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Ada Rave |
jazz musician and composer (*1974) ♀ |
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Alex Clarke | musical artist | |||||||||||||
Alexa Tarantino | American jazz Musician | |||||||||||||
Alexandra Ridout | British jazz trumpeter | Aylesbury | ||||||||||||
Alice Zawadzki |
jazz musician and composer (*1985) ♀ |
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Alicia Gardener-Trejo |
jazz musician and composer (*1985) ♀ |
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Alisa Klein |
jazz musician (*1990) ♀ |
Saarbrücken | ||||||||||||
Alison Bentley | jazz musician | |||||||||||||
Alma Naidu |
composer and jazz musician (*2000) ♀ |
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Almut Schlichting |
jazz musician and composer (*1977) ♀ |
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Amanda Gardier |
jazz musician and composer ♀ |
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Amanda Whiting |
jazz musician and composer (*1976) ♀ |
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Amy Zapf |
jazz musician (*1974) ♀ |
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Ana Patan | German musician | |||||||||||||
Angel Bat Dawid | American jazz clarinetist, composer, and singer | Chicago | ||||||||||||
Angela Avetisyan | Armenian-Russian jazz musician | |||||||||||||
Anke Lucks |
jazz musician and composer (*1974) ♀ |
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Anna Butterss |
jazz musician and composer ♀ |
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Anna Margolina |
jazz musician (*1986) ♀ |
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Anna Wohlfahrt |
composer and jazz musician (*2000) ♀ |
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Anna.Luca |
jazz musician and composer (*1983) ♀ |
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Annemie Osborne | Luxembourg improvising musician | |||||||||||||
Antje Uhle |
jazz pianist (*1973) ♀ |
Munich | ||||||||||||
Antonia Bennett | American singer | |||||||||||||
Athina Kontou | Greek jazz bassist and composer | Frankfurt | ||||||||||||
Axinia Schönfeld |
jazz musician and composer ♀ |
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Ayça Miraç |
jazz musician and composer (*1986) ♀ |
Gelsenkirchen | ||||||||||||
Bernice Brooks |
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Betty Bryant |
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Bex Burch |
Jazz composer (*1984) ♀ |
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Billie Black | British singer and recording artist | London | ||||||||||||
Boriana Dimitrova | Bulgarian jazz musician | |||||||||||||
Carina Madsius |
composer and jazz musician (*1989) ♀ |
Fürth | ||||||||||||
Carla Köllner |
jazz musician and composer (*1993) ♀ |
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Carla Marcotulli |
jazz musician (*1962) ♀ |
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Carole Simpson | American pop and jazz singer and pianist | |||||||||||||
Cat Toren |
composer and jazz musician (*2000) ♀ |
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Cath Roberts |
jazz musician and composer (*1983) ♀ |
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Cettina Donato |
jazz musician and composer (*1976) ♀ |
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Chanda Rule |
Jazz singer ♀ |
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Charlotte Illinger |
jazz musician and composer (*1994) ♀ |
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Charlotte Keeffe |
jazz musician and composer ♀ |
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Charu Suri | Indo-American jazz composer and pianist known for her style of blending Indian ragas with jazz | Madurai | ||||||||||||
Chelsea Baratz |
jazz musician (*1986) ♀ |
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Christie Dashiell | American singer | |||||||||||||
Christin Neddens | German jazz and fusion drummer | Uelzen | ||||||||||||
Christina Schamei |
jazz musician and composer ♀ |
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Christina Zurhausen |
jazz musician and composer (*1981) ♀ |
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Clair Marlo | Croatian keyboardist, composer, arranger and music producer | |||||||||||||
Cleo Steinberger |
jazz musician and composer (*1996) ♀ |
Hamburg | ||||||||||||
Clémence Manachère |
jazz musician and composer ♀ |
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Cordula Hamacher |
jazz musician and composer ♀ |
Berlin | ||||||||||||
Céline Voccia |
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Dabin Ryu |
jazz musician and composer ♀ |
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Dalia Faitelson | Copenhagen-based Israeli jazz guitarist | Negev | ||||||||||||
Delphine Deau |
jazz musician and composer (*1991) ♀ |
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Doris Robbins | jazz vocalist | |||||||||||||
Dusepo | English musician | United Kingdom | ||||||||||||
Edythe Turnham |
jazz musician (1890–1950) ♀ |
Topeka | ||||||||||||
Elizabeth Lamers | songwriter, jazz vocalist | |||||||||||||
Elma Kais |
jazz musician and composer ♀ |
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Emma Johnson |
jazz musician and composer ♀ |
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Erica von Kleist | American musician | Connecticut | ||||||||||||
Erika Dagnino |
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Eugenie Jones | American jazz vocalist | Morgantown | ||||||||||||
Eunice Newkirk |
jazz musician (1939–2023) ♀ |
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Eva Fernández |
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Eva Kess |
jazz musician and composer (*1985) ♀ |
Schöneberg | ||||||||||||
Eve Beuvens |
jazz musician and composer (*1978) ♀ |
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Fauzia Maria Beg |
jazz musician (*1965) ♀ |
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Fern Lindzon |
jazz musician (*1957) ♀ |
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Frances Gaderson | jazz musician | |||||||||||||
Francesca Remigi |
jazz musician and composer (*1996) ♀ |
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Gabrielle Agachiko |
jazz musician (1958–2023) ♀ |
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Gail Dobson |
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Gloria DeNard |
jazz musician (1927–2020) ♀ |
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Hailey Niswanger |
jazz musician (*1990) ♀ |
Houston | ||||||||||||
Hannah Weiss |
jazz musician and composer (*1992) ♀ |
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Helen Saine | jazz musician | |||||||||||||
Hila Kulik |
jazz musician and composer ♀ |
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Héloïse Lefebvre |
Jazz violinist and composer (*1989) ♀ |
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India Cooke | American violonist | |||||||||||||
Irene Reig |
jazz musician and composer (*1993) ♀ |
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Irma Curry | Jazz & Blues singer circa 1950 | |||||||||||||
Irma Young |
jazz musician (1912–1993) ♀ |
Thibodaux | ||||||||||||
Isabelle Bodenseh | German-French flutist | |||||||||||||
Jacki Cooper | Australian jazz singer | Slough | ||||||||||||
Jami Dauber | American jazz musician and teacher | |||||||||||||
Janet Grice |
composer, jazz musician, and bassoonist (1955–2020) ♀ |
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Janette Mason |
composer, pianist, and jazz musician (*1953) ♀ |
Bushey | ||||||||||||
Jann Parker |
jazz musician (†2023) ♀ |
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Jas Kayser |
jazz musician and composer ♀ |
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Jasmine Myra |
jazz musician and composer ♀ |
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Jen Wilson | promoter of Jazz music in Wales (1944- ) | Swansea | ||||||||||||
Jennie Lee Morse | jazz musician | |||||||||||||
Jeong Lim Yang |
jazz musician and composer ♀ |
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Jessica Ackerley |
jazz musician and composer ♀ |
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Jessica Jones |
jazz musician and composer ♀ |
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Jessica de Boer |
jazz musician and composer (*1993) ♀ |
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Jo Harrop |
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Johanna Klein |
jazz musician and composer (*1994) ♀ |
Rüsselsheim am Main | ||||||||||||
Johanna Schneider |
jazz musician and composer (*1986) ♀ |
Bamberg | ||||||||||||
Josie Aiello | American musician | Chicago | ||||||||||||
Judy Bayron | jazz musician | |||||||||||||
Julia Strzalek |
jazz musician and composer (*1989) ♀ |
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Juliana Blumenschein | German-Brazilian jazz musician (vocals, composition) | |||||||||||||
Julieta Eugenio |
jazz musician and composer (*1990) ♀ |
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Kalia Vandever |
jazz musician and composer (*1995) ♀ |
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Karlton Hester | American musician | El Paso | ||||||||||||
Karoline Weidt |
jazz musician and composer (*1995) ♀ |
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Kasia Bortnik |
jazz musician and composer (*1976) ♀ |
Wrocław | ||||||||||||
Kat |
jazz musician and composer (*1989) ♀ |
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Kateryna Kravchenko |
jazz musician and composer (*1999) ♀ |
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Kathleen Lane | American singer | |||||||||||||
Kathryn Moses |
jazz musician and composer (1943–2021) ♀ |
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Kathy Jordan |
Jazz singer ♀ |
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Kellie Greene |
composer and jazz musician (1934–2009) ♀ |
Janesville | ||||||||||||
Kelsey Mines |
jazz musician and composer ♀ |
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Lada Obradović |
jazz musician and composer (*1987) ♀ |
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Lara Solnicki |
jazz musician and composer (*1986) ♀ |
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Laura Anglade |
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Laura Duncan | American singer | |||||||||||||
Leana Sealy |
jazz musician (*1978) ♀ |
Dublin | ||||||||||||
Lesley Mok |
jazz musician and composer (*1994) ♀ |
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Lil Phillips | jazz musician | |||||||||||||
Lily Ann Carol | American Jazz Musician | |||||||||||||
Linda Flynn-Fletcher | character from 'Phineas and Ferb' | |||||||||||||
Lisa Hoppe |
jazz musician and composer (*1988) ♀ |
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Lisa Parrott |
jazz musician (*1968) ♀ |
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Lisa Wilhelm | German jazz musician | |||||||||||||
Louise Golbey | British singer | London | ||||||||||||
Louise V. Gustin | American composer (1868-1949) | Jackson | ||||||||||||
Lucy Snyder | Jazz Musician | |||||||||||||
Lucía Fumero |
jazz musician (*1991) ♀ |
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Magalí Datzira |
jazz musician (*1997) ♀ |
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Mali Obomsawin | musician | Stratford | ||||||||||||
Mankwe Ndosi |
jazz musician (*1985) ♀ |
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Mara Janković | Yugoslavian or Serbian pop and jazz singer | |||||||||||||
Marge Pettiford | jazz musician | |||||||||||||
Maria Trautmann |
jazz musician (*1990) ♀ |
Berlin | ||||||||||||
Marianna Wróblewska |
jazz musician (*1943) ♀ |
Lipówka | ||||||||||||
Marion Hayden |
Jazz bassist (*1952) ♀ |
Detroit | ||||||||||||
Marjorie Lee |
jazz musician (*2000) ♀ |
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Martha D Lewis | British Born Cypriot Performing and Recording artist. | |||||||||||||
Martina Gebhardt |
jazz musician and composer ♀ |
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Mary Colston Kirk |
jazz musician (1899–1990) ♀ |
Denver | ||||||||||||
Mauretta Heinzelmann |
jazz musician and composer (*1965) ♀ |
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Melanie Dyer |
jazz musician and composer ♀ |
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Mia Knop Jacobsen |
jazz musician (*1992) ♀ |
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Miki Yamanaka | Japanese musician | Kobe | ||||||||||||
Milli Häuser |
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Werden | ||||||||||||
Mirna Bogdanović | Slovenian-Bosnian jazz singer | Sarajevo | ||||||||||||
Myra Maud | French jazz and pop singer and actress | |||||||||||||
Myrtle Young | jazz musician | |||||||||||||
Natalie Greffel |
jazz musician and composer ♀ |
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Naíma Acuña | Spanish jazz musician | |||||||||||||
Neele Pfleiderer |
jazz musician and composer (*1982) ♀ |
Lörrach | ||||||||||||
Nicole Henry | American jazz singer | Philadelphia | ||||||||||||
Noa Fort |
jazz musician and composer (*1990) ♀ |
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Olga Reznichenko |
jazz musician and composer (*1989) ♀ |
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Pat Appleton |
Soul singer, songwriter, and jazz singer (*1968) ♀ |
Aachen | ||||||||||||
Patty Lomuscio |
jazz musician (*1975) ♀ |
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Patty McGovern |
jazz musician and composer (1928–2024) ♀ |
Saint Paul | ||||||||||||
Paula Atherton | American jazz saxophonist | New York City | ||||||||||||
Paula Gardiner | British bassist and composer | |||||||||||||
Raissa Mehner |
jazz musician, composer, and guitarist (*1986) ♀ |
North Rhine-Westphalia | ||||||||||||
Rebecca Barry | American jazz musician | Mobile | ||||||||||||
Regina Büchner |
jazz musician and composer (*1962) ♀ |
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Richetta Manager |
opera singer and jazz singer (1953–2024) ♀ |
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Rieko Okuda |
jazz musician and composer (*1990) ♀ |
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Rosie Frater-Taylor |
jazz musician and composer (*1998) ♀ |
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Ruth Goller |
jazz musician and composer ♀ |
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Sadie Goodson | African-American jazz pianist and singer | |||||||||||||
Sakina Abdou |
jazz musician and composer (*1984) ♀ |
Lille | ||||||||||||
Samantha Wright | British jazz musician | |||||||||||||
Sana Nagano | jazz violinist from Brooklyn | |||||||||||||
Sandra Booker |
Jazz singer (†2024) ♀ |
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Sandy Ewen |
jazz guitarist (*1985) ♀ |
Toronto | ||||||||||||
Sarah Bernstein | American jazz violinist | |||||||||||||
Sarah Mettenleiter |
jazz musician and composer (*1989) ♀ |
Munich | ||||||||||||
Sarah Tandy |
jazz musician (*2000) ♀ |
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Savannah Harris |
jazz musician (*1993) ♀ |
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Selma Pinton |
jazz musician and composer (*1997) ♀ |
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Shamie Royston |
