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 ...

Women have always had a lot of the big names in jazz: Billie Holiday, Sarah Vaughan, Ella Fitzgerald. These artists broke barriers in the male-dominated genre; the trails they blazed are carried forth ...

Monnette Sudler, a longtime Philadelphia musician known as the “queen of jazz guitar,” has died. The Germantown native passed away on Sunday at the age of 70. Sudler has been a fixture of the ...

“I love Strats, I’m such a Strat girl, and Fender actually recently did the 70th-anniversary Strat. And so this is one of the models that they made,” Lindsay Ell says, as she picks up her iridescent ...

The 2025 Savannah Music Festival will feature a diverse lineup of talented women in jazz, reflecting the genre's evolution and inclusivity. These artists, including Lakecia Benjamin, Endea Owens, and ...

The 10th annual Palm Springs Women's Jazz Festival will make its triumphant return this weekend after having to pivot to an online platform during the COVID-19 pandemic, and an even bigger celebration ...

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 ...

Can you pick out the recording that does not go with the rest? It is always good to throw a blues ringer into an otherwise well-behaved jazz set. So it is here with Laurie Jane & the 45s' Midnight ...

January 10, 2006 To: Listings/Critics/Features From: JAZZ PROMO SERVICES The New York Guitar Festival Comes to Flushing Town Hall 1/21: Leni Stern, Brandon Ross, Michelle Kinney 1/28: Alex De Grassi, ...

Diva -- A status report on the contemporary scene : part one -- A status report : part II -- Remembrance of things passé : Jill McManus recalls the frustrations of the jazz sisters in the 1970s -- ...

I felt it was my mission to create this platform to celebrate Jazz music. It just so happened that the incredible team we were able to build for Jazz Music Awards consisted of women.” — Wendy F.