Toshiko Akiyoshi   More women bandleaders and composers  

Female jazz pianists, happily, are too numerous to list.

Watch for Susan's upcoming Feature on historic and current jazz pianists.



A FEW of the notable women big band leaders and composers, past and present.

Most of them made recordings.     Find their recordings with the search box below!

Ina Ray Hutton and her Melodears, 1930s-40s


Valaida Snow, various male bands, 1930s-40s


Lil Hardin, various male and female bands, 1930s -- 1960s

 

Ada Leonard and her All-American Girl band,  1940s



Ann Patterson, saxophonist-leader,

Maiden Voyage, all-woman band (1979 --  )


Maria Schneider, composer-leader,

Maria Schneider Big Band,

(1990s --  )


Sherrie Maricle, drummer-leader,

DIVA, all-woman big band, NYC, (1993 --     )


Kit McClure, saxophonist-leader,

Kit McClure Band, all-woman big band, NYC  (1988 --      )

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