jazz musician and composer ♀ |
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Shanta Nurullah |
jazz musician (*1950) ♀ |
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Sheila Cooper |
jazz musician and composer (1960–2021) ♀; spouse of Andy Middleton |
Grimsby | ||||||||||||
Sheila Maurice-Grey |
jazz musician and visual artist (*1991) ♀ |
London | ||||||||||||
Shirley Jean Tennyson McFatter | American jazz singer | Dallas | ||||||||||||
Shirley Tetteh |
jazz musician (*2000) ♀ |
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Sonia Loenne | German jazz musician | |||||||||||||
Sophia Lefeber |
jazz musician and composer (*1992) ♀ |
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Suba Sankaran |
jazz musician and composer ♀ |
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Suma Sudhindra | Veena maestro | |||||||||||||
Susana Sheiman |
jazz musician and composer (*1973) ♀ |
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Susanne Weidinger |
Jazz clarinetist (*1977) ♀; spouse of Tobias Weidinger |
Hamburg | ||||||||||||
Svetlana Marinchenko |
jazz musician and composer (*1989) ♀ |
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Tammy Burdett |
jazz musician and composer (*1940) ♀ |
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Teodora Enache | Romanian singer | Onești | ||||||||||||
Tori Handsley |
jazz musician and composer (*1993) ♀ |
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Tricia Woods |
jazz musician (1966–2011) ♀ |
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Trudy Erwin | musical artist | |||||||||||||
Valeria Maurer |
jazz musician and composer (*1991) ♀ |
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Viktoria Anton |
jazz musician (*1990) ♀ |
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Virginie Schaeffer |
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Yael Nachshon Levin |
jazz musician and composer (*1980) ♀ |
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Yvonne Moriel | Austrian musician and composer | Tyrol | ||||||||||||
Élodie Brochier |
jazz musician (*1972) ♀ |
Algeria
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Malika Makouf Rasmussen | Algerian-born musician | Algiers |
Argentina
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Karen Souza | Argentinian jazz singer | La Pampa | ||||||||||
Laura Andel | Argentine musician, conductor and composer | |||||||||||
Paloma Efron | Argentine radio and television journalist and jazz singer (1912–1977) | |||||||||||
Paula Shocron | Argentine jazz pianist | Rosario | ||||||||||
Sofia Salvo |
jazz musician (*1994) ♀ |
Buenos Aires |
Armenia
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Margarita Barkhoyan | Armenian singer and jazz musician | Yerevan |
Australia
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Andrea McEwan | Australian actress and musician | Melbourne | ||
Angela Davis | Australian musician | |||
Chris McNulty | Australian singer | |||
Christine Sullivan | Australian singer | Hobart | ||
Elana Stone | Australian singer and bandleader | |||
Emma Pask | Australian singer | Sydney | ||
Fiona Joy Hawkins | Australian musician | Cessnock | ||
Gabriella Cilmi | Australian singer | Melbourne | ||
Georgia Lee | Australian jazz and blues singer | Cairns | ||
Grace Knight | Australian singer-songwriter | Manchester | ||
Janet Seidel | Australian jazz vocalist and pianist (1955-2017) | Cummins | ||
Judith Durham | Australian singer and musician (1943–2022) | Essendon | ||
Kate Ceberano | Australian singer | Melbourne | ||
Kerrie Biddell | Australian jazz singer | Kings Cross | ||
Linda May Han Oh | Malaysian-Australian jazz bassist and composer | Malaysia | ||
Linda Vogt | Australian classical and jazz flautist | Melbourne | ||
Lisa Edwards | Australian musician | Adelaide | ||
Renée Geyer | Australian singer (1953–2023) | Melbourne | ||
Sandy Evans | Australian saxophonist | |||
Shelley Scown | Australian singer | |||
Su Cruickshank | Australian actor and singer (1946–2009) | Newcastle | ||
Tina Arena | Australian singer, songwriter and television personality | Melbourne | ||
Wendy Rule | Australian singer | Sydney | ||
Wendy Saddington | Australian singer, journalist | Melbourne |
Austria
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Adriane Muttenthaler | Canadian-born Austrian jazz pianist | Hamilton | ||||||||||||
Agnes Hvizdalek |
jazz musician (*1987) ♀ |
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Alexandra Ivanova |
jazz musician and composer ♀ |
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Angela Reisinger | Austrian jazz singer, songwriter | Upper Austria | ||||||||||||
Anna Anderluh |
composer and jazz musician (*1988) ♀ |
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Anna Maurer |
jazz musician and composer (*1995) ♀ |
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Anna Reisigl |
jazz musician and composer (*1997) ♀ |
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Annette Giesriegl | Austrian singer | |||||||||||||
Barbara Bruckmüller |
jazz musician and composer (*1975) ♀ |
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Beate Wiesinger | Austrian jazz musician | Grieskirchen | ||||||||||||
Dorothea Jaburek | Austrian jazz musician | |||||||||||||
Gisburg | Austrian singer and composer | Salzburg | ||||||||||||
Ines Kargel | Austrian musician, composer and saxophonist | Linz | ||||||||||||
Irene Kepl | violinist and composer | Linz | ||||||||||||
Iris Träutner |
jazz musician and composer ♀ |
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Judith Ferstl |
jazz musician and composer (*1989) ♀ |
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Judith Schwarz | Austrian jazz musician | Vienna | ||||||||||||
Julia Maier |
jazz musician (*1988) ♀ |
Reutte | ||||||||||||
Lisa Hofmaninger |
jazz musician (*1991) ♀ |
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Maria Neckam |
composer and jazz musician (*1979) ♀ |
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Michaela Rabitsch |
jazz musician (*1963) ♀ |
Steyr | ||||||||||||
Nika Zach |
jazz musician (*1975) ♀ |
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Nina Reiter | Austrian jazz singer, composer | Graz | ||||||||||||
Patrizia Ferrara | musician | |||||||||||||
Swantje Lampert |
jazz musician and composer (*1973) ♀ |
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Tanja Feichtmair |
jazz musician and composer (*1972) ♀ |
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Viola Hammer |
jazz musician and composer (*1985) ♀ |
Azerbaijan
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Amina Figarova | Azerbaijani jazz pianist and composer | Baku | ||
Sevda Alakbarzadeh | Azerbaijani singer | Baku |
Belgium
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Anne Wolf | Belgian pianist | performing arts | City of Brussels | |||||||||
Hilde Vanhove | Belgian jazz vocalist | Genk | ||||||||||
Marlies Debacker | Belgian jazz pianist | |||||||||||
Nabou Claerhout | Belgian trombonist | |||||||||||
Nathalie Loriers | Belgian musician | performing arts | Namur | |||||||||
Shishani Vranckx | Namibian-Belgian jazz singer, songwriter, cultural anthropologist | Windhoek | ||||||||||
Sophie Tassignon | Belgian singer-songwriter | City of Brussels | ||||||||||
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Benin
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Angelique Kidjo | Beninese musician, actress, and activist | Ouidah |
Brazil
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Ana Caram | Brazilian singer, guitarist and flutist | music singing |
São Paulo | |
Astrud Gilberto | Brazilian-American singer and songwriter (1940–2023) | music singing bossa nova jazz |
Salvador | |
Badi Assad | Brazilian jazz/worldbeat musician | São João da Boa Vista | ||
Carol Saboya | Brazilian Jazz singer | Rio de Janeiro | ||
Celia Mara | Brazilian singer-songwriter and producer | Pedra Azul State Park | ||
Cibelle | Brazilian singer | São Paulo | ||
Cláudya | Brazilian singer | Rio de Janeiro | ||
Céu | Brazilian singer-songwriter | São Paulo | ||
Eliana Pittman | Brazilian actress and singer (1945-) | Rio de Janeiro | ||
Eliane Elias | Brazilian jazz pianist, singer, arranger and songwriter | jazz | São Paulo | |
Elizete Cardoso | Brazilian singer (1920–1990) | Rio de Janeiro | ||
Elza Soares | Brazilian musician (1930–2022) | Rio de Janeiro | ||
Flora Purim | Brazilian jazz singer | Rio de Janeiro | ||
Ithamara Koorax | Brazilian singer | Rio de Janeiro | ||
Kevyn Lettau | Brazilian singer | Berlin | ||
Leila Pinheiro | Brazilian recording artist; singer, pianist and composer | Belém | ||
Leny Andrade | Brazilian singer and musician | Rio de Janeiro | ||
Lisa Ono | Brazilian Japanese bossa nova singer | music composing | São Paulo | |
Luciana Souza | Brazilian singer | music | São Paulo | |
Luísa Maita | Brazilian musician | São Paulo | ||
Mariá Portugal | Brazilian jazz musician; drummer, composer | free improvisation | São Paulo | |
Maysa Matarazzo | Brazilian recording artist and actress | São Paulo | ||
Nara Leão | Brazilian singer (1942–1989) | Vitoria | ||
Rosalia de Souza | Brazilian singer | Nilópolis | ||
Rosinha de Valença | Brazilian musician (1941-2004) | performing arts music jazz bossa nova |
Valença | |
Sylvia Telles | Brazilian singer (1934–1966) | Rio de Janeiro | ||
Tania Maria | Brazilian musician | São Luís | ||
Wanda Sá | Brazilian singer | São Paulo |
Bulgaria
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Julia Tsenova | award-winning Bulgarian composer, pianist and musical pedagogue (1948-2010) | Sofia | ||
Videlina Mircheva | Bulgarian singer | Plovdiv |
Canada
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Alejandra Ribera | Canadian musician | Toronto | ||||||||||
Alex Pangman | Canadian singer | |||||||||||
Alison Young | Canadian saxophonist | Ottawa | ||||||||||
Alys Robi | Canadian musician (1923–2011) | Quebec City | ||||||||||
Alysha Brillinger | Canadian jazz singer | Mississauga | ||||||||||
Amy Rivard | Canadian singer-songwriter, actress and comedian | Chatham-Kent | ||||||||||
Andrea Menard | Canadian actress and singer | music | Flin Flon | |||||||||
Angela Morris | Canadian jazz musician | |||||||||||
Barbra Lica | Canadian singer | Toronto | ||||||||||
Brandi Disterheft | Canadian musician | Vancouver | ||||||||||
Carol Welsman | Canadian jazz musician | Toronto | ||||||||||
Catherine McClenahan | actress | Ottawa | ||||||||||
Christine Jensen | Canadian saxophonist | Sechelt | ||||||||||
Cindy Breakspeare | Canadian-Jamaican musician and beauty queen | Toronto | ||||||||||
Coco Love Alcorn | singer | Antigonish | ||||||||||
Colette Bonheur | Canadian singer (1927-1966) | Montreal | ||||||||||
Diana Krall | Canadian recording artist; jazz singer and pianist | Nanaimo | ||||||||||
Diana Panton | Canadian singer | Hamilton | ||||||||||
Dione Taylor | Canadian singer | Regina | ||||||||||
Divine Brown | Canadian singer | Toronto | ||||||||||
Dorothée Berryman | Canadian actress | Quebec City | ||||||||||
Elizabeth Shepherd | Canadian songwriter, vocalist and pianist | Winnipeg | ||||||||||
Emilie Mover | Canadian singer | |||||||||||
Emilie-Claire Barlow | Canadian singer | Toronto | ||||||||||
Esthero | Canadian singer | Stratford | ||||||||||
Faith Nolan | Canadian musician | Halifax | ||||||||||
Heather Blush | Canadian singer | Winnipeg | ||||||||||
Holly Cole | Canadian jazz and pop singer | Halifax | ||||||||||
Ingrid Jensen | Canadian jazz trumpet player | jazz trumpet performance |
Vancouver | |||||||||
Jackie Richardson | Canadian actor and singer | Donora | ||||||||||
Jane Bunnett | Canadian musician | Toronto | ||||||||||
Jane Siberry | Canadian singer-songwriter | Toronto | ||||||||||
Janice Hagan |
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Jennifer Scott | Canadian musician | Vancouver | ||||||||||
Jill Barber | Canadian singer-songwriter | Port Credit | ||||||||||
Jodi Proznick | Canadian jazz musician | Surrey | ||||||||||
Julie Crochetière | Canadian musician | Montreal | ||||||||||
Julie Holtzman | Canadian pianist and jazz singer | Montreal | ||||||||||
Karen Young | Canadian singer | Montreal | ||||||||||
Karin Plato |
jazz musician (*1960) ♀ |
Alsask | ||||||||||
Kate Schutt | Canadian musician | New Wilmington | ||||||||||
Kellylee Evans | Canadian jazz singer | music composing | Scarborough | |||||||||
Kim Richardson | Canadian actor and singer | Richmond Hill | ||||||||||
Kiva | Canadian singer | |||||||||||
Kris Davis | Canadian jazz pianist and composer | Vancouver | ||||||||||
Laila Biali | Canadian musician | Vancouver | ||||||||||
Laura Hubert | Canadian singer | Toronto | ||||||||||
Lee Aaron | Canadian rock singer (born 1962) | Belleville | ||||||||||
Lili Haydn | American musician | violin performance singing |
Toronto | |||||||||
Lorraine Desmarais | Canadian jazz pianist and composer | Montreal | ||||||||||
Lullaby Baxter | Canadian singer | Scarborough | ||||||||||
Martha Brooks | Canadian children's writer and jazz singer | Ninette | ||||||||||
Mary Barry | singer-songwriter | St. John's | ||||||||||
Measha Brueggergosman | singer | Fredericton | ||||||||||
Michelle Sweeney | Canadian actor-singer | English | ||||||||||
Molly Johnson | Canadian singer | Toronto | ||||||||||
Ndidi Onukwulu | Canadian singer | |||||||||||
Nicole Stoffman | Canadian actor-singer | Toronto | ||||||||||
Nikki Yanofsky | Canadian singer | Montreal | ||||||||||
Nina Michelle |
jazz musician (*1968) ♀ |
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Rachel Therrien | French-Canadian jazz trumpeter, composer and bandleader | Rimouski | ||||||||||
Randa Ghossoub | Canadian jazz singer | Zahlé | ||||||||||
Ranee Lee | Canadian musician | Brooklyn | ||||||||||
Rebecca Jenkins | Canadian actress and singer | Innisfail | ||||||||||
Renee Rosnes | Canadian pianist | Regina | ||||||||||
Salome Bey | American-born Canadian singer-songwriter, composer, and actress (1933-2020) | New Jersey | ||||||||||
Sanah Kadoura | Canadian jazz drummer | |||||||||||
Shakura S'Aida | Canadian singer | Brooklyn | ||||||||||
Sienna Dahlen | Canadian jazz singer | |||||||||||
Sophie Milman | Canadian singer | Ufa | ||||||||||
Stephanie Biddle | Canadian singer | Sainte-Agathe-des-Monts | ||||||||||
Stevie Vallance | Canadian actress and singer | Montreal | ||||||||||
Susie Arioli | Canadian jazz singer | Montreal | ||||||||||
Sylvia Murphy | Canadian singer (1931–2021) | Montreal | ||||||||||
Taborah Johnson | singer and actor | Toronto | ||||||||||
Tamara Rhodes | Canadian jazz singer | Vancouver | ||||||||||
Tanya Kalmanovitch | Canadian jazz violinist, music educator | Fort McMurray | ||||||||||
Tena Palmer | Canadian musician | |||||||||||
Terra Hazelton | Canadian musician and actor | |||||||||||
Thea Gill | Canadian actress | Vancouver | ||||||||||
Toya Alexis | Canadian reality TV participant | Ajax | ||||||||||
Trudy Desmond | Canadian singer (1945–1999) | |||||||||||
Térez Montcalm | Canadian singer | Quebec | ||||||||||
Veda Hille | Canadian singer-songwriter | Vancouver | ||||||||||
Yvette Tollar | Canadian musician | Toronto | ||||||||||
Zaki Ibrahim | Canadian R&B and soul singer | British Columbia |
Chile
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Andrea Tessa | Chilean actor | Santiago | ||
