their roles as “girl singers,” not instrumentalists. Ella Fitzgerald got her start with the Chick Webb Orchestra. Sarah Vaughan worked with the ...

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 + ...

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 ...

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 ...

Following last year’s roaring success with Chris “Big Dog” Davis’s first “Celebrating the Women in Jazz” concert, Boscov’s Berks Jazz Fest will present a reboot, featuring a whole new slate of artists ...

Tia Fuller, a badass saxophonist and former member of Beyoncé’s all-woman band, is one of the festival’s four headliners. MinnPost’s reporters work hard to bring you news about what’s happening in MN.

In a year in which sexual harassment allegations have snowballed in Hollywood, women in Palm Springs celebrated the music they could make without men this weekend. A mostly female audience at the Palm ...

The two major jazz events that ushered in the summer of 2010 in the Susquehanna Valley were more than an early look at some future star performers. Esperanza Spalding's magnificent performance last ...