Women have fought for their rightful share of the spotlight in jazz since the emergence of the music, roughly a century ago, and perhaps someday they’ll get it. Until then, events such as the Women in ...

Laufey is a rising star in the jazz-pop world. Her music is calm and sweet, often accompanied by soft guitar or piano. She writes songs about love, growing up, and the feeling of being alone. She ...

Jazz musician Isabel Udell ’19 said she’d like to see more women start playing jazz at Bowdoin and elsewhere, to set off a cascade. “You need more women to attract more women,” she said. So, she ...

In a year in which sexual harassment allegations have snowballed in Hollywood, women in Palm Springs celebrated the music they could make without men this weekend. A mostly female audience at the Palm ...

The world of jazz never has been particularly hospitable to women, then or now, though matters have improved since the darkest days. Even so, the female trumpeter or saxophonist who leads her own band ...

Usually when we think of women in jazz, we think of singers like Billie Holiday, Sarah Vaughan, and Ella Fitzgerald. But female jazz players cannot be overlooked: Women have played almost every ...