Claudia Acuña | Chilean jazz singer | Santiago |
Croatia
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Bisera Veletanlić | jazz singer from Yugoslavia | Sisak |
Cuba
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Danay Suárez | Cuban singer | Havana | ||||||||||||
Marialy Pacheco |
pianist, composer, jazz musician, and singer (*1983) ♀ |
music jazz |
Havana |
Cyprus
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Alexia Vassiliou | singer-songwriter | Famagusta | ||
Georgia Nicolaou | Cypriot musician, composer, educator and researcher based in the Netherlands |
Czech Republic
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Eva Olmerová | Czech singer | Prague | ||
Martina Barta | Czech jazz musician and singer | jazz singing French horn performance |
Prague | |
Vlasta Průchová | Czech singer (1926–2006) | Ružomberok |
Czechoslovakia
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Zuzana Leharová |
Jazz violinist (*1982) ♀ |
Považská Bystrica |
Estonia
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Ele Raik | Estonian oboe player, jazz singer and diplomat | Tallinn | ||
Kirke Karja | Estonian jazz pianist and composer |
Finland
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Linda Fredriksson | Finnish jazz saxophonist and composer | |||
Mirja Mäkelä | Finnish jazz musician | |||
Sanni Orasmaa | Finnish jazz singer, stage actress, songwriter | Helsinki |
France
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Anne Ducros | French singer | Longfossé | ||||||||||
Anne Paceo | French drummer | Niort | ||||||||||
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Aurélie Tropez | French jazz musician | Alsace | ||||||||||
Camille Bertault | French jazz singer | Paris | ||||||||||
Carine Bonnefoy | French pianist | Toulon | ||||||||||
Caroline Nin | French singer | |||||||||||
Catherine Delaunay | French musician and composer | Bordeaux | ||||||||||
Chloé Cailleton |
Jazz singer ♀; Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres |
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Christine Ott | French composer and musician | Strasbourg | ||||||||||
Clotilde Rullaud | French musician | Reims | ||||||||||
Clémentine | French singer | Paris | ||||||||||
Cyrille Aimée | French jazz singer | Fontainebleau | ||||||||||
Debora Seffer |
Jazz violinist, singer, and composer (*1969) ♀; child of Yochk’o Seffer |
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Dimie Cat | singer, songwriter | Lyon | ||||||||||
Eve Risser | French pianist and jazz musician | Colmar | ||||||||||
Flo Ankah | French Voice Chanteuse/Actress Floanne in NYC | Bourgoin-Jallieu | ||||||||||
Florence Fourcade |
Jazz violinist (*1961) ♀ |
Saint-Omer | ||||||||||
Géraldine Laurent | French jazz saxophonist | Niort | ||||||||||
Hélène Labarrière | French musician | Neuilly-sur-Seine | ||||||||||
Isabelle Antena | French jazz singer | Villepinte | ||||||||||
Isabelle Leymarie | French musicologist | music documentary film translation ethnomusicology jazz piano performance film direction photography music education |
Bourges | |||||||||
Jocelyne Jocya | French singer and songwriter (1942–2003) | Le Perthus | ||||||||||
Josette Daydé | French singer (1923–1995) | Perpignan | ||||||||||
Joëlle Léandre | French double bassist, vocalist and composer | musical improvisation music double bass singing |
Aix-en-Provence | |||||||||
Julie Saury | French jazz drummer | Paris | ||||||||||
Leïla Martial | French singer | Ariège | ||||||||||
Leïla Olivesi | French pianist | Moulin d'Andé | ||||||||||
Liane Foly | French singer | 7th arrondissement of Lyon | ||||||||||
Léo Marjane | French jazz singer and actor (1912-2016) | Boulogne-sur-Mer | ||||||||||
Marion Rampal | French jazz singer | Marseille | ||||||||||
Mimi Perrin | French singer and translator (1926–2010) | piano singing performing arts translation |
Saint-Maurice | |||||||||
Neïma Naouri | French jazz singer | |||||||||||
Sophia Domancich | French pianist | performing arts | Paris | |||||||||
Sophie Alour | French saxophonist | Quimper | ||||||||||
Yvonne Blanc | French Jazz musician |
Georgia
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Mariko Ebralidze | Georgian jazz singer | Tbilisi | ||
Nino Katamadze | Georgian singer and artist | Kobuleti | ||
Teona Kontridze | Russian and Georgian singer, actress | Tbilisi |
German Democratic Republic
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Uschi Brüning | German singer-songwriter | Leipzig |
Germany
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Alexandra Eliana Gerhard | German drummer | Cologne | ||||||||||||
Angelika Niescier | German musician and saxophonist | Szczecin | ||||||||||||
Anirahtak | German jazz singer | Cologne | ||||||||||||
Anna Depenbusch | German singer and musician | Hamburg | ||||||||||||
Anna Kaluza | German jazz musician | Freiburg im Breisgau | ||||||||||||
Anna Maria Schuller | German jazz singer, composer, vocal teacher, choir leader | Nuremberg | ||||||||||||
Antje Rößeler |
jazz musician (*1989) ♀ |
Berlin | ||||||||||||
Antonia Hausmann |
jazz musician (*1990) ♀ |
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Barbara Buchholz | German composer and theremin player | Duisburg | ||||||||||||
Barbara Dennerlein | German musician | Munich | ||||||||||||
Barbara Jungfer | German guitarist and jazz guitarist | Berlin | ||||||||||||
Barbara Lahr | German musician | Kaiserslautern | ||||||||||||
Berit Jung |
Jazz bassist (*1950) ♀ |
Dresden | ||||||||||||
Caris Hermes | German jazz double bassist and composer | Geseke | ||||||||||||
Carolyn Breuer | German musician | Munich | ||||||||||||
Clara Däubler | German jazz musician | Feuchtwangen | ||||||||||||
Clara Vetter | German jazz pianist and composer | |||||||||||||
Claudia Döffinger | German jazz pianist | Leonberg | ||||||||||||
Conni Trieder |
jazz musician (*1987) ♀ |
Chemnitz | ||||||||||||
Defne Şahin | German jazz singer | Berlin | ||||||||||||
Dota Kehr | singer-songwriter | Berlin | ||||||||||||
Elke Bartholomäus |
jazz musician and composer ♀ |
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Esra Dalfidan | German singer | Solingen | ||||||||||||
Eva Kurowski | German actor-singer | Oberhausen | ||||||||||||
Evelyn Huber | German music educator | |||||||||||||
Fabia Mantwill | German jazz musician (saxophone, vocals, composition) | Berlin | ||||||||||||
Fabiana Striffler |
composer and jazz musician (*1988) ♀ |
Schwäbisch Hall | ||||||||||||
Femme Schmidt | German singer | Koblenz | ||||||||||||
Franziska Ameli Schuster | German jazz and world music singer and songwriter | Stuttgart | ||||||||||||
Heidi Bayer | German jazz musician (trumpet, flugelhorn, composition) | Kulmbach | ||||||||||||
Ingrid Laubrock | German jazz saxophonist and composer | Stadtlohn | ||||||||||||
Isabel Rößler |
composer and jazz musician ♀ |
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Jessica Gall | German jazz singer, songwriter | Berlin | ||||||||||||
Johanna Summer | German composer | Plauen | ||||||||||||
Julia Brüssel |
jazz musician (*1993) ♀ |
Cologne | ||||||||||||
Julia Ehninger | German jazz singer | |||||||||||||
Julia Hornung | German jazz musician | Schwabmünchen | ||||||||||||
Julia Rüffert |
jazz musician (*1988) ♀ |
Leipzig | ||||||||||||
Jutta Hipp | Jazz pianist (1925-2003) | Leipzig | ||||||||||||
Kira Linn |
jazz saxophonist, jazz clarinetist, and composer (*1993) ♀ |
Wiesbaden | ||||||||||||
Kristiana Roemer | German-American jazz singer | Frankfurt | ||||||||||||
Laura Kipp | German jazz musician | Waiblingen | ||||||||||||
Lena-Larissa Senge |
jazz musician, singer-songwriter, guitarist, flautist, composer, and singer (*1993) ♀ |
Herford | ||||||||||||
Li Monty | German jazz and soul singer | Stuttgart | ||||||||||||
Magda Mayas | German jazz musician | Münster | ||||||||||||
Magdalena Thora | German guitarist and singer | Munich | ||||||||||||
Maike Hilbig |
jazz musician (*1981) ♀ |
Nuremberg | ||||||||||||
Mareille Merck |
jazz musician and composer (*1996) ♀ |
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Marie Daniels | German jazz singer | Cologne | ||||||||||||
Melanie Bong | German woman composer | music jazz |
Munich | |||||||||||
Monika Roscher | German composer | Langenzenn | ||||||||||||
Nadja Schubert |
jazz musician (*1971) ♀ |
Nuremberg | ||||||||||||
Nora Benamara |
jazz musician and composer (*1992) ♀ |
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Rebecca Trescher | German jazz composer, clarinettist and bandleader | Tübingen | ||||||||||||
Rose Nabinger | German singer | Frankfurt | ||||||||||||
Ruth Hohmann | German jazz singer | Eisenach | ||||||||||||
Sabine Worthmann |
Jazz bassist, composer, and sound artist (*1959) ♀ |
Hemsbünde | ||||||||||||
Sandra Hempel | German guitarist | Pinneberg | ||||||||||||
Sandra Horn | German jazz trumpeter | Witten | ||||||||||||
Sarah Buchner |
jazz musician (*1996) ♀ |
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Sascha Ley | Luxembourgian actress and musician | Saarbrücken | ||||||||||||
Simone Eriksrud | Jazz vocalist and composer | Freiburg im Breisgau | ||||||||||||
Sophia Oster |
jazz musician and composer (*1993) ♀ |
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Stefanie Boltz |
jazz musician and composer (*1973) ♀ |
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Susan Weinert | German guitarist | Neunkirchen | ||||||||||||
Ulla van Daelen | German composer | Düsseldorf | ||||||||||||
Veronika Zunhammer |
jazz musician (*1985) ♀ |
Traunstein | ||||||||||||
Özay Fecht | German Turkish actress and singer | Istanbul |
Ghana
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Elivava | Ghanaian musician | Ghana | ||
Rama Brew | Ghanaian actress and musician | |||
Rhian Benson | Ghanaian soul and jazz singer, songwriter, and composer | Accra |
Greece
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Eleni Vougioukli | Greek singer | Thessaloniki | ||
Hrysoula Stefanaki | Greek singer | |||
Maria Markesini | Greek singer | Kefalonia | ||
Souzana Vougioukli | Greek singer | Xanthi | ||
Thomai Apergi | Greek singer | Tinos |
Haiti
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Michèle Voltaire Marcelin | Haitian writer | literature theatre music art of painting |
Port-au-Prince |
Hungary
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Boglárka Bábiczki |
jazz musician (*1981) ♀ |
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Emma Nagy |
jazz musician (*1998) ♀ |
Baja | ||||||||||||||||||
Eszter Bujdosó | Hungarian musician | Budapest | ||||||||||||||||||
Irma Holczer | (1950–2022) jazz singer, voice teacher | Budapest | ||||||||||||||||||
Mariann Falusi | (1959-) Hungarian singer, radio and television presenter, actress, member of the band Pa-dö-dő | Barcs | ||||||||||||||||||
Márta Szirmay |
opera singer and jazz singer (1939–2015) ♀; Franz Liszt Prize |
Kaposvár | ||||||||||||||||||
Márta Téli | Hungarian actress | Budapest | ||||||||||||||||||
Niki Vörös | Hungarian jazz singer | Esztergom | ||||||||||||||||||
Nikoletta Szőke | Hungarian singer | Zalaegerszeg | ||||||||||||||||||
Veronika Harcsa | Hungarian singer | Budapest |
Iceland
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Anna Mjöll Ólafsdóttir | Icelandic singer-songwriter | Reykjavík |
India
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Asha Puthli | Indian singer | music composing | Mumbai | |
Mili Nair | Indian singer | Mumbai | ||
Radha Thomas | singer, Jazz musician, writer, radio personality, media personality, songwriter | |||
Sandhya Sanjana | Indian singer | Mumbai |
Indonesia
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Dira Sugandi | singer | Bandung | ||||||||||
Isyana Sarasvati | Indonesian singer-songwriter and founder of Redrose Records | Bandung | ||||||||||
Margie Segers |
jazz musician (*1950) ♀ |
Cimahi | ||||||||||
Mytha Lestari | Indonesian recording artist; singer | |||||||||||
Rien Djamain |
jazz musician (*1956) ♀ |
Makassar | ||||||||||
Sheila Permatasaka | Indonesian musician | |||||||||||
Syaharani |
jazz musician (*1971) ♀ |
Batu | ||||||||||
Yura Yunita | Indonesian singer | Bandung |
Iran
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Rana Farhan | Iranian musician and singer |
Ireland
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Helena Jessie | Irish singer | |||
Imelda May | Irish singer | Dublin | ||
Mary Coughlan | Irish jazz and folk singer and actress | County Galway | ||
Rose Brennan | Irish singer | Dublin |
Israel
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Achinoam "Noa" Nini | Israeli singer and political activist | Tel Aviv | ||
Anat Cohen | Israeli-born jazz clarinetist and saxophonist | Tel Aviv | ||
Anat Fort | jazz musician | |||
Elisa Gabbai | Israeli female singer (1933-2010) | Tel Aviv | ||
Julia Feldman | Israeli musician | |||
Roni Kaspi | Israeli-born jazz drummer | Tel Aviv |
Italy
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Barbara Casini | Italian vocalist and guitar player. | Florence | ||
Chiara Civello | Italian recording artist; singer | music composing | Rome | |
Emilia Vancini | Italian singer living in The Netherlands whose repertoire ranges from jazz to the Canzone d'Autore Italiana | Cento | ||
Giovanna Marinuzzi | Italian singer | Rome | ||
Jula de Palma | Italian singer | Milan | ||
Lilian Terry | Italian jazz singer | Cairo | ||
Lucia Mannucci | Italian singer (1920-2012) | Bologna | ||
Marcella Puppini | Italian singer | Bologna | ||
Margareth Kammerer | Italian guitarist | South Tyrol | ||
Maria Pia De Vito | Italian singer | Naples | ||
Neja | Italian singer-songwriter and jazz musician | music composing | Turin | |
Patrizia Scascitelli | Italian jazz pianist | Rome | ||
Rita Marcotulli | Italian jazz pianist and composer | Rome | ||
Roberta Gambarini | Italian singer | Turin |
Jamaica
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Amru Sani | Jamaican actor and singer (1925-2000) | |||
Myrna Hague | Jamaican singer |
Japan
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Ai Kago | Japanese actress, singer, and dancer | music composing | Nara | |||||||||
Ai Kuwabara | Japanese jazz pianist, composer (1991-) | |||||||||||
Aki Takase | Japanese musician | Osaka | ||||||||||
Aki Yashiro | Japanese enka singer and painter | Yatsushiro | ||||||||||
Akiko Tsuruga | Japanese jazz musician | Amagasaki | ||||||||||
Akiko Wada | Japanese singer and tarento (born 1950) | Osaka Osaka Prefecture | ||||||||||
Akiko Yano | Japanese singer-songwriter (1955-) | music composing | Aomori Tokyo | |||||||||
Asuka Kaneko | Japanese composer | Suginami-ku | ||||||||||
Atsuko Hashimoto | Japanese musician | Osaka Prefecture | ||||||||||
Ayako Shirasaki | jazz pianist, composer | Setagaya-ku | ||||||||||
Ayumi Tanaka | jazz musician | Wakayama Prefecture | ||||||||||
Chihiro Yamanaka | Japanese jazz pianist | Kiryū | ||||||||||
Dorlis | Japanese musician | Okayama | ||||||||||
Hibari Misora | Japanese singer and actress (1937-1989) | Yokohama | ||||||||||
Hiromi Uehara | Japanese-born jazz composer and pianist (1979-) | Hamamatsu | ||||||||||
Ichiko Hashimoto | Japanese pianist, vocalist, composer, arranger (1952-) | Kobe | ||||||||||
Joelle Strother | Japanese singer | Akita | ||||||||||
Juju | Japanese jazz singer | music composing | Kyoto Prefecture | |||||||||
