If you Google “all-female jazz groups,” you’ll learn of the existence of ARTEMIS pretty quickly. The musicians attached have changed throughout the years, but the ensemble of women has always featured ...
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 + ...
There are many kinds of open. Poet Audre Lorde in her poem “Coal” conveys in words what jazz saxophonist Tia Fuller conveys in sound. The metaphor of the diamond gives voice to the shine inside them ...
The best bassists are felt in the groove, not heard over top of it, and the greatest female bassists of all time are certainly no exception. These talented instrumentalists are the driving forces ...
photo - A celebrated saxophonist Joie Taylor has backed jazz stars like Delfayo Marsalis, Javon Jackson and Larry Coryell at Maui Jazz & Blues Festival shows. Courtesy photo Performing at the Maui ...
LONG BEACH, Calif. (KABC) -- After 17 years of touring internationally, Jazz in Pink will have a full-circle moment when it plays Long Beach this weekend. The all-female jazz ensemble from Los Angeles ...
Zoot Sims, left, and Al Cohn performing on stage. Al Cohn, circa 1980. Saxophonist John 'Zoot' Sims on break at WTTW Studios during a taping of the show Soundstage in Chicago, Nov. 26, 1979. Harry ...