Information on African American Women in Jazz

This documentary reveals how the greatest female jazz singers triumphed in the 20th century, where issues of race, gender, and popular culture were constantly being redefined.

This book examines some of the most pivotal moments in jazz history such as the formative years of the 1920s and 1930s, the emergence of bebop, and the political and experimental projects of the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s.

Wayne Enstice and Janis Stockhouse provide insightful and entertaining conversations with twenty-one jazz performers, taken from interviews made between 1995 and 2000. Jazzwomen profiles musicians ranging in scope from well-established artists such as Abbey Lincoln and Marian McPartland to younger talent such as Terri Lyne Carrington and Ingrid Jensen.

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"'Playing Like a Man:' The Struggle of Black Women in Jazz and the Feminist Movement" elevates the feminist conversation in terms of jazz, music and race. It looks at how Ella Fitzgerald and Mary Lou Williams dealt with issues of struggle and gender in their careers.

“Black Women and Music: A Historical Legacy of Struggle” looks at how black women musicians have advanced through music in their transition from free people to enslaved persons to free but oppressed people in relation to the context of their lives in Africa and America.