Junko Akimoto | Japanese kayōkyoku singer | Tokyo | ||||||||||
Junko Onishi | Japanese jazz pianist (1967-) | Joyo | ||||||||||
Kaori Kobayashi | Japanese saxophonist, flute player, composer, arranger, producer (1981-) | Kawasaki | ||||||||||
Kei Marimura | Japanese jazz singer, idol and pornographic actress | Chiyoda-ku Tokyo | ||||||||||
Keiko Komaki |
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Keiko Matsui | Japanese jazz pianist (1961-) | Tokyo | ||||||||||
Kimiko Itoh | Japanese jazz singer (1946-) | Shodoshima | ||||||||||
Kimiko Kasai | Japanese singer | Kyoto Prefecture | ||||||||||
Maki Asakawa | Japanese singer (1942-2010) | Mikawa | ||||||||||
Mari Natsuki | Japanese actor and singer (1952-) | Toshima-ku | ||||||||||
Masae Kowaki | Japanese singer | |||||||||||
Miki Higashino | Japanese musician | Japan | ||||||||||
Miwa Yoshida | Japanese singer-songwriter | Ikeda | ||||||||||
Miyoshi Umeki | Japanese-American singer and actress | Otaru | ||||||||||
Noriko Matsueda | Japanese composer | Tochigi | ||||||||||
Noriko Ueda | Japanese jazz musician and composer | |||||||||||
Ryōko Moriyama | Japanese jazz singer | Tokyo | ||||||||||
Satoko Fujii | Japanese musician | Tokyo | ||||||||||
Shiho | Japanese jazz singer | Suginami-ku | ||||||||||
Shizuko Kasagi | Japanese singer, actress (1914-1985) | Aioi | ||||||||||
Taeko Fukao | Japanese Jazz singer | |||||||||||
Taeko Kunishima | Japanese jazz pianist | |||||||||||
Yoko Kanno | Japanese composer, arranger, keyboardist, music producer (1964-) | film score | Sendai |
Kingdom of Denmark
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Ann Farholt | Danish singer | |||||||||||||
Cathrine Legardh | Danish jazz singer, composer | |||||||||||||
Christina Dahl |
jazz musician (*1965) ♀ |
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Cæcilie Norby | Danish jazz and rockpop singer | Copenhagen | ||||||||||||
Grethe Kemp | Danish jazz singer and children's writer (1931-1982) | Gentofte | ||||||||||||
Julie Fahrer | Danish-Swiss jazz singer | Odder | ||||||||||||
Katrine Madsen | Danish musician | Aarhus | ||||||||||||
Laura Toxværd | Danish jazz musician | |||||||||||||
Lilly-Ann Hertzman | Danish jazz musician | |||||||||||||
Lis Wessberg |
jazz musician (*1967) ♀ |
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Maj-Britt Kramer | Danish jazz musician | Kongens Lyngby | ||||||||||||
Malene Mortensen | Danish singer | Denmark | ||||||||||||
Mette Juul | Danish Jazzsinger | Hornsyld | ||||||||||||
Mette Petersen |
jazz musician (*1955) ♀ |
Kongens Lyngby | ||||||||||||
Mette Rasmussen |
jazz musician and saxophonist (*1988) ♀ |
Aarhus | ||||||||||||
Mia Dyberg |
jazz musician (*1986) ♀ |
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Sidsel Storm | Danish Jazzsinger | |||||||||||||
Signe Emmeluth | Danish jazz musician | |||||||||||||
Sinne Eeg | Danish singer; jazz vocalist | Lemvig | ||||||||||||
Thulla | Danish singer | Copenhagen |
Kingdom of the Netherlands
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Ann Burton | Dutch singer (1933–1989) | Amsterdam | ||||||||||
Annemarie Roelofs | Dutch musician and academic | Amstelveen | ||||||||||
Candy Dulfer | Dutch saxophonist and singer | Amsterdam | ||||||||||
Caro Emerald | Dutch jazz singer | Amsterdam | ||||||||||
Corrie van Binsbergen | Dutch guitarist and composer | |||||||||||
Denise Jannah | Dutch musician | Paramaribo | ||||||||||
Francien van Tuinen | Dutch singer | |||||||||||
Greetje Kauffeld | Dutch singer | Rotterdam | ||||||||||
Ig Henneman | Dutch composer | Haarlem | ||||||||||
Ilse Huizinga | Dutch singer | Beverwijk | ||||||||||
Laura Fygi | Dutch jazz singer | Amsterdam | ||||||||||
Lils Mackintosh | Dutch singer (1955–2023) | Amsterdam | ||||||||||
Marit van der Lei |
jazz musician and composer (*1994) ♀ |
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Peti van der Velde | musical theatre actor from the Netherlands | |||||||||||
Rita Reys | Dutch jazz singer (1924-2013) | Rotterdam | ||||||||||
Sanne Huijbregts | Dutch jazz musician | |||||||||||
Saskia Laroo | Dutch jazz musician | Amsterdam | ||||||||||
Susanne Alt | Dutch musician | Würzburg | ||||||||||
Tineke Postma | Dutch saxophonist | Heerenveen | ||||||||||
Trijntje Oosterhuis | Dutch singer | Amsterdam | ||||||||||
Yvonne Walter | Dutch jazz singer | Eindhoven |
Lithuania
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Evelina Sašenko | Lithuanian musician | Rūdiškės Eldership | ||||||||||
Laima Akstinaite |
actor, jazz singer, and film actor (*1989) ♀ |
Luxembourg
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Claire Parsons |
Jazz singer and songwriter (*1993) ♀ |
Malawi
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Malia | Malawian musician | singing | Malawi |
Mexico
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Magos Herrera | Mexican Jazz singer | Mexico City | ||
Ximena Sariñana | Mexican singer-songwriter and actress | Guadalajara |
Moldova
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Geta Burlacu | Moldovan singer | Bălți |
Morocco
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Malika Zarra | Moroccan-born French–American singer, composer, and music producer | Oulad Teima |
New Zealand
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Ann Pacey | New Zealand jazz singer, actress, and television personality (1941–2024) | London | ||
Gin Wigmore | New Zealand singer | Auckland | ||
Jasmine Lovell-Smith | New Zealand composer and saxophonist | Christchurch | ||
Kimbra | New Zealand singer | Hamilton | ||
Kiri Te Kanawa | New Zealand opera singer | Gisborne | ||
Miho Wada | New Zealand musician | Tokyo |
Nigeria
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Camilla George | Nigerian born jazz musician | Eket | ||
Yinka Davies | Nigerian vocalist, dancer, lyricist and judge of reality show, Nigerian Idol.(born on July 16, 1970) |
Norway
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Andrea Rydin Berge | Norwegian musician | Oslo | ||||||||||||
Ane Carmen Roggen | Norwegian singer | Oslo | ||||||||||||
Anine Kruse | Vocalist and choral conductor | Oslo | ||||||||||||
Anja Eline Skybakmoen | Norwegian singer | Trondheim | ||||||||||||
Anja Lauvdal | Norwegian jazz pianist | Flekkefjord Municipality | ||||||||||||
Anne-Marie Giørtz | Norwegian jazz vocalist and composer | Stockholm | ||||||||||||
Beate S. Lech | Jazz vocalist and composer | Volda Municipality | ||||||||||||
Benedikte Shetelig Kruse | Vocalist and actor | Oslo | ||||||||||||
Bodil Niska | Norwegian musician | Vadsø | ||||||||||||
Camilla Hole | Norwegian jazz musician | |||||||||||||
Camilla Tømta | Norwegian jazz musician | |||||||||||||
Christina Bjordal | Norwegian jazz vocalist | Haugesund Municipality | ||||||||||||
Eldbjørg Raknes | Jazz vocalist and composer | Midsund Municipality | ||||||||||||
Elin Rosseland | Jazz singer | Norway | ||||||||||||
Elisabeth Lid Trøen | Norwegian jazz musician | Voss | ||||||||||||
Ellen Andrea Wang | Norwegian musician | Gjøvik Municipality | ||||||||||||
Ellen Brekken | Norwegian musician | Tynset Municipality | ||||||||||||
Emilie Stoesen Christensen | singer and actor | Oslo | ||||||||||||
Frida Ånnevik | Norwegian musician | Hamar Municipality | ||||||||||||
Frøy Aagre | Norwegian jazz saxophonist | Tønsberg | ||||||||||||
Frøydis Aslesen |
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Frøydis Walstad |
jazz musician (*1954) ♀ |
Trondheim | ||||||||||||
Gunhild Seim | Norwegian musician | Gjøvik Municipality | ||||||||||||
Guro Kvåle | Norwegian jazz musician | |||||||||||||
Guro Skumsnes Moe | Norwegian musician | Hedmark | ||||||||||||
Hanna Paulsberg | Norwegian jazz saxophonist, composer | Rygge | ||||||||||||
Hanne Kalleberg | Jazz vocalist and composer | Flekkefjord Municipality | ||||||||||||
Hanne Tveter |
jazz musician (*1974) ♀ |
Skarnes | ||||||||||||
Hedvig Mollestad Thomassen | Norwegian guitarist | Ålesund Municipality | ||||||||||||
Heida Mobeck | Norwegian musician | Trondheim | ||||||||||||
Heidi Skjerve | Jazz vocalist and composer | Rennebu Municipality | ||||||||||||
Helén Eriksen | Norwegian musician | Dale | ||||||||||||
Henriette Eilertsen |
composer and jazz musician (*1993) ♀ |
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Hild Sofie Tafjord | musician | music | Langevåg | |||||||||||
Hilde Hefte | Norwegian jazz singer | Kristiansand Municipality | ||||||||||||
Hilde Marie Holsen | Norwegian jazz musician | |||||||||||||
Hilde Marie Kjersem | Norwegian Vocalist | Ålesund Municipality | ||||||||||||
Hildegunn Øiseth | Jazz trumpeter | Kongsvinger Municipality | ||||||||||||
Ida Løvli Hidle | Norwegian accordionist and chamber musician | Oslo | ||||||||||||
Ida Roggen | Norwegian singer | Oslo | ||||||||||||
Ina Sagstuen |
jazz musician (*1989) ♀ |
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Ine Hoem | Norwegian jazz singer and songwriter | Oslo | ||||||||||||
Inga Juuso | Sami actress and musician from Norway | Jokkmokk Municipality | ||||||||||||
Inger Jacobsen | Norwegian singer (1923–1996) | Christiania | ||||||||||||
Jannike Kruse | Norwegian actress and singer | Oslo | ||||||||||||
Julie Dahle Aagård | Norwegian singer | Flatanger | ||||||||||||
Kari Rønnekleiv | Norwegian musician | |||||||||||||
Karin Krog | Norwegian jazz singer (born 1937) | Oslo | ||||||||||||
Kirsti Huke | Jazz vocalist and composer | Melhus Municipality | ||||||||||||
Kjersti Stubø | Norwegian jazz singer | Narvik | ||||||||||||
Kristin Asbjørnsen | Norwegian jazz singer | Lillehammer Municipality | ||||||||||||
Kristin Sevaldsen | Norwegian musician | Lillehammer Municipality | ||||||||||||
Laila Dalseth | Jazz singer | Bergen | ||||||||||||
Lena Nymark | Norwegian jazz vocalist and composer | Ålesund Municipality | ||||||||||||
Lene Grenager | Norwegian musician and composer | Halden Municipality | ||||||||||||
Line Horntveth | Norwegian musician | Tønsberg | ||||||||||||
Liv Andrea Hauge |
jazz musician (*1995) ♀ |
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Liv Stoveland | Norwegian soprano and singing teacher | Lillesand | ||||||||||||
Live Maria Roggen | Norwegian singer | Oslo | ||||||||||||
Magni Wentzel | Norwegian jazz musician | Oslo | ||||||||||||
Mari Kvien Brunvoll | Norwegian folk and jazz singer | Molde Municipality | ||||||||||||
Maria Kannegaard | Jazz pianist | Copenhagen | ||||||||||||
Marianna Sangita Angeletaki Røe |
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Marit Sandvik | vocalist | Harstad Municipality | ||||||||||||
Marita Røstad | Norwegian Singer-songwriter | Gjøvik Municipality | ||||||||||||
Marte Eberson | Norwegian keyboardist and composer | Oslo | ||||||||||||
Marthe Lea | Norwegian jazz musician | |||||||||||||
Mathilde Grooss Viddal | musician and composer | Oslo | ||||||||||||
Mona Krogstad |
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Natalie Sandtorv | Norwegian jazz musician | Ålesund Municipality | ||||||||||||
Nora Brockstedt | Norwegian singer and musician (1923-2015) | Christiania | ||||||||||||
Oddrun Lilja Jonsdottir |
musician and jazz musician ♀ |
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Olga Konkova | Jazz pianist | Moscow | ||||||||||||
Radka Toneff | Norwegian singer (1952–1982) | Oslo | ||||||||||||
Rohey Taalah | Norwegian soul and jazz singer (born 1993) | Oslo | ||||||||||||
Shannon Mowday | jazz musician | |||||||||||||
Sheila Simmenes | Norwegian songwriter, lyricist, jazz singer | Bergen | ||||||||||||
Sidsel Endresen | Norwegian musician | Trondheim | ||||||||||||
Signe Førre | musical artist | Voss | ||||||||||||
Silje Nergaard | Norwegian singer | Steinkjer Municipality | ||||||||||||
Sinikka Langeland | Norwegian singer and musician | Grue Municipality | ||||||||||||
Siri Gellein | Norwegian jazz vocalist | Trondheim | ||||||||||||
Siri Gjære | Norwegian jazz vocalist from Levanger (born 1972) | Trondheim | ||||||||||||
Siri Snortheim |
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Siril Malmedal Hauge | jazz vocalist | Langevåg | ||||||||||||
Sissel Vera Pettersen | jazz vocalist and saxophonist | Oslo | ||||||||||||
Solveig Slettahjell | Norwegian jazz vocalist, composer | Bærum Municipality | ||||||||||||
Stephanie Harrison |
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Thea Ellingsen Grant |
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Tine Asmundsen | Jazz double bassist | Kongsberg Municipality | ||||||||||||
Tone Åse | Norwegian jazz vocalist and keyboardist | Bergen | ||||||||||||
Tora Augestad | Jazz vocalist and actor | Bergen | ||||||||||||
Torun Eriksen | Norwegian recording artist; Jazz singer, songwriter | Lunde | ||||||||||||
Trude Eick | Norwegian musician | Hof Municipality Drammen Municipality | ||||||||||||
Tuva Syvertsen | Norwegian musician | Oslo | ||||||||||||
Veslemøy Narvesen | Norwegian jazz musician and composer. | Kristiansand Municipality | ||||||||||||
Wenche Losnegård | musician |
Panama
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Bárbara Wilson | Panamanian jazz singer | Colón Province |
People's Republic of China
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Fengxia Xu | Chinese musician | Shanghai |
Philippines
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Katy de la Cruz | Filipino singer (1907-2004) | Philippines | ||
Maria Cabase | singer, musician | Cebu | ||
Sitti Navarro | Filipino singer (born 1984) | Manila |
Poland
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Aga Zaryan | Polish singer | Warsaw | ||||||||||
Aleksandra Kwasniewska | Polish singer | Bielawa | ||||||||||
Anna Maria Jopek | Polish musician and singer | Warsaw | ||||||||||
Anna Szarmach | Polish singer and teacher | Starogard Gdański | ||||||||||
Basia | Polish singer | Jaworzno | ||||||||||
Dorota Miśkiewicz | Polish singer | jazz | Kłodzko | |||||||||
Dorota Piotrowska |
jazz musician (*1984) ♀ |
Lubin | ||||||||||
Edyta Geppert | Polish singer | Nowa Ruda | ||||||||||
Gabriela Kulka | Polish singer | Warsaw | ||||||||||
Grażyna Auguścik | Polish jazz singer | Słupsk | ||||||||||
Hanna Banaszak | Polish jazz singer and poet | Poznań | ||||||||||
Joanna Duda | Polish pianist, composer | Gdańsk | ||||||||||
Kari Sál |
jazz musician (*1993) ♀ |
Lesko | ||||||||||
Kayah | Polish singer | Warsaw | ||||||||||
Kinga Głyk | Polish jazz bass guitarist | Rydułtowy | ||||||||||
Magda Piskorczyk | Polish jazz guitarist | |||||||||||
Megitza | Polish singer, double bass player, and composer. (b. 1984.) | Zakopane | ||||||||||
Monika Borzym | Polish jazz singer | Warsaw | ||||||||||
Sabina Meck |
composer and jazz musician (*2000) ♀ |
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Tatiana Okupnik | Polish singer | Łódź | ||||||||||
Urszula Dudziak | Polish singer | Straconka |
Portugal
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Guida Costa | Portuguese musician | |||
Maria João | Portuguese singer | Lisbon | ||
Maria Mendes | Portuguese jazz singer | |||
Paula Oliveira | portuguese singer and singing teacher | Coimbra | ||
Rita Maria | Portuguese jazz singer | Lisbon | ||
Sofia Hoffmann | Portuguese singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist (born 1980) |
Romania
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Anca Parghel | singer, music teacher | Câmpulung Moldovenesc | ||
