Women Drummers International presents Women Drum Maestras: Born to Drum. A herstoric concert featuring the faculty of the womens' drum camp: Lora Chiorah-Dye, Linda Tillery, Nurudafina Pili Abena, ...

HAVANA (AP) — It wasn’t that long ago that Cuba’s rich percussion scene was essentially a boys’ club, dominated by men due to macho attitudes and religious tradition. Perceived as too weak for the ...

It is rare that a jazz musician is just a jazz musician. In order to survive you almost always have to have another gig, teach, or work in some auxiliary role to your music life. A musician who ...

The 2025 Savannah Music Festival will feature a diverse lineup of talented women in jazz, reflecting the genre's evolution and inclusivity. These artists, including Lakecia Benjamin, Endea Owens, and ...

The Tucson Jazz Society's Primavera All-Stars concert is the nation's longest continuous celebration of women in the arts. Now in its 26th year, Primavera honors pioneering musicians such as Ella ...

It’s true that come March many jazz venues consciously look to book female instrumentalists in celebration of Women’s History Month. But it’s also true that presenters don’t have to search hard to ...

Though devoutly worshipped by fans, jazz drummers don’t often lead groups; the late Art Blakey’s long-running Jazz Messengers are a prominent, if rare, exception. But all of a sudden in 2009, a clutch ...

From "Autumn in New York" to Wayne Shorter's (R.I.P.) "Fall," the Women in Jazz Association's cozy evening at the velvet-wrapped Cactus Cafe last weekend set the season. The concert kicked off a big ...

Pianist Amy Bormet founded the Washington Women in Jazz Festival to promote women musicians in a traditionally male-dominated field. Through performances, workshops, and collaborations, Bormet and ...

The members of the jazz ensemble Straight Ahead (L-R) are Alina Morr, Kymberli Wright, Marion Hayden, Ingrid Racine and Gayelynn McKinney. Next weekend, the Women in the Arts Festival will be back in ...

Even though women such as Ella Fitzgerald, Billie Holiday and Nina Simone have names that will be forever etched into jazz history, the music industry as a whole remains quite male-dominated. That's ...