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Billie Holiday(born in 1915) and jazz are synonymous. After a challenging and abusive childhood, she took comfort in music while singing along to Bessie Smith. Born Eleanora Fagan, she renamed herself and performed as Billie Holiday for the rest of her career. She was also known as "Lady D...
The article presents the 25 most influential women in the jazz world. Singer Ella Fitzgerald is ranked number one by the magazine, followed by singers Billie Holiday and Sarah Vaughan. The accomplishments and qualities of other singers...
Posessed of a uniquely expressive voice, Lizz Wright is now one of the world’s foremost exponents of the art of vocal jazz. Peter Quinn caught up with her to learn more about her love of those enduring standards by the American Songbook greats and the power of music to unite in these ...
Blackman’s progressive take on the jazz-rock fusion genre has taken her to the top of her field, known worldwide for her explorative musicality and genre-bending ideas. Pauline Braddy One of the first African American female drummers was Pauline Braddy, who rose to international fame in the...
She continues, “In striving to analyze and to understand the concepts of jazz music, white critics often hid behind black stereotypes in order to explain the increased fascination the world had with jazz. As magazines first began to recognize jazz, between 1917 and 1920, critics’ principal aim...
Nicknames were almost as common as invented vocabulary for jazzmen and women, including these: Edward Kennedy Ellington: Governor, Guv’nor, Guvvy, the Duke of Hot, Maestro, the Joe Louis of Song Champions, Fatso, Monster, Tubby, Phony, Stinkpot, Apple Dumpling, Dumpy, Dump, Puddin’, Head...
As World War II came around, so too did opportunities for all-female jazz bands to thrive. The men were fighting in the military, and women now took their place. While such bands were not uncommon, their popularity hit a major stride in this era. The most popular band of that time was...
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Ruby Savage and the Women In Jazz team and included people from London, Manchester, Brighton and Bristol, in partnership with Worldwide FM, Giant Steps and Sound Connections. Our workshops aim to up-skill young artists and beginners in areas outside performance/composition to help build a strong...