Aura Urziceanu | Romanian musician | Bucharest | ||
Irina Sârbu | Romanian jazz singer and actress | Bucharest | ||
Maria Răducanu | Romanian musician | Huși |
Russia
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Anastasia Lyutova | Russian jazz singer | |||||||||||
Nina Shatskaya | Russian singer | Rybinsk | ||||||||||
Olga Amelchenko | Russian musician | Soviet Union | ||||||||||
Viktoria Pier-Marie |
Jazz singer (*1979) ♀ |
Moscow |
Serbia
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Ana Popović | Serbian blues guitarist and singer | Belgrade | ||
Bojana Stamenov | Serbian singer | Belgrade | ||
Irina Karamarković | Serbian jazz singer, composer | Pristina | ||
Madame Piano | Serbian singer |
Slovakia
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Hanka G | Slovak jazz musician | Bratislava |
Slovenia
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Alenka Godec | Slovenian singer | Ljubljana | ||
Darja Švajger | Slovenian singer | Maribor | ||
Majda Sepe | Slovenian singer (1937-2006) | Ljubljana |
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
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Mia Žnidarič | Slovenian jazz singer |
South Africa
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Letta Mbulu | South African musician | Soweto | ||||||||||||
Romy Brauteseth |
jazz musician and double-bassist (*1989) ♀ |
Gqeberha | ||||||||||||
Sathima Bea Benjamin | South African jazz singer (1936–2013) | music composing | Johannesburg | |||||||||||
Sibongile Khumalo | South African opera singer (1957–2021) | Soweto | ||||||||||||
Thandi Klaasen | South African musician (1931–2017) | Sophiatown | ||||||||||||
Toya Delazy | South African musician | KwaZulu-Natal |
South Korea
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Katie Kim | singer | Bucheon | ||
Soojin Suh | South Korean jazz drummer | Seoul | ||
Sun-Mi Hong | South Korean composer, bandleader and jazz drummer based in Amsterdam | |||
Sunny Kim | South Korean singer | |||
WoongSan | South Korean actress and jazz musician | South Korea | ||
Youn Sun Nah | South Korean jazz singer | Seoul | ||
Younha | South Korean pop singer-songwriter | Seoul |
Soviet Union
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Aziza Mustafa Zadeh | Azerbaijani singer, pianist, and composer | Baku | ||
Datevik Hovanesian | jazz musician, singer | Yerevan | ||
Katie Melua | English-Georgian singer and songwriter | music composing | Kutaisi | |
Nonna Sukhanova | Soviet pop and jazz singer (1934—2014) | Saint Petersburg | ||
Sabina Babayeva | singer from Azerbaijan | Baku | ||
Viktoria Mullova | Russian violinist | Zhukovsky |
Spain
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Ana Laan | Spanish singer | Madrid | ||||||||||||||
Andrea Motis | Catalan jazz singer and trumpeter | Barcelona | ||||||||||||||
Aurora Bertrana | writer | Girona | ||||||||||||||
Celeste Alías | Spanish jazz singer | Sant Joan de Vilatorrada | ||||||||||||||
Celia Mur | Andalusian jazz singer and composer (1970-2019) | Granada | ||||||||||||||
Clara Luna |
Jazz singer, composer, and pianist (*1980) ♀; Enderrock Awards |
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Ester Andújar | Spanish musician | Valencia | ||||||||||||||
Irati Bilbao | singer and jazz musician | Durango | ||||||||||||||
Laura Fernandez | Canadian illustrator, musician, and realtor | Madrid | ||||||||||||||
Marta Sánchez | Spanish jazz musician | Madrid | ||||||||||||||
Martirio | Spanish recording artist; singer | Huelva | ||||||||||||||
Mayte Alguacil |
jazz musician (*1950) ♀ |
Madrid | ||||||||||||||
Mercedes Rossy | Spanish jazz pianist | Barcelona | ||||||||||||||
Olga Román | Jazz singer | Madrid | ||||||||||||||
Paloma Berganza | Spanish singer | Madrid | ||||||||||||||
Paula Grande | Spanish recording artist; jazz singer | Girona | ||||||||||||||
Victoria Abril | Spanish actress | Madrid | ||||||||||||||
Èlia Bastida | Catalan violonist, saxophonist and jazz singer | Barcelona |
Sri Lanka
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Yolande Bavan | Sri Lankan actress and singer | Sri Lanka |
Sweden
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Alice Babs | Swedish singer | Kalmar domkyrkoförsamling | ||||||||||||
Anna Lund | Swedish jazz musician | |||||||||||||
Bambi Elinsdotter Oskarsson | Swedish jazz musician, columnist, radio host, and athlete | Norrtälje | ||||||||||||
Britt-Inger Bergström | Swedish actress, jazz singer | |||||||||||||
Caroline Henderson | Danish–Swedish singer | Stockholm | ||||||||||||
Cecilia Wennerström | Swedish jazz musician | |||||||||||||
Cornelia Nilsson | Swedish jazz drummer | Lund | ||||||||||||
Ebba Åsman |
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Elin Larsson | Swedish jazz saxophonist | |||||||||||||
Ellen Andersson | Swedish jazz singer | |||||||||||||
Elsa Bergman |
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Georgia Wartel Collins |
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Ida Sand | Swedish pianist and jazz musician | Stockholm | ||||||||||||
Irmgard Österwall | Swedish singer | |||||||||||||
Julia Werup | Swedish jazz singer, poet | |||||||||||||
Lina Nyberg | Swedish jazz singer | Stockholm | ||||||||||||
Linda Oláh | Swedish jazz singer, composer | Stockholm | ||||||||||||
Lisa Ullén |
jazz musician and composer (*1964) ♀ |
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Lisa Werlinder | Swedish musician | Uppsala | ||||||||||||
Mabel Albins | Swedish singer (1912-2005) | Jönköpings Kristina församling | ||||||||||||
Malin Wättring |
jazz musician and composer (*1987) ♀ |
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Margareta Bengtson | Swedish singer | |||||||||||||
Marianne Racine | Swedish pianist | Haparanda | ||||||||||||
Marie Arturén | Swedish singer | |||||||||||||
Miriam Aïda | Swedish jazz singer | Lund | ||||||||||||
Monica Dominique | Swedish actor and musician | Västerås | ||||||||||||
Monica Zetterlund | Swedish singer and actress | Hagfors parish | ||||||||||||
Nina de Heney | Swedish jazz musician | |||||||||||||
Rebecka Törnqvist | Swedish female singer | Uppsala Cathedral Assembly | ||||||||||||
Susanna Lindeborg | musical artist | |||||||||||||
Susanna Risberg |
jazz musician and jazz guitarist (*1990) ♀; Albin Hagström Memorial Award, Sten A. Olssons kulturstipendium, and P2 Jazzkatten; child of Erik Risberg |
Haga parish | ||||||||||||
Sylvia Vrethammar | Swedish jazz and schlager singer | Uddevalla | ||||||||||||
Vanja Holm | Swedish jazz musician |
Switzerland
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Barbara Widmer |
jazz musician (*1954) ♀ |
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Béatrice Graf | Swiss drummer | Nyon | ||||||||||||
Chiara Schönfeld |
jazz musician and composer (*1995) ♀ |
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Christa Unternährer |
jazz musician and composer (*1981) ♀ |
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Cinzia Catania |
jazz musician and composer (*1988) ♀ |
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Co Streiff | Swiss saxophonist | Zurich | ||||||||||||
Corin Curschellas | Swiss singer songwriter and actress | Chur | ||||||||||||
Corinne Nora Huber | Swiss jazz singer, cellist | Aarau | ||||||||||||
Corinne Windler |
jazz musician and composer (*1974) ♀ |
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Dalia Donadio |
jazz musician and composer (*1987) ♀ |
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Eliana Burki | Swiss musician (1983–2023) | Feldbrunnen-St. Niklaus | ||||||||||||
Elina Duni | Albanian singer | Tirana | ||||||||||||
Fabienne Hoerni |
jazz musician (*1974) ♀ |
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Fiona Grond |
jazz musician and composer (*1992) ♀ |
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Florence Melnotte |
composer, pianist, improviser, and jazz musician ♀ |
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Gisela Horat |
jazz musician and composer (*1969) ♀; member of Gisela Horat Trio |
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Helen Iten |
jazz musician (*1968) ♀ |
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Hilaria Kramer | Swiss trumpeter | Frauenfeld | ||||||||||||
Irene Aebi | Swiss singer, violinist and cellist | Zurich | ||||||||||||
Irène Schweizer | Swiss jazz pianist (1941–2024) | piano performance jazz |
Schaffhausen | |||||||||||
Jeanaine Oesch |
jazz musician and composer (*1997) ♀ |
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Johanna Pärli |
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Julie Campiche |
jazz musician and composer (*1983) ♀ |
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Katja Mair |
jazz musician and composer (*1968) ♀ |
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Laura Schuler |
jazz musician (*1987) ♀ |
Langenthal | ||||||||||||
Liliane Wasserfallen-Rougemont | Swiss jazz musician | |||||||||||||
Lilly Thornton |
jazz musician (*1966) ♀ |
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Linda Jozefowski |
jazz musician and composer (*1982) ♀ |
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Margaux Oswald | musician | Geneva | ||||||||||||
Mina | Italian singer (1940-) | Busto Arsizio | ||||||||||||
Miriam Klein | Swiss jazz singer | Basel | ||||||||||||
Mélusine Chappuis |
jazz musician and composer ♀ |
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Nadja Sieger | Swiss publisher | Zurich | ||||||||||||
Priska Walss | Swiss jazz musician | Zurich | ||||||||||||
Salome Moana |
jazz musician and composer (*1994) ♀ |
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Sonja Indin |
jazz musician and composer (*1980) ♀ |
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Sophie Hunger | Swiss singer-songwriter | music composing | Bern | |||||||||||
Sophie Lüssi | swiss-argentinian musician | |||||||||||||
Susanne Abbuehl | musician | Bern | ||||||||||||
Susanne Müller |
jazz musician (*1964) ♀ |
Zurich | ||||||||||||
Sylvie Courvoisier | Swiss musician | Lausanne | ||||||||||||
Yumi Ito | Swiss jazz musician (composer, singer, pianist, bandleader, arranger) | Basel |
Syria
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Houry Dora Apartian | Syrian jazz singer | Aleppo |
Taiwan
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Jo-Yu Chen | Taiwanese pianist | Taiwan | ||
YuYing Hsu | Taiwanese pianist, producer, composer | Taiwan |
Turkey
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Ayten Alpman | Turkish jazz and pop singer | Istanbul | ||
Ayşegül Yeşilnil | Turkish vocalist and painter | |||
Başak Yavuz | Turkish jazz musician | |||
Cansu Tanrıkulu | Turkish jazz singer | Ankara | ||
Ebru Aydın | Turkish singer | Istanbul | ||
Meriç Yurdatapan | Turkish singer | Istanbul | ||
Nilüfer Ruacan | Turkish jazz pianist | |||
Sanat Deliorman | jazz musician from Turkey | Istanbul | ||
Tülay German | Turkish singer | Istanbul | ||
Yıldız İbrahimova | Bulgarian singer | Silistra | ||
Şehrazat | Turkish songwriter | Ankara |
Ukraine
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Alina Bzhezhinska | Ukrainian jazz harpist, composer and bandleader based in London, UK | Lviv | ||
Diana Ovsianykova | Ukrainian jazz singer | Kyiv | ||
Evelina De Lain | Ukrainian classical and jazz pianist, composer, author, performance coach, educator and producer | Zhovti Vody | ||
Ganna Gryniva | Ukrainian jazz singer working in Berlin | Krasnoyarsk | ||
Nataliya Lebedeva | Ukrainian jazz piano player, composer, professor | Kyiv | ||
Tamara Lukasheva | Ukrainian jazz musician | Odesa |
United Kingdom
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Amy Winehouse | English-born British singer-songwriter (1983–2011) | music composing | Chase Farm Hospital | |||||||||
Angharad Davies | Welsh violinist, composer and musician | |||||||||||
Anita Wardell | British jazz musician and music educator | Guildford | ||||||||||
Anne Lenner | English female vocalist | Aylestone | ||||||||||
Annie Ross | British-American actress, singer and vocalist | singing jazz acting |
Surrey London | |||||||||
Annie Whitehead | English trombonist | Oldham | ||||||||||
Barb Jungr | UK singer, songwriter and writer | Rochdale | ||||||||||
Barbara Jay | British jazz singer | |||||||||||
Barbara Moore | English composer, arranger, and vocalist of pop and jazz | Bradford | ||||||||||
Barbara Thompson | English jazz saxophonist, flutist and composer (1944–2022) | Oxford | ||||||||||
Beryl Bryden | English jazz singer (1920–1998) | Norwich | ||||||||||
Beryl Davis | British singer (1924-2011) | Plymouth | ||||||||||
Carol Grimes | British singer | London Borough of Lewisham | ||||||||||
Carol Kidd | British singer | Glasgow | ||||||||||
Christine Tobin | singer-songwriter | Ireland | ||||||||||
Claire Martin | British singer | Wimbledon | ||||||||||
Clare Teal | British musician | Kildwick | ||||||||||
Cleo Laine | English jazz singer and actress | Middlesex Southall | ||||||||||
Corinne Bailey Rae | British singer and songwriter | music composing | Leeds | |||||||||
Corinne Drewery | British singer | Nottingham | ||||||||||
Deirdre Cartwright | British musician | London | ||||||||||
Dionne Bromfield | British singer | music composing | London Borough of Tower Hamlets | |||||||||
Dominique Atkins | British singer | |||||||||||
Elaine Delmar | British singer | Harpenden | ||||||||||
Eliana Tomkins | British jazz singer | |||||||||||
Emma Rawicz | English jazz musician | |||||||||||
Evelyn Dove | British singer and actress (1902-1987) | London | ||||||||||
Fionna Duncan | Scottish jazz singer | Garelochhead | ||||||||||
Gwyneth Herbert | Jazz musician, singer-songwriter and composer | Wimbledon | ||||||||||
Hannah Marshall | British jazz and improvisatory musician | London | ||||||||||
Iris Williams | Welsh singer | Pontypridd | ||||||||||
Issie Barratt | British musician | |||||||||||
Jacqui Dankworth | British singer | Northampton | ||||||||||
Joanna MacGregor | British musician | London | ||||||||||
Josephine Davies |
jazz musician (*2000) ♀ |
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Julia Biel | British singer/songwriter | London | ||||||||||
Julie Driscoll | English singer and actress | music composing | London | |||||||||
Juliet Kelly | British singer and songwriter | London | ||||||||||
Juliet Roberts | British musician | London | ||||||||||
Karen Sharp | British musician | Ipswich | ||||||||||
Kate Dimbleby | British singer | London | ||||||||||
Kate Westbrook | English musician | Guildford | ||||||||||
Kathy Stobart | British jazz musician (1925–2014) | South Shields | ||||||||||
Laura Macdonald | British musician | |||||||||||
Laura Mvula | British singer | Birmingham | ||||||||||
Liane Carroll | British musician | London | ||||||||||
Linda Lewis | British musician (1950–2023) | music composing music |
Custom House | |||||||||
Mabel Mercer | British singer (1900–1984) | Burton upon Trent Staffordshire | ||||||||||
Maggie Nicols | British musician and dancer | Edinburgh | ||||||||||
Marian McPartland | British pianist, composer, writer and radio host (1918–2013) | jazz | Slough | |||||||||
Maxine Daniels | English jazz singer | Stepney | ||||||||||
Melissa Stott | British singer-songwriter | music jazz jazz composition composed musical work singing |
Manchester | |||||||||
