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Meet Susan's fabulous female instrumentalists!
Click a name to read their biographies and hear them play.
Don't miss Susan's new book WOMEN WHO DARED!
Volume 1 stars Maud Powell and Edna White
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Even a dollar or two will help bring another fab woman to this website!
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Featured Women 2009 - 2010
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Terri Lyne Carrington
(1965 -- )
Percussionist, composer,
recording artist,
record producer
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| Doriot Anthony Dwyer
(1922 -- )
First woman to win a principal chair in a major U.S. orchestra; Principal Flute, Boston Symphony Orchestra (1952 -- 1990)
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| International Sweethearts of Rhythm
(1937 -- 1955)
Includes profiles of
Vi Burnside, tenor sax Pauline Braddy, drums
Tiny Davis, trumpet
Carlene Ray, guitar
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Toshiko Akiyoshi
(1926 -- )
Jazz pianist,
recording artist,
big-band composer
and band leader
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Edna White
(1892 -- 1992)
One of the foremost trumpet soloists of the early 20th Century
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Melba Liston
(1926 - 1999)
Jazz trombonist, composer, arranger
Paved the way for other jazzwomen instrumentalists
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| Available now as MP3s
Seven historic recordings by Edna White
and her Suite for Solo Trumpet and Orchestra
The solo trumpet part is included!
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Don't miss Susan's two current
FEATURED WOMEN
Dixie Fasnacht
(1910 -- 2011)
Jazz clarinet, vocals,
night club owner
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AND
Anat Cohen
(1975 -- )
Jazz clarinet, saxophone, composer
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For thrills & chills read Susan's latest
suspense thriller!
A Frank Renzi novel
Belinda Scully wants to be a star. But fame can be dangerous.
Psychological suspense!
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Relax with samples
of Susan's
Solo trumpet CD
Baroque Treasures for Trumpet & Organ
Italian English German
Baroque composers
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See what others are saying about these fabulous women!
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