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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.
"Four Women" is a song written by jazz singer, composer, pianist and arranger Nina Simone, released on the 1966 album Wild Is the Wind. It tells the story of four African American women. Each of the four characters represents an African-American stereotype in society.
Black Woman is the debut album by American jazz guitarist Sonny Sharrock, recorded in 1969 and released on the Vortex label. [3] [4] In 2000, it was reissued by the Collectables label, paired with the Wayne Henderson album People Get Ready. [5] The album was produced by flutist Herbie Mann, with whom Sharrock recorded nine albums. When asked ...
The jazz legend was famous for her remarkable improvisation and scat singing. Among her accolades are 13 Grammys, a Kennedy Center for Performing Arts’ Medal of Honor Award and a Recording ...
Jazz historian Rosetta Reitz pointed out that by the time Waters returned to Harlem in 1921, women blues singers were among the most powerful entertainers in the country. In 1921, Waters became the fifth black woman to make a record, for tiny Cardinal Records. She later joined Black Swan, where Fletcher Henderson was her accompanist. Waters ...
“She becomes one of the key arrangers that helps define swing music, big band music,” Kernodle said. “Everybody’s playing her music. Benny Goodman, Duke Ellington, white bands, Black bands.”
A. Loretta Ables Sayre; Titilayo Adedokun; Arooj Aftab; Dianna Agron; Thana Alexa; Dee Alexander; Lorez Alexandria; May Alix; Jackie Allen (musician) Laurie Allyn
Throughout the 1930s and 1940s, Scott performed jazz, blues, ballads, Broadway and boogie-woogie songs, and classical music in various nightclubs. Thanks to the vision of Barney Josephson , the owner of Café Society , to establish a venue where artists of all races and ethnicities could perform, [ 10 ] from 1939 to 1943, she was a leading ...