Mica Paris | English soul/jazz singer | London | ||||||||||
Michelle Dockery | British actress | acting | Rush Green Hospital | |||||||||
Najma Akhtar | singer | Chelmsford | ||||||||||
Nicola Emmanuelle | Musician, songwriter | |||||||||||
Niki King | British jazz musician | Edinburgh | ||||||||||
Nikki Iles | British musician | Dunstable | ||||||||||
Nikki Yeoh | British musician | |||||||||||
Norma Winstone | English jazz singer | singing jazz |
Bow | |||||||||
Obenewa | English singer-songwriter | Hammersmith | ||||||||||
Ottilie Patterson | Irish singer (1932–2011) | singing blues jazz |
Comber | |||||||||
Paloma Faith | British singer and actress | music composing | London | |||||||||
Patti Flynn | Welsh singer and performer | Tiger Bay | ||||||||||
Rachel Sutton | British jazz singer, lyricist, actor | Norfolk | ||||||||||
Sheila Tracy | British singer, musician, broadcaster, trombonist, journalist and writer | jazz | ||||||||||
Sue Richardson | British musician | |||||||||||
Susheela Raman | English singer | Hendon | ||||||||||
Susy Kane | actress | Dorking | ||||||||||
Tamar Osborn |
jazz musician and composer ♀ |
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Terri Quaye | British jazz musician | Bodmin | ||||||||||
Tina May | British singer | Gloucester | ||||||||||
Trish Clowes | British jazz saxophonist and composer based in London | Shrewsbury | ||||||||||
Victoria Hart | British singer | |||||||||||
YolanDa Brown | British musician | saxophone performance educational television music composing composed musical work |
Barking London | |||||||||
Zoe Rahman | British musician | music piano performance jazz |
Chichester |
United States of America
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Abbey Lincoln | American singer (1930–2010) | Chicago | ||||||||||||
Abbie Williams | New Orleans jazz musician | |||||||||||||
Ada Lee | musician | |||||||||||||
Ada Leonard | American bandleader | Lawton | ||||||||||||
Adelaide Hall | American-born UK-based jazz singer and entertainer | Brooklyn New York City | ||||||||||||
Adele Girard | American jazz harpist | Holyoke | ||||||||||||
Aida Ward | American jazz singer | Washington, D.C. | ||||||||||||
Aileen Stanley | American singer (1893-1982) | Chicago | ||||||||||||
Aimée Allen | American jazz musician | |||||||||||||
Aja Monet | American poet | Brooklyn | ||||||||||||
Alberta Hunter | American blues singer, songwriter, and nurse (1895-1984) | Memphis | ||||||||||||
Alexa Weber Morales | American songwriter and jazz musician | |||||||||||||
Ali Ryerson | musician | New York City | ||||||||||||
Alice Coltrane | American jazz musician | Detroit | ||||||||||||
Alice Darr |
jazz musician and songwriter (1930–2024) ♀ |
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Alice Whyte |
jazz musician (1922–2015) ♀ |
La Crosse | ||||||||||||
Alison Brown | American banjo player, guitarist, composer, and producer | Hartford | ||||||||||||
Alison Wedding | singer | |||||||||||||
Alyssa Graham | American singer | |||||||||||||
Amanda Randolph | American actress and singer (1896–1967) | Louisville | ||||||||||||
Amel Larrieux | American singer-songwriter and keyboardist | Manhattan | ||||||||||||
Amina Claudine Myers | American musician | Conway County | ||||||||||||
Amirtha Kidambi | American jazz musician | Buffalo | ||||||||||||
Amy Denio | American musician and composer | Seattle | ||||||||||||
Amy Lee | American saxophonist, composer and arranger | North Adams | ||||||||||||
Amy London | American singer | Cincinnati | ||||||||||||
Andrea Brachfeld | American jazz flutist | Utica | ||||||||||||
Angela Bofill | American R&B singer (1954–2024) | music jazz |
The Bronx | |||||||||||
Anita Baker | American singer-songwriter (born 1958) | music composing | Toledo | |||||||||||
Anita O'Day | American jazz singer (1919–2006) | Chicago | ||||||||||||
Anjani | American musician | music composing | Honolulu | |||||||||||
Ann Richards | American singer (1935–1982) | San Diego | ||||||||||||
Ann Ronell | American composer and lyricist (1906-1993) | film score | Omaha | |||||||||||
Anna Mae Winburn | African-American vocalist and jazz bandleader | Port Royal | ||||||||||||
Annette Hanshaw | American singer (1901-1985) | Manhattan | ||||||||||||
Annette Peacock | American Jazz composer | New York City | ||||||||||||
Annette Warren | American jazz musician and singer | Cleveland | ||||||||||||
Ariana Savalas | American actress and musician | Los Angeles | ||||||||||||
Aurora Nealand | American jazz saxophonist | |||||||||||||
Ava Mendoza | American musician | Miami | ||||||||||||
B.J. Crosby | American actress (1952-2015) | New Orleans | ||||||||||||
Barbara Carroll | Jazz pianist, composer and vocalist. | Worcester | ||||||||||||
Barbara Dane | American singer | Detroit | ||||||||||||
Barbara Morrison | American singer (1949–2022) | Ypsilanti | ||||||||||||
Barbara Rosene | American singer | |||||||||||||
Barbara Sutton Curtis | American jazz musician (1930-2019) | Howell | ||||||||||||
Barbra Streisand | American singer and actress (born 1942) | music composing music film jazz |
Brooklyn | |||||||||||
Bea Booze | American musician (1920–1986) | Baltimore | ||||||||||||
Bea Wain | American jazz musician (1917–2017) | New York City | ||||||||||||
Bebel Gilberto | Brazilian-American singer | New York City | ||||||||||||
Becca Stevens | American jazz, pop, and folk singer, and guitarist | jazz folk music |
Winston-Salem | |||||||||||
Bee Walker | American composer and pianist | Indianapolis | ||||||||||||
Beegie Adair | American pianist (1937–2022) | Barren County | ||||||||||||
Bertha Hope | American jazz pianist | Los Angeles | ||||||||||||
Bertha Turner | academic (b.1931) | Boston | ||||||||||||
Beryl Booker | American pianist | Philadelphia | ||||||||||||
Bessie Brown | American classic blues, jazz, and cabaret singer | Cleveland | ||||||||||||
Bette McLaurin | American jazz musician | North Carolina | ||||||||||||
Betty Bennett | American jazz singer (1921-2020) | Lincoln | ||||||||||||
Betty Carter | American jazz singer, recording artist, songwriter (1929–1998) | music composing singing |
Flint | |||||||||||
Betty Dorsey | American pop and jazz singer active in West Germany | Baltimore | ||||||||||||
Betty George | American singer (1926–2007) | Manchester | ||||||||||||
Betty Glamann | American musician (1923-1990) | Kansas | ||||||||||||
Betty Hall Jones | American singer (1911-2009) | Topeka | ||||||||||||
Betty Liste | American musician | |||||||||||||
Betty Roché | American blues singer (1920–1999) | Wilmington | ||||||||||||
Beverly Kenney | American jazz vocalist (1932-1960) | Harrison | ||||||||||||
Billie Davies | American jazz musician | Bruges | ||||||||||||
Billie Holiday | American jazz singer (1915–1959) | Philadelphia Baltimore | ||||||||||||
Billie Pierce | American jazz pianist and singer (1907–1974) | Marianna | ||||||||||||
Billie Poole | American jazz singer | Edwardsville | ||||||||||||
Billie Rogers | Jazz trumpeter (1917-2014) | North Plains | ||||||||||||
Blanche Calloway | American singer, bandleader and composer | Baltimore Rochester | ||||||||||||
Blossom Dearie | American jazz singer and pianist (1924–2009) | East Durham | ||||||||||||
Blossom Seeley | American entertainer | San Francisco | ||||||||||||
Blue Lu Barker | American jazz and blues singer (1913–1998) | New Orleans | ||||||||||||
Bobbi Humphrey | American soul-jazz musician | Marlin | ||||||||||||
Bobbie Nelson | Pianist and singer | Abbott | ||||||||||||
Bobbye Hall | American percussionist | |||||||||||||
Bonnie Baker | singer | Orange | ||||||||||||
Bonnie Wetzel | American jazz musician (1926-1965) | Vancouver | ||||||||||||
Brandee Younger | American harpist | Hempstead | ||||||||||||
Brittany Brooks | musician | Oakland | ||||||||||||
Byrdie Green | American singer | Detroit | ||||||||||||
Camille | American vocalist | Brooklyn | ||||||||||||
Camille Howard | American musician (1914-1993) | Galveston | ||||||||||||
Candy Johnson | American actress, singer and dancer (1944-2012) | Los Angeles | ||||||||||||
Carla Bley | American jazz composer, pianist, organist and bandleader (1936–2023) | jazz composed musical work piano performance organ performance |
Oakland | |||||||||||
Carla Cook | American jazz singer | Detroit | ||||||||||||
Carla Kihlstedt | American violinist, singer and composer | Lancaster | ||||||||||||
Carla White | American jazz singer (1951-2007) | Oakland | ||||||||||||
Carleen Anderson | American soul singer | Houston | ||||||||||||
Carline Ray | American jazz instrumentalist and vocalist | New York City | ||||||||||||
Carmen Lundy | Jazz singer | Miami | ||||||||||||
Carmen McRae | American jazz musician and actress (1922-1994) | Harlem New York City | ||||||||||||
Carmen Rothwell |
jazz musician (*1992) ♀ |
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Carol Ann Leigh | American blues and jazz singer | Redwood City | ||||||||||||
Carol Chaikin | American jazz musician | Los Angeles | ||||||||||||
Carol Duboc | American musician | Kansas City | ||||||||||||
Carol Fredette | American jazz singer | New York City | ||||||||||||
Carol Kaye | American bass guitarist | Everett | ||||||||||||
Carol Sloane | American singer (1937–2023) | Providence | ||||||||||||
Carol Sudhalter | American musician | Newton | ||||||||||||
Carol Tristano |
jazz musician (*2000) ♀; child of Lennie Tristano |
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Carolyn Leonhart | Jazz singer | New York City | ||||||||||||
Carrie Smith | American singer | Fort Gaines | ||||||||||||
Carroll "Fran" Moore | New Orleans jazz musician | |||||||||||||
Cassandra Wilson | American jazz singer, songwriter, and producer from Jackson, Mississippi | Jackson | ||||||||||||
Catherine Russell | American jazz singer | music composing | New York City | |||||||||||
Catherine Whitney | American singer | |||||||||||||
Cathy Segal-Garcia | American singer | |||||||||||||
Chaka Khan | American singer (born 1953) | music composing | Chicago | |||||||||||
Chanté Moore | American singer-songwriter | San Francisco | ||||||||||||
Charmaine Clamor | Filipino musician | Subic | ||||||||||||
Charmaine Neville | American singer | |||||||||||||
Chase Masterson | American actress, singer | Colorado | ||||||||||||
Cheryl Bentyne | American singer | Mount Vernon | ||||||||||||
Chi Coltrane | American singer | Racine | ||||||||||||
China Forbes | American singer, songwriter | music composing | Cambridge | |||||||||||
China Moses | American singer and TV host | Los Angeles | ||||||||||||
Chris Bennett | American dancer and singer | Marshall | ||||||||||||
Chris Connor | American jazz singer (1927–2009) | Kansas City | ||||||||||||
Chrisette Michele | American singer | music composing | Central Islip | |||||||||||
Christy Baron | American singer, songwriter, actress, pianist | Pittsburgh | ||||||||||||
Cindy Blackman | American musician | Yellow Springs | ||||||||||||
Cindy Bradley | Jazz trumpet, flugelhorn and flumpet player and composer | North Tonawanda | ||||||||||||
Claire Austin | American blues and jazz singer (1918-1994) | Yakima | ||||||||||||
Claire Daly | American jazz saxophonist (1959–2024) | Bronxville | ||||||||||||
Claire de Brunner |
jazz musician (*2000) ♀ |
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Clara Ponty | French musician | Paris | ||||||||||||
Clarice Assad | American musician and singer | Rio de Janeiro | ||||||||||||
Cleo Brown | American singer (1909–1995) | Meridian | ||||||||||||
Clora Bryant | American musician (1927–2019) | Denison | ||||||||||||
Colleen Lovett | American singer | |||||||||||||
Connee Boswell | American musician (1907–1976) | song music vaudeville |
Kansas City | |||||||||||
Connie Crothers | American musician (1941-2016) | Palo Alto | ||||||||||||
Connie Evingson | American musician | Hibbing | ||||||||||||
Connie Haines | American singer (1921-2008) | Savannah | ||||||||||||
Corky Hale | American musician | Freeport | ||||||||||||
Courtney Fortune | American singer | Seattle | ||||||||||||
Cris Barber | American singer | Bellflower | ||||||||||||
Cynthia Basinet | American jazz singer, actress, and humanitarian for the Sahrawi people | San Fernando Valley | ||||||||||||
Cynthia Crane | American singer | |||||||||||||
Cynthia Layne | American musician (1963-2015) | Dayton | ||||||||||||
Cynthia Sayer | American musician | Waltham | ||||||||||||
Cécile McLorin Salvant | American jazz singer of French and Haitian roots | performing arts jazz |
Miami | |||||||||||
Dakota Staton | American jazz vocalist (1930-2007) | Pittsburgh | ||||||||||||
Damita Jo DeBlanc | American actor, comedian and musician (1930-1998) | Austin | ||||||||||||
Dana Robbins | American saxophonist | |||||||||||||
Dani Siciliano | musician | Sierra Vista | ||||||||||||
Daniela Schächter | American jazz musician | Messina | ||||||||||||
Dara Tucker | American singer | Tulsa | ||||||||||||
Deana Martin | American singer | Manhattan | ||||||||||||
Deanna Kirk | American singer | |||||||||||||
Debby Moore |
jazz musician (1925–2017) ♀ |
St. Augustine | ||||||||||||
Deborah Weisz | American jazz musician | Chicago | ||||||||||||
Dee Bell | American jazz singer | Fort Wayne | ||||||||||||
Dee Dee Bridgewater | American singer | music composing | Memphis | |||||||||||
Del Rey | American blues, jazz and ragtime singer, guitarist and ukulele player | |||||||||||||
Delandria Mills | American musician | |||||||||||||
Della Griffin | American singer | Newberry | ||||||||||||
Della Reese | American actress and singer (1931-2017) | Detroit Black Bottom | ||||||||||||
Demi Evans | American singer | music composing | Dallas | |||||||||||
Dena DeRose | Jazz pianist and singer, educator | Binghamton | ||||||||||||
Denise Donatelli | American musician | Allentown | ||||||||||||
Diane Hubka | musical artist | Maryland | ||||||||||||
Diane Moser |
jazz musician (1957–2020) ♀ |
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Diane Schuur | American jazz musician | Tacoma | ||||||||||||
Dianne Brooks | Jazz singer (1939-2005) | |||||||||||||
Dianne Reeves | American jazz singer | Detroit | ||||||||||||
Diedre Murray | American composer | Brooklyn | ||||||||||||
Dinah Washington | American singer, songwriter, pianist (1924-1963) | Tuscaloosa | ||||||||||||
Dolly Adams | New Orleans jazz musician | |||||||||||||
Dolly Jones | American jazz musician (1902-1975) | Chicago | ||||||||||||
Dominique Eade | American jazz singer | London | ||||||||||||
Donna Hightower | American soul singer (1926-2013) | music composing | Caruthersville | |||||||||||
Dorothy Ashby | American jazz harpist (1932-1986) | Detroit | ||||||||||||
Dorothy Donegan | American jazz pianist (1922–1998) | John H. Stroger, Jr. Hospital of Cook County Chicago | ||||||||||||
Dorothy Sloop | American musician (1913–1998) | |||||||||||||
Earma Thompson | American jazz pianist | Chicago | ||||||||||||
Edythe Wright | American singer (1914–1965) | Bayonne | ||||||||||||
Elana James | American musician | Kansas City | ||||||||||||
Ella Fitzgerald | American jazz singer (1917–1996) | music composing | Newport News | |||||||||||
Ella Johnson | American jazz and rhythm and blues vocalist (1919-2004) | Darlington | ||||||||||||
Ella Mae Morse | American popular music singer (1924-1999) | Mansfield | ||||||||||||
