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International Sweethearts of Rhythm: America's Hottest All-Girl Band is a 1986 American independent short documentary film directed and produced by Greta Schiller and Andrea Weiss that presents a history of the International Sweethearts of Rhythm, the first racially integrated all-female jazz band in the United States.
During a 1980 Kansas City Women's Jazz Festival interview, band member Helen Jones said that the existence of the International Sweethearts of Rhythm was the result of Jones's vision. In the 1930s he was inspired by Ina Ray Hutton's Melodears to create an all-female jazz band at Piney Woods. [6]
An all-female band is a band which has consisted entirely of female musicians for at least three-quarters of its active career. This article only lists all-female bands who perform original material that is either authored by themselves or authored by another musician for that band's use. Therefore vocal groups (girl groups) are not included.
An all-female band is a musical group in popular music that is exclusively composed of female musicians. This is distinct from a girl group, in which the female members are solely vocalists, though this terminology is not universally followed. [1] While all-male bands are common in many rock and pop scenes, all-female bands are less common.
Pages in category "All-female jazz bands" The following 5 pages are in this category, out of 5 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. D. The Darlinettes; E.
Mujer Latina is a 11-member mariachi band, exclusively made of female musicians.
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.
A film "Senri's Seven", directed by Lilou Augier was made about preparations for this performance; it included some music from the actual performance. [47] They also performed as "The Jazz Avengers" at Billboard Live YOKOHAMA and Billboard Live OSAKA. [48] In 2023, the Jazz Avengers announced their first album and release tour on their YouTube ...