Together, Trotter and Miller, along with about 20 other women, create musical art in the MU Women’s Jazz Ensemble. The group ...

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 ...

under-recognized Black female jazz performers and composers. Dr. Angela M. Wellman is an award-winning musician, scholar, educator, and activist. As a third-generation musician, Wellman has performed ...

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 ...

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 ...

Enjoy music composed, arranged and performed by women at a free special concert at the Bettendorf Public Library, 2950 ...

Women in World Jazz performs a global musical journey at Canton Public Library's Open Book Coffeehouse on May 16.

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 ...

This story about “The Woman King” composer Terence Blanchard first appeared in “The Race Begins” issue of TheWrap’s awards magazine. Terence Blanchard’s resume is full of big accomplishments: The jazz ...

In a directory of jazz venues in the metro area, Hey Nonny is on few fans’ shortlist. Heck, it may not even crack their long list. But in two short years, the downtown Arlington Heights venue has gone ...

*Praise is pouring in from the Jazz community for the inaugural Jazz Music Awards, which had its broadcast premiere on January 1, 2024, on PBS Passport’s on-demand platform, as well as the nine PBS ...