Ellen Sandweiss | American actress | Detroit | ||||||||||||
Emily Bear | American pianist, composer and singer | Rockford | ||||||||||||
Emily Elbert | singer-songwriter and musician | |||||||||||||
Emily Remler | American musician (1957–1990) | New York City Englewood Cliffs | ||||||||||||
Erica Lindsay | American musician | San Francisco | ||||||||||||
Erin Bode | American singer | Wayzata | ||||||||||||
Erin Boheme | American singer | Oshkosh | ||||||||||||
Ernestine Anderson | American jazz and blues singer (1928–2016) | jazz | Houston | |||||||||||
Erykah Badu | American neo-soul singer | poetry music composing |
Dallas | |||||||||||
Eryn Shewell | American jazz and blues guitarist and vocalist | Washington, D.C. | ||||||||||||
Esperanza Spalding | American jazz bassist and singer | Portland | ||||||||||||
Essie Whitman | entertainer, theatrical entrepreneur | Osceola | ||||||||||||
Esther Phillips | American singer (1935–1984) | Galveston | ||||||||||||
Ethel Azama | American jazz and popular singer and recording artist who was of Okinawan ancestry (1934-1984) | Honolulu | ||||||||||||
Ethel Ennis | American musician (1932-2019) | vocal jazz | Baltimore | |||||||||||
Ethel Waters | American blues, jazz and gospel vocalist and actress (1896-1977) | Chester | ||||||||||||
Etta James | American singer (1938–2012) | music composing performing arts |
Los Angeles | |||||||||||
Etta Jones | American jazz singer (1928–2001) | Aiken | ||||||||||||
Eva Cassidy | American singer (1963–1996) | Washington Hospital Center | ||||||||||||
Evelyn Daliet | New Orleans jazz musician | |||||||||||||
Fay McKay | singer | Manchester | ||||||||||||
Faye Carol | Jazz and blues singer | Meridian | ||||||||||||
Fiona Apple | American musician (born 1977) | music composing | Upper West Side | |||||||||||
Florence Mills | African American cabaret singer, dancer, and comedian (1896–1927) | Washington, D.C. | ||||||||||||
Fran Warren | American singer (1926-2013) | The Bronx | ||||||||||||
Frances Klein | American musician | |||||||||||||
Frances Wayne | American singer (1924–1978) | Boston | ||||||||||||
Gabrielle Cavassa | American jazz musician | San Diego | ||||||||||||
Gabrielle Goodman | American music educator and jazz musician | Baltimore | ||||||||||||
Gaea Schell | American musician | |||||||||||||
Gail Varina Gilmore | African-American opera, jazz, and gospel singer | Washington, D.C. | ||||||||||||
Gayelynn McKinney | American jazz drummer | Detroit | ||||||||||||
Genevieve Artadi | American musician | Los Angeles | ||||||||||||
Geri Allen | American composer and jazz pianist (1957-2017) | Pontiac | ||||||||||||
Germaine Bazzle | New Orleans jazz musician | New Orleans | ||||||||||||
Gia Maione | American singer (1941–2013) | Roebling | ||||||||||||
Gigi MacKenzie | American singer | |||||||||||||
Ginger Smock | American musician | |||||||||||||
Ginny Simms | American singer and actress (1915–1994) | San Antonio | ||||||||||||
Gloria Coleman | jazz musician | New York City | ||||||||||||
Gloria Lynne | singer | New York City | ||||||||||||
Gloria Stewart | American jazz singer (1926-1974) | |||||||||||||
Grace Kelly | American jazz musician | Wellesley | ||||||||||||
Graciela | American singer (1915-2010) | Havana | ||||||||||||
Gretchen Lieberum | American singer | |||||||||||||
Gretchen Parlato | American singer | Los Angeles | ||||||||||||
Gwen Hughes | American singer, songwriter and actress | |||||||||||||
Hadda Brooks | American musician (1916–2002) | Los Angeles | ||||||||||||
Haley Reinhart | American singer and actor | music composing | Wheeling | |||||||||||
Halie Loren | American musician | Sitka | ||||||||||||
Hazel Scott | American musician (1920-1981) | Port of Spain | ||||||||||||
Heather Maxwell | American singer | Flint | ||||||||||||
Helen Englert Blaum |
jazz musician (1922–2017) ♀ |
New Orleans | ||||||||||||
Helen Humes | American jazz and blues singer (1913–1981) | Louisville | ||||||||||||
Helen Jones Woods | American jazz musician (1923–2020) | Meridian | ||||||||||||
Helen Merrill | American recording artist; jazz vocalist | New York City | ||||||||||||
Helen O'Connell | American actress and singer (1920–1993) | Lima | ||||||||||||
Helen Sung | American jazz pianist | Houston | ||||||||||||
Helen Ward | American jazz singer | New York City | ||||||||||||
Holle Thee Maxwell | American singer | Chicago | ||||||||||||
Holli Ross | American jazz singer, lyricist | Manhattan | ||||||||||||
Ida Goodson | American classic blues and jazz singer and pianist (1909–2000) | |||||||||||||
Ida McBeth | American jazz singer | Kansas City | ||||||||||||
Ikue Mori | drummer, electronic musician and composer | Tokyo | ||||||||||||
Ina Ray Hutton | American singer (1916-1984) | Chicago | ||||||||||||
Inga Swearingen | jazz singer | San Luis Obispo | ||||||||||||
Irene Daye | American singer (1918-1971) | Lawrence | ||||||||||||
Irene Kral | American singer (1932-1978) | Chicago | ||||||||||||
Irene Reid | American singer (1930–2008) | New York City | ||||||||||||
Irene Scruggs | American Piedmont blues and country blues singer | Lamont | ||||||||||||
Irene Taylor | American singer | |||||||||||||
Isadore Crump | New Orleans jazz musician | |||||||||||||
Ivie Anderson | American jazz singer (1905-1949) | Gilroy | ||||||||||||
Iyeoka Okoawo | American Nigerian singer | poetry music composing |
Boston | |||||||||||
Jackie Allen | musician | Milwaukee | ||||||||||||
Jackie Cain | American singer (1928-2014) | Milwaukee | ||||||||||||
Jamie Baum | American jazz musician | Connecticut | ||||||||||||
Jamie Broumas | Jazz singer and arts administrator | |||||||||||||
Jana Herzen | musician | San Francisco | ||||||||||||
Jane Getz | American musician | |||||||||||||
Jane Harvey | American jazz singer | Jersey City | ||||||||||||
Jane Ira Bloom | American jazz saxophonist and composer | Boston | ||||||||||||
Jane Jarvis | American jazz pianist | Vincennes | ||||||||||||
Jane Monheit | American singer | Oakdale | ||||||||||||
Janet Brace | American jazz singer | Charleston | ||||||||||||
Janet Lawson | singer and educator (1940–2021) | Baltimore | ||||||||||||
Janet Thurlow | American jazz singer | Seattle | ||||||||||||
Janice Scroggins | American musician, jazz pianist and instructor | Idabel | ||||||||||||
Janis Siegel | American singer | New York City | ||||||||||||
Jay Clayton | American jazz musician (1941–2023) | Youngstown | ||||||||||||
Jean Carn | American singer | Columbus | ||||||||||||
Jean DuShon | American jazz musician | |||||||||||||
Jean Holden | American singer | |||||||||||||
Jean Kittrell | jazz singer and pianist | Birmingham | ||||||||||||
Jeanette Kimball | Jazz pianist and composer | |||||||||||||
Jeanie Bryson | American singer | East Brunswick | ||||||||||||
Jeanne Lee | American singer (1939-2000) | New York City | ||||||||||||
Jen Shyu | American musician | Peoria | ||||||||||||
Jenna Mammina | American singer | St. Joseph | ||||||||||||
Jennell Hawkins | American jazz musician | Los Angeles | ||||||||||||
Jenni Muldaur | American singer | Boston | ||||||||||||
Jennifer Leitham | American musician | Illinois | ||||||||||||
Jenny Scheinman | American jazz violinist and composer | music violin performance singing |
Jacksonville | |||||||||||
Jeri Brown | American jazz singer, songwriter, and professor | Missouri | ||||||||||||
Jeri Southern | American singer (1926–1991) | Nebraska | ||||||||||||
Jerri Winters | American jazz singer | |||||||||||||
Jessica Molaskey | American singer | Wolcott | ||||||||||||
Jessica Williams | American jazz pianist (1948–2022) | Baltimore | ||||||||||||
Jessy J | American musician | Portland | ||||||||||||
Jewel Brown | American jazz and blues singer | singing jazz blues |
Houston | |||||||||||
Jill McCarron |
jazz musician (*1950) ♀ |
Minneapolis | ||||||||||||
Jill Scott | American singer, songwriter, model, poet and actress | Philadelphia | ||||||||||||
Jo Ann Greer | American jazz singer (1927-2001) | Atlantic City | ||||||||||||
Jo Stafford | American singer (1917–2008) | Coalinga | ||||||||||||
Joan C. Edwards | American musician | |||||||||||||
Joan Wildman | American jazz pianist, university teacher | Nebraska | ||||||||||||
Joanie Bartels | American singer and occasional actress | music composing | Dorchester | |||||||||||
Joanne Brackeen | American jazz pianist and music educator | Ventura | ||||||||||||
Johnaye Kendrick | American jazz singer | San Diego | ||||||||||||
Joni Paladin | American singer and jazz musician | |||||||||||||
Jordyn Jackson | American singer | Florida | ||||||||||||
Josephine Baker | American-born French dancer, singer and actress (1906–1975) | St. Louis | ||||||||||||
Joy Cayler |
jazz musician (1923–2014) ♀ |
Denver | ||||||||||||
Joy Marshall | American pop- and jazz singer | New York City | ||||||||||||
Joya Sherrill | American musician (1924-2010) | Bayonne | ||||||||||||
Joyce Bryant | American actress and singer (b. 1928) | Oakland | ||||||||||||
Joyce Cobb | American jazz and R&B singer | music composing | Okmulgee | |||||||||||
Joyce Collins | American musician (1930-2010) | |||||||||||||
Joyce Cooling | American musician | San Francisco | ||||||||||||
Judi Silvano | American singer | Philadelphia | ||||||||||||
Judy Blair | American musician | Texas | ||||||||||||
Judy Carmichael | American jazz pianist | Lynwood | ||||||||||||
Judy Chamberlain | American journalist | New York | ||||||||||||
Judy Holliday | American actress, comedian and singer (1921-1965) | New York City | ||||||||||||
Judy Niemack | American singer | Pasadena | ||||||||||||
Juli Wood | American musician | |||||||||||||
Julie London | American actress and singer (1926-2000) | Santa Rosa | ||||||||||||
June Christy | American singer (1925–1990) | Springfield | ||||||||||||
June Richmond | American singer (1915–1962) | Chicago | ||||||||||||
June Tyson | American jazz singer (1936–1992) | Albemarle | ||||||||||||
KJ Denhert | jazz musician | New York City | ||||||||||||
Karen Borca | American musician | Green Bay | ||||||||||||
Karen Carpenter | American singer and drummer (1950–1983) | Yale – New Haven Hospital | ||||||||||||
Karen Mantler | American jazz musician | music | New York City | |||||||||||
Karrin Allyson | American jazz vocalist | music jazz |
Great Bend | |||||||||||
Kat Edmonson | American singer-songwriter | Houston | ||||||||||||
Kate Davis | American singer, bassist | West Linn | ||||||||||||
Kate Gentile |
jazz musician (*1990) ♀; Guggenheim Fellowship |
Buffalo | ||||||||||||
Kate Higgins | American voice actress | Charlottesville | ||||||||||||
Kate Michaels | American singer | Yuba City | ||||||||||||
Kathy Kosins | American jazz and R&B singer | Highland Park | ||||||||||||
Kathy Sanborn | American musician | Berkeley | ||||||||||||
Kavita Shah | Indian-American jazz singer | |||||||||||||
Kay Davis | Jazz singer (1920–2012) | Evanston | ||||||||||||
Kay Martin | American singer | |||||||||||||
Kay Starr | American singer (1922–2016) | Dougherty | ||||||||||||
Keely Smith | American singer (1928-2017) | Norfolk | ||||||||||||
Kelly Sweet | American pop singer | |||||||||||||
Kellye Gray | American singer | |||||||||||||
Kendra Ross | American musician | Youngstown | ||||||||||||
Kendra Shank | American musician | music jazz |
Woodland | |||||||||||
Kenya Hathaway | American singer | |||||||||||||
Kim Kimberly |
jazz musician (1920–2001) ♀ |
Hollywood | ||||||||||||
Kim Nalley | American singer | New Haven | ||||||||||||
Kimberly Thompson | American musician | Los Angeles | ||||||||||||
Kit McClure | jazz musician | Jersey City | ||||||||||||
Kittie Doswell | American singer (1939-2011) | |||||||||||||
Kitty Kallen | American singer (1921-2016) | Philadelphia | ||||||||||||
Kitty Margolis | American singer | San Mateo | ||||||||||||
Kitty White | American singer | Los Angeles | ||||||||||||
Kristi Martel | American singer | |||||||||||||
Kristin Korb | American musician | jazz | Montana | |||||||||||
LaGaylia Frazier | American-Swedish singer | Florida | ||||||||||||
Lafrae Olivia Sci | American musician | |||||||||||||
Lakecia Benjamin | musical artist | Washington Heights | ||||||||||||
Lakrea Clark | American singer | |||||||||||||
Lalah Hathaway | American singer | Chicago | ||||||||||||
Laura Nyro | American singer and songwriter (1947–1997) | music composing | The Bronx | |||||||||||
Lauren Ambrose | American actress | New Haven | ||||||||||||
Lauren Newton | American singer | Coos Bay | ||||||||||||
Lavay Smith | American singer | California | ||||||||||||
Lavernia Smith | New Orleans jazz musician | |||||||||||||
Lea DeLaria | American actor, comedian and singer | Belleville | ||||||||||||
Leah Pogwizd | American jazz bassist and ethnomusicologist | jazz ethnomusicology |
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Leah Ray | singer (1915-1999) | Norfolk | ||||||||||||
Lee Morse | American singer (1897-1954) | Cove | ||||||||||||
Lee Pui Ming | American musician | |||||||||||||
Leena Conquest |
jazz musician and composer ♀ |
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Lenore Raphael | American musician | New York City | ||||||||||||
Leslie Pintchik | American Jazz Pianist | |||||||||||||
Lil Greenwood | American jazz and R&B vocalist (1924-2011) | Prichard | ||||||||||||
Lil Hardin Armstrong | American jazz musician (1898-1971) | Memphis | ||||||||||||
Lila Ammons | American blues and jazz vocalist | |||||||||||||
Lili K. | American singer | Wisconsin | ||||||||||||
Lina Romay | Mexican-American singer and actress (1919-2010) | Brooklyn | ||||||||||||
Linda Hayes | American singer | Linden | ||||||||||||
Linda Lawson | American actress | acting | Ann Arbor | |||||||||||
Linda Ronstadt | American singer (born 1946) | music composing | Tucson | |||||||||||
Linda Sharrock | American jazz singer | Philadelphia | ||||||||||||
Linda Tillery | American singer and percussionist | San Francisco | ||||||||||||
Linnzi Zaorski | American jazz musician | New Orleans | ||||||||||||
Lisa Casalino | American Singer-Songwriter and Musician | Long Island | ||||||||||||
Lisa Hilton | American musician | San Luis Obispo | ||||||||||||
Lisa Simone | American actress and singer | song musical performing arts |
Mount Vernon | |||||||||||
Lisa Sokolov | Jazz vocalist | Manhasset | ||||||||||||
Little Miss Cornshucks | American singer | Dayton | ||||||||||||
Liz Story | American pianist | San Diego | ||||||||||||
Lizz Wright | American jazz and gospel singer | Hahira | ||||||||||||
Lizzie Miles | African American blues singer (1895-1963) | New Orleans | ||||||||||||
Loretta Ables Sayre | American singer and actor | Stockton | ||||||||||||
Lorez Alexandria | American musician (1929-2001) | Chicago | ||||||||||||
Lorraine Feather | American singer and songwriter | music composing | Manhattan | |||||||||||
Lorraine Geller | American musician (1928-1958) | Portland | ||||||||||||
Louan Gideon | American actress (1955-2014) | Erath County | ||||||||||||
Louise Tobin | American singer (1918–2022) | Aubrey | ||||||||||||
Lovie Austin | American pianist (1887–1972) | Chattanooga | ||||||||||||
Lucia Micarelli | American musician | New York City | ||||||||||||
Lucille Dixon Robertson | American jazz double-bassist | New York City | ||||||||||||
Lucy Ann Polk | Big Band singer | Sandpoint | ||||||||||||
