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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 .
All-female jazz bands (5 P) American women jazz musicians (4 C, 76 P) ... Women jazz guitarists (38 P) I. Israeli women jazz musicians (2 C, ...
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.
It includes guitarists that can also be found in the parent category, or in diffusing subcategories of the parent. Biography portal Wikimedia Commons has media related to Female guitarists .
This list of guitarists includes notable musicians, known principally for their guitar playing, for whom there is an article in Wikipedia. Those who are known mainly as bass guitarists are listed separately at List of bass 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]
During this time, she heard Charlie Christian play electric guitar in Al Trent's band at a stop in Bismarck. She was enthralled by his sound, at first mistaking the electric guitar for a saxophone. She said of it, "What impressed everyone most of all was his sense of time. He had a relaxed, even beat that would sound modern even today."