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Barbara Gracey Thompson MBE (27 July 1944 – 9 July 2022) was an English jazz saxophonist, flautist and composer. She studied clarinet, flute, piano and classical composition at the Royal College of Music, but the music of Duke Ellington and John Coltrane made her shift her interests to jazz and saxophone.
F, person or group uses an F Mezzo-soprano saxophone in addition to the E♭ alto sax. This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources .
Candy Dulfer in 2002 Candy Dulfer in 2016. Dulfer was born on 19 September 1969 in Amsterdam, Netherlands. [1] She began playing the drums at the age of five. [2] As a six-year-old, she started to play the soprano saxophone.
Jazz saxophonists are musicians who play various types of saxophones (alto saxophone, tenor saxophone, baritone saxophone etc.) in jazz and its associated subgenres. The techniques and instrumentation of this type of performance have evolved over the 20th century, influenced by both movements of musicians that became the subgenres and by particularly influential sax players who helped reshape ...
Swiss women jazz saxophonists (2 P) Pages in category "Women jazz saxophonists" The following 3 pages are in this category, out of 3 total.
Swiss women saxophonists (1 C) Pages in category "Women saxophonists" The following 4 pages are in this category, out of 4 total.
Mindi Abair (/ ˈ eɪ b ɛər / AY-bair; [1] born May 23, 1969) is an American saxophonist, vocalist, author, and National Trustee for the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences, the organization that puts on the Grammy Awards show.
Valaida Snow (1904–1956) became so famous as a trumpet player that she was known as "Little Louis". [6] It was not until the 1930s and 1940s that many women jazz singers such as Billie Holiday were recognized as successful artists in the music world. [5] Billie Holiday’s music rose to fame following the Great Depression. She, along with ...