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Meet Susan's fabulous female instrumentalists!
Click a name to read their biographies and hear them play.
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Dixie Fasnacht
(1910 -- 2011)
Jazz clarinet,
vocalist,
night club owner
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| Anat Cohen
(1975 -- )
Jazz clarinet, saxophone, composer
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| Featured Women 2009 -- 2010
| Lillian “Lil” Hardin
(1898 -- 1971)
First lady of jazz
Pianist, song writer, singer,
recording artist, band leader
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| Evelyn Glennie
(1965 -- )
First percussionist to sustain an international solo career
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| Regina Carter
(1963 -- )
Jazz violinist,
MacArthur grant recipient
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| Maud Powell
(1867 -- 1920)
Pioneer concert violinist,
RCA recording star
Featured in Susan's
E-book
WOMEN WHO DARED
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| Antonia Brico
(1902 - 1989)
First female conductor to win
international fame
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| Marin Alsop
(1956 -- )
First female Music Director of a major
U.S. orchestra
(Baltimore Symphony)
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| Sherrie Maricle and the DIVA Jazz Orchestra
(1993 -- )
Based in NYC
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| Mariachi Reyna de Los Angeles
(1994 -- )
Right: debut performance at the Hollywood Bowl
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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
Featured in Susan's
E-book
WOMEN WHO DARED
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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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See Susan's current
FEATURED WOMAN
Melba Liston
(1926 - 1999)
Jazz trombonist, composer, arranger
Visit Susan's
Comments Page
See what others are saying about these fabulous women!
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| Now there are THREE
Frank Renzi mysteries!
Read about them HERE
Check out this newly discovered
all woman band from the 1920s!
See another photo HERE
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| Relax with Susan's
Solo trumpet CD
Baroque Treasures for Trumpet & Organ
Now available
in MP3 files
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