Women In Jazz: The Artists You Need to Know | Jazzwise

To celebrate International Women’s Day Jazzwise has gathered together interviews with some of trailblazing artists we’ve featured in the magazine in recent years including Maria Schneider, Nubya Garcia, Liane Carroll, Terri Lyne Carrington and many more.

Every one of these musicians has something unique to say through their music and are part of Jazzwise’s new Women In Jazz homepage that will continue to be updated and expanded as more features are published in the coming months and years.

NUBYA GARCIA: “WE NEED TO KEEP THOSE STORIES ALIVE TO GIVE US OUR HISTORY, THE REAL HISTORY. IN MY COMMUNITY, THE BLACK COMMUNITY, THAT’S REALLY IMPORTANT”

One of the leading lights of the new young London jazz scene, saxophonist Nubya Garcia digs deep into her heritage on her debut album Source, a musical self-portrait that celebrates her wide-ranging influences. She speaks to Thomas Rees about the power we all draw from our roots, forging a sound of her own, and the art of making listeners want to move…Read the article

⦿ Key album: Nubya Garcia – Source (Jazzwise Reviews Database)

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CÉCILE MCLORIN SALVANT INTERVIEW: “I’M JUST REALLY FASCINATED WITH VISUAL ART. IT’S SOMETHING THAT I CONNECT WITH ON A REALLY DEEP LEVEL”

Cécile McLorin Salvant exudes a poise and maturity beyond her tender years – wrapping her virtuosity in a worldly-wise wit and wry, sometimes, dark humour. It’s an approach that has seen her win the 2010 Thelonious Monk competition and take home Grammy Awards for 2016’s For One To Love and 2014’s WomanChild albums. Kevin Le Gendre spoke to her about how her painterly passions and the visceral live energy of the hallowed Village Vanguard…Read the article

⦿ Key album: Cécile McLorin Salvant – Dreams and Daggers (Jazzwise Reviews Database)

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JAZZMEIA HORN INTERVIEW: “YOU HAVE TO GET OUTSIDE OF YOUR BOX AND GET OUTSIDE OF YOUR MASCULINE WORLD AND COME INTO MY DIVINE FEMININE WORLD”

Grammy-nominated US vocalist Jazzmeia Horn’s latest album, Love and Liberation, is a “call to action” which sees her continue her voyage into unexpected realms of song. Peter Quinn spoke to the incredible singer who has already drawn positive comparisons with such greats as Betty Carter and Sarah Vaughan…Read the article

⦿ Key album: Jazzmeia Horn – Love and Liberation (Jazzwise Reviews Database)

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MELISSA ALDANA: “I CHOSE FRIDA KAHLO NOT BECAUSE SHE’S A WOMAN OR LATIN AMERICAN, BUT BECAUSE SHE’S SO BADASS”

Santiago-born Thelonious Monk prize-winning saxophonist Melissa Aldana has been on an intense artistic journey ever since falling under the spell of the sax greats at an early age. She speaks to Selwyn Harris about the importance of continually challenging herself and the significance of artist Frida Kahlo on recent album ‘Visions’…Read the article

⦿ Key album: Melissa Aldana – Visions (Jazzwise Reviews Database)

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CHRISTINE AND INGRID JENSEN: “THERE’S NO REASON TO COMPROMISE ON THE LEVEL OF MUSIC JUST TO MAKE UP FOR ISSUES OF INTEGRATING”

Canadians Ingrid and Christine Jensen are among the most well-known siblings in jazz. Renowned instrumentalists and bandleaders in their own right since the 1990s, they’ve contributed to the bands of Maria Schneider and Darcy James Argue, among others. They speak to Selwyn Harris about their special relationship, musical inspirations and gender equality issues…Read the article

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THE WOMEN WHO CHANGED JAZZ

There are many under-sung women who have played a pivotal, and hugely significant, role in shaping jazz history since its very beginnings. Stuart Nicholson reappraises the achievements of some of the lesser-known artists and power brokers behind the music, without whom jazz history would look very different indeed…Read the article
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