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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.
Also: United States: People: By occupation: Women musicians / Jazz musicians: Women jazz musicians. Subcategories. This category has the following 4 subcategories ...
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)
This is a list of female entertainers of the Harlem Renaissance, a cultural, social, and artistic explosion that took place in Harlem, New York, in the 1920s. Dancers, choreographers, and orchestra leaders
Pages in category "American women jazz singers" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 430 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
This is a list of women artists who were born in America or whose artworks are closely associated with that country. Included are recognized American women artists, known for creating artworks that are primarily visual in nature, in traditional media such as painting, sculpture, photography, printmaking, ceramics as well as in more recently developed genres, such as installation art ...
Jazz music was an influence in helping women get jobs, as well as opening the environment for post-war equality and freer sexuality in the early twentieth century. [citation needed] Women in jazz music (many of whom were Black) helped shape what the genre has become today. [citation needed]
She was also involved with the jazz music scene and was friends with musicians such as Dizzy Gillespie, Charlie Parker, and Sarah Vaughan. [1] [2] Marion Adnams (1898–1995), English painter, printmaker, and draughtswoman, notable for her surrealist paintings. Eileen Forrester Agar (1899–1991), born in Argentina and moved to Britain in ...