Lucy Fabery | Puerto Rican singer (1931-2015) | Humacao | ||||||||||||
Lucy Reed | American jazz singer (1921-1998) | Marshfield | ||||||||||||
Lucy Woodward | American jazz/soul singer | London | ||||||||||||
Lydia Pense | American musician | |||||||||||||
Lynette Washington | American singer | |||||||||||||
Lynn Lowry | American actress | East St. Louis | ||||||||||||
Lynne Arriale | American musician | Milwaukee | ||||||||||||
Lynne Sherman | American jazzsinger | |||||||||||||
Madeleine Peyroux | American jazz singer, songwriter, and guitarist | music composing | Athens | |||||||||||
Madeline Eastman | American singer | |||||||||||||
Mamie Smith | American vaudeville singer (1891–1946) | Cincinnati | ||||||||||||
Mandy Lauderdale | American singer | |||||||||||||
Margaret Bonds | American composer and pianist (1913–1917) | Chicago | ||||||||||||
Margaret Johnson | American pianist and jazz musician (1919-1939) | |||||||||||||
Margaret Johnson | American blues and jazz singer and pianist (fl. 1923-1927) | |||||||||||||
Margie Hyams | American jazz vibraphonist (1920-2012) | New York City | ||||||||||||
Margo Reed | American singer | |||||||||||||
Maria Cole | American jazz singer; wife of Nat King Cole (1922–2012) | Boston | ||||||||||||
Maria Schneider | Jazz bandleader and composer | Windom | ||||||||||||
Marilyn Crispell | American pianist | Philadelphia | ||||||||||||
Marilyn Marshall | American musician | |||||||||||||
Marilyn Maye | American singer | Wichita | ||||||||||||
Marilyn Mazur | Danish musician | New York City | ||||||||||||
Marilyn Moore | American singer | Chicago | ||||||||||||
Marilyn Scott | American singer | |||||||||||||
Marion Harris | American singer (1896-1944) | Vanderburgh County Pigeon Township | ||||||||||||
Marion Hutton | American actress and singer (1919-1987) | Battle Creek | ||||||||||||
Marion Montgomery | American jazz singer (1934-2002) | Natchez | ||||||||||||
Marion Morgan | American singer (born 1923) | |||||||||||||
Marjorie Hughes | American singer | Springfield | ||||||||||||
Marla Glen | German singer | Chicago | ||||||||||||
Marlena Shaw | American singer (1942–2024) | New Rochelle | ||||||||||||
Marlene VerPlanck | American singer | Newark | ||||||||||||
Martha Boswell | American jazz singer and pianist | Kansas City | ||||||||||||
Martha Mier | American musician | music | Florida | |||||||||||
Mary Ann McCall | American singer (1919-1994) | Philadelphia | ||||||||||||
Mary Ann McSweeney | American jazz bassist and composer | Santa Cruz | ||||||||||||
Mary Ann Redmond | American singer | Richmond | ||||||||||||
Mary Ford | American musician (1924-1977) | El Monte | ||||||||||||
Mary Halvorson | US avant-garde jazz guitarist | free jazz avant-garde jazz |
Boston | |||||||||||
Mary Lou Williams | American jazz pianist and composer (1910–1981) | Atlanta | ||||||||||||
Mary Oliver | American jazz violinist and composer | La Jolla | ||||||||||||
Mary Osborne | American jazz musician (1921–1992) | Minot | ||||||||||||
Mary Stafford | American cabaret singer (1895–1938) | |||||||||||||
Mary Stallings | American jazz singer | San Francisco | ||||||||||||
Matana Roberts | American musician | Chicago | ||||||||||||
Mathai | American pop singer | Queens | ||||||||||||
May Alix | American cabaret and jazz vocalist (1902–1983) | Chicago | ||||||||||||
Maysa Leak | American jazz singer | Baltimore | ||||||||||||
Meg Okura | Japanese musician | Ome | ||||||||||||
Melanie JB Charles |
jazz musician (*1950) ♀ |
New York City | ||||||||||||
Melba Liston | American jazz trombonist, musical arranger, and composer (1926–1999) | performing arts arrangement teaching |
Kansas City | |||||||||||
Melinda Doolittle | American singer | Brentwood | ||||||||||||
Melissa Morgan | American musician | New York City | ||||||||||||
Melissa Slocum | American jazz bassist | |||||||||||||
Melody Gardot | American jazz singer | music composing | New Jersey | |||||||||||
Mem Nahadr | American singer | |||||||||||||
Mercedes Fields | New Orleans jazz musician | |||||||||||||
Meredith D'Ambrosio | American singer | Boston | ||||||||||||
Meshell Ndegeocello | American singer-songwriter, rapper, and bassist (born 1968) | music composing | West Berlin | |||||||||||
Michele Rosewoman | American pianist | Oakland | ||||||||||||
Michelle Amato | American musician | |||||||||||||
Michelle Walker | American singer | Baumholder | ||||||||||||
Midge Williams | African American swing and jazz singer (1915–1952) | Portland | ||||||||||||
Mika Urbaniak | Polish singer | New York City | ||||||||||||
Mildred Anderson | singer | |||||||||||||
Mildred Bailey | Native American jazz singer | Tekoa | ||||||||||||
Mimi Fox | American musician | jazz | New York City | |||||||||||
Mindi Abair | American smooth jazz saxophonist | St. Petersburg | ||||||||||||
Miya Masaoka | American composer | Washington, D.C. | ||||||||||||
Monette Moore | American jazz and blues singer (1902-1962) | Gainesville | ||||||||||||
Monnette Sudler | American musician (1952–2022) | Philadelphia | ||||||||||||
Morgana King | American singer and actress (1930-2018) | Pleasantville | ||||||||||||
Muriel Anderson | American composer/guitarist | Downers Grove | ||||||||||||
Myra Melford | American avant-garde jazz pianist and composer | Evanston | ||||||||||||
Myra Taylor | American jazz singer and songwriter (1917-2011) | music composing | Bonner Springs | |||||||||||
Mônica da Silva | Brazilian singer | Grand Rapids | ||||||||||||
N'dambi | American singer | music composing | Dallas | |||||||||||
Nana Simopoulos | American musician and songwriter | Baltimore | ||||||||||||
Nancy Harrow | American jazz singer | New York City | ||||||||||||
Nancy Holloway | American jazz musician (1932–2019) | Cleveland | ||||||||||||
Nancy King | American singer | Eugene | ||||||||||||
Nancy Wilson | American singer (1937–2018) | Chillicothe | ||||||||||||
Nancy Zeltsman | American marimba player | Morristown | ||||||||||||
Natalia M. King | American guitarist, jazz singer | jazz | Brooklyn | |||||||||||
Natalia Zukerman | American musician | New York City | ||||||||||||
Natalie Cole | American singer (1950–2015) | music composing singing music piano performance artwork |
Los Angeles | |||||||||||
Neely Simmons | New Orleans jazz musician | |||||||||||||
Nellie Lutcher | American singer (1912–2007) | Lake Charles | ||||||||||||
Nellie McKay | American musician | music composing | London | |||||||||||
Nicole Mitchell | American jazz flutist | Syracuse | ||||||||||||
Nina Bradlin | American expatriate stage director, actress and singer of smooth jazz based in Switzerland | Detroit | ||||||||||||
Nina Simone | American singer, songwriter and pianist and civil rights activist (1933–2003) | music composing performing arts |
Tryon | |||||||||||
Nnenna Freelon | American singer | Cambridge | ||||||||||||
Norah Jones | American musician (born 1979) | music composing | Brooklyn | |||||||||||
Norma Teagarden | American musician | Vernon | ||||||||||||
Norma Zimmer | singer, vocalist (1923–2011) | Shoshone County | ||||||||||||
Oleta Adams | American singer | Seattle | ||||||||||||
Olivia Charlott | New Orleans jazz musician | |||||||||||||
Ortheia Barnes | American jazz musician | |||||||||||||
Pam Bricker | American singer (1954–2005) | Richmond | ||||||||||||
Pamela Fleming | American musician who composes and plays trumpet and flugelhorn | New York City | ||||||||||||
Pamela Williams | American musician | Philadelphia | ||||||||||||
Pat Friday | American singer | Jefferson County | ||||||||||||
Pat Moran | American pianist and jazz musician | Enid | ||||||||||||
Pat Yankee | American jazz and blues singer | |||||||||||||
Patrice Rushen | American jazz pianist and R&B singer | Los Angeles | ||||||||||||
Patricia Barber | American composer, jazz singer and pianist as well as bandleader and arranger | music composing | Chicago | |||||||||||
Patricia Brennan | Mexican-American jazz musician | |||||||||||||
Patricia Reed Scott | American jazz singer | Portsmouth | ||||||||||||
Patti Bown | American musician (1931–2008) | Seattle | ||||||||||||
Patty Waters | American jazz musician (1946–2024) | Iowa | ||||||||||||
Paula Kelly | American big band singer (1919-1992) | Grove City | ||||||||||||
Paula West | American singer | |||||||||||||
Pauline Braddy | American jazz drummer (1922-1996) | Mendenhall | ||||||||||||
Pauline Wilson | American singer | |||||||||||||
Peggy Gilbert | American musician (1905–2007) | Sioux City | ||||||||||||
Peggy Lee | American singer (1920–2002) | Jamestown | ||||||||||||
Peggy Mann | American singer | |||||||||||||
Peggy Stern | American musician | Philadelphia | ||||||||||||
Phyllis Hyman | American rhythm-and-blues singer (1949–1995) | Philadelphia | ||||||||||||
Pinky Winters | American singer | Michigan City | ||||||||||||
Priscilla Bowman | American singer (1928-1988) | Kansas City | ||||||||||||
Prudence Johnson | American jazz singer | |||||||||||||
Queen Esther | American singer | |||||||||||||
Rachael Price | American singer | Perth | ||||||||||||
Rachel Gould | American jazz singer | Camden | ||||||||||||
Rachel Z | American jazz pianist and rock electronica keyboardist | Manhattan | ||||||||||||
Rachelle Ferrell | American jazz singer | Philadelphia | ||||||||||||
Ralna English | American singer | |||||||||||||
Randy Crawford | American jazz and R&B singer | Macon | ||||||||||||
Raquel Bitton | French singer | Marrakesh | ||||||||||||
Rebecca Kilgore | American musician | Waltham | ||||||||||||
Rebecca Parris | American singer (1951–2018) | Newton | ||||||||||||
Regina Carter | American jazz violinist | Detroit | ||||||||||||
Renee Olstead | American actress and singer | Houston | ||||||||||||
René Marie | American jazz singer and songwriter | music composing | Warrenton | |||||||||||
Renée Manning | US-American jazz musician (vocals, composition) | New York City | ||||||||||||
Rhoda Scott | American musician | Dorothy | ||||||||||||
Rickie Lee Jones | American musician | music composing | Chicago | |||||||||||
Rita Moss | Singer, Songwriter, Musician (1918–2015) | Akron | ||||||||||||
Roberta Donnay | American jazz singer | Washington, D.C. | ||||||||||||
Rondi Charleston | Jazz singer | Chicago | ||||||||||||
Rosa Henderson | American vaudeville, jazz and blues singer (1896-1968) | Henderson | ||||||||||||
Rosa King | American musician | Macon | ||||||||||||
Roseanna Vitro | Jazz singer | Hot Springs | ||||||||||||
Rosemary Clooney | American singer and actress (1928–2002) | swing music film score jazz singing acting |
Maysville | |||||||||||
Rossana Casale | Italian singer | New York City | ||||||||||||
Roz Cron | jazz musician | Boston | ||||||||||||
Ruth Gerson | American singer, song writer | |||||||||||||
Ruth Olay | American jazz singer | |||||||||||||
Ruth Price | American singer | Phoenixville | ||||||||||||
Sable Winters | American singer songwriter | |||||||||||||
Salena Jones | Jazz singer | Newport News | ||||||||||||
Sally Gooding | American actress, jazz- and blues singer | South Carolina | ||||||||||||
Samara Joy | American jazz singer | The Bronx | ||||||||||||
Sandra Billingslea |
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Sara Gazarek | American jazz musician and singer | Seattle | ||||||||||||
Sara Leib | jazz singer | |||||||||||||
Sara Schoenbeck | American musician | |||||||||||||
Sarah Elizabeth Charles | American jazz singer, songwriter | Springfield | ||||||||||||
Sarah Jane Cion | American musician and author | |||||||||||||
Sarah Spiegel | American singer | New Jersey | ||||||||||||
Sarah Vaughan | American jazz and classical singer (1924–1990) | Newark | ||||||||||||
Sasha Dobson | American singer | Santa Cruz | ||||||||||||
Scheila Gonzalez | American musician | Los Angeles | ||||||||||||
Sharon Freeman | American musician | |||||||||||||
Sheila Jordan | American jazz singer | Detroit | ||||||||||||
Sherrie Maricle | American jazz drummer | Buffalo | ||||||||||||
Sherrie Tucker | Jazz scholar | |||||||||||||
Sheryl Bailey | American musician | Pittsburgh | ||||||||||||
Shirley Bunnie Foy | American jazz musician (1936–2016) | New York City | ||||||||||||
Shirley Horn | American singer (1934–2005) | Washington, D.C. | ||||||||||||
Shirley Ross | American actress, singer (1913-1975) | Omaha | ||||||||||||
Shirley Scott | American jazz organist (1934–2002) | Philadelphia | ||||||||||||
Sister Rosetta Tharpe | American gospel musician (1915–1973) | musician | Cotton Plant | |||||||||||
Somi | American jazz singer | Champaign | ||||||||||||
Sonya Kitchell | singer, songwriter | Northampton | ||||||||||||
Sonya Robinson | American violinist | Wisconsin | ||||||||||||
Spanky Wilson | American musician | Philadelphia | ||||||||||||
Stacey Kent | American recording artist; singer | South Orange | ||||||||||||
Stella Brooks | American singer (1915-2002) | Seattle | ||||||||||||
Stephanie Nakasian | American singer | Washington, D.C. | ||||||||||||
Stephanie Trick | American pianist | St. Louis | ||||||||||||
Stevie Holland | American jazz singer, cabaret performer and actress, lyricist | |||||||||||||
Sue Evans | American musician | New York City | ||||||||||||
Sue Keller | American musician | Allentown | ||||||||||||
Sue Raney | American singer | |||||||||||||
Sue Terry | American musician | |||||||||||||
Suede | American pop, cabaret and jazz singer | Nyack | ||||||||||||
Sunshine Becker | singer | Oakland | ||||||||||||
Susannah McCorkle | American jazz singer | Berkeley | ||||||||||||
Susie Garrett | American actress (1929–2002) | Detroit | ||||||||||||
Susie Ibarra | American musician | Anaheim | ||||||||||||
Suzanne Davis | American musician | |||||||||||||
Sweet Baby J'ai | American contemporary jazz singer, songwriter, producer, arranger, playwright, and actor | |||||||||||||
Sweet Emma Barrett | American musician (1897-1983) | New Orleans | ||||||||||||
Sylvia Brooks | Jazz vocalist and song stylist | Miami Beach | ||||||||||||
Sylvia Cuenca | American jazz drummer | |||||||||||||
Sylvia Syms | American jazz singer (1917–1992) | New York City | ||||||||||||
Tahirah Memory | American jazz vocalist from Oregon | |||||||||||||
Tamara Drasin | American actress (1905-1943) | Velyki Sorochyntsi | ||||||||||||
Tamela D'Amico | American jazz singer, actress, and filmmaker | |||||||||||||
Tamiko Jones | American singer (born 1945) | |||||||||||||
Tammy Lynne Hall |
jazz musician (*1961) ♀ |
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Tanya Falan Welk-Roberts | American singer | |||||||||||||
Teddi King | (1929-1977) American singer | United States of America | ||||||||||||
Teddy Grace | American jazz singer (1905–1992) | Louisiana | ||||||||||||
Teri Thornton | American jazz singer (1934–2000) | Detroit | ||||||||||||
Terri Lyne Carrington | American drummer (born 1965) | Medford | ||||||||||||
Terry Pollard | jazz pianist prominent in the Detroit jazz scene of the 1940s and 1950s | Detroit | ||||||||||||
Thelma Carpenter | American actress and musician (1922–1997) | Brooklyn | ||||||||||||
Thelma Terry | American musician | Bangor | ||||||||||||
Tia Fuller | American musician | Aurora | ||||||||||||
Tierney Sutton | American musician | Omaha | ||||||||||||
Tina Marsh | American singer (1954–2009) | Annapolis | ||||||||||||
Tomeka Reid | American jazz musician | Washington, D.C. | ||||||||||||