PHILADELPHIA (CBS) -- In a world where jazz music has traditionally been dominated by men, a unique nonprofit is changing the narrative. The Key Of She Jazz hosted its annual jam session and ...

Singer and pianist Julia Lee thrilled and scandalized audiences with her hits like “King Sized Papa” and “Snatch and Grab It.” From the "Queen of the Blues" to the irreplaceable Myra Taylor, learn ...

In the early 1980s, pianist Dee Spencer’s astonishing and unanticipated encounter with Melba Liston introduced her to a jazz wonderland. A first-call trombonist best known as the arranger of choice ...

The charismatic Thurman, who will perform with the Darrell Green Quartet Saturday at the Hancher, took a chance, and it paid ...

I felt it was my mission to create this platform to celebrate Jazz music. It just so happened that the incredible team we were able to build for Jazz Music Awards consisted of women.” — Wendy F.

Award-winning singer-songwriter Judith Owen is set to launch her latest venture, Unapologetically Judith Owen, a podcast paying homage to the fierce and uncompromising women of 1940s’ and 1950s’ jazz ...

For too long, Black women composers and musicians have not received the recognition that they deserve. Fleetwood-Jourdain Theatre and the Jazz Institute of Chicago are bringing some of them into the ...

photo - A celebrated saxophonist Joie Taylor has backed jazz stars like Delfayo Marsalis, Javon Jackson and Larry Coryell at Maui Jazz & Blues Festival shows. Courtesy photo Performing at the Maui ...

April is Jazz Appreciation Month and Detroit's Carr Center is shining a spotlight on renowned female jazz artists from Detroit. The Center will host "Great Jazz Women of Detroit: Alice Coltrane, ...