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This is a non-diffusing subcategory of Category:Jazz guitarists. It includes jazz guitarists that can also be found in the parent category, or in diffusing subcategories of the parent. This category is for articles about female jazz guitarists .
The following is a list of notable jazz guitar players, including guitarists from related jazz genres such as Western swing, Latin jazz, and jazz fusion. For an article giving a short history, see jazz guitarists .
Fox has taught at Yale University, Berklee College of Music, [4] New York University, and has led the guitar department at California Jazz Conservatory. [3] She has worked with guitarists Charlie Byrd, Kenny Burrell, Jim Hall, and Martin Taylor [4] and with Joey DeFrancesco, Branford Marsalis, Houston Person, David Sanchez, and Lonnie Smith. [2]
In the 1920s, women singing jazz music were not many, but women playing instruments in jazz music were even less common. Mary Lou Williams, known for her talent as a piano player, is deemed as one of the "mothers of jazz" due to her singing while playing the piano at the same time. [4] Lovie Austin (1887–1972) was a piano player and bandleader.
Integrating the polyrhythms of West African music with her passion for melody and harmony, Cooling focused her attention on guitar and taught herself to play by ear. [1] She met keyboardist Jay Wagner on San Francisco's Brazilian jazz circuit. [1] Wagner was an original member of the San Francisco-based group Viva Brasil.
Pages in category "American women jazz singers" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 429 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Jazz guitarist Sheryl Bailey's 2010 album A New Promise was a tribute to Emily Remler. Aged 18, Bailey first saw Remler perform, at the University of Pittsburgh Jazz Festival in 1984 - she was inspired to take her own guitar studies. Bailey said "She paved the way for me. ... I really wanted to hear Emily's person in me when I played.
South African women jazz singers (16 P) Women jazz singers (42 C, 14 P) Spanish women jazz musicians (3 C, 1 P) Swedish women jazz musicians (3 C, 4 P)