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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.
Maud Allan (1873–1956), dancer, choreographer, famous for her Salomé dance and her Dance of the Seven Veils; Aszure Barton, choreographer; Anik Bissonnette (born 1962), ballet dancer; Barbara Bourget (active from 1969), ballet dance, artistic director; Sally Brayley (born 1937), Canadian-American ballet dancer, coach
A. Loretta Ables Sayre; Titilayo Adedokun; Arooj Aftab; Dianna Agron; Thana Alexa; Dee Alexander; Lorez Alexandria; May Alix; Jackie Allen (musician) Laurie Allyn
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.
Some of the most notable nicknames and stage names are listed here. Although the term Jazz royalty exists for "Kings" and similar royal or aristocratic nicknames, there is a wide range of other terms, many of them obscure. Where the origin of the nickname is known, this is explained at each artist's corresponding article.
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.
Also: United States: People: By occupation: Women musicians / Jazz musicians: Women jazz musicians. Subcategories. This category has the following 4 subcategories ...
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