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Women in jazz have contributed throughout the many eras of jazz history, both as performers and as composers, songwriters and bandleaders. While women such as Billie Holiday and Ella Fitzgerald were famous for their jazz singing, women have achieved much less recognition for their contributions as composers, bandleaders and instrumental performers.
The following is a list of female dancers by ... (1894–1926), Anglo-Indian dancer who danced under the name of ... (c.1728–1767), actress and dancer, famous for ...
This is a list of female entertainers of the Harlem Renaissance, a cultural, social, and artistic explosion that took place in Harlem, New York, in the 1920s. Dancers, choreographers, and orchestra leaders
All-female jazz bands (5 P) American women jazz musicians (4 C, 76 P) Australian women jazz musicians (4 C, 5 P) Austrian women jazz musicians (1 C, 1 P) B.
Joe Frisco (November 4, 1889 – February 12, 1958), American vaudeville performer who first made his name on stage as a jazz dancer, but later incorporated his stuttering voice to his act and became a popular comedian. Frisco was a mainstay on the vaudeville circuit in the 1920s and 1930s.
Ada Beatrice Queen Victoria Louise Virginia Smith (August 14, 1894 – February 1, 1984), better known as Bricktop, was an American dancer, jazz singer, vaudevillian, and self-described saloon-keeper who owned the famous nightclub "Chez Bricktop" in Paris from 1924 to 1961, as well as clubs in Mexico City and Rome.
Molly E. Molloy (Massachusetts, April 4, 1940 [1] – New York, June 15, 2016) was an American dancer, choreographer and teacher who worked internationally. She was based in Paris, New York and London and was the originator of the Molloy Technique of Jazz Dance, a form of Modern American Jazz which she notably taught to choreographer Arlene Phillips and her troupe Hot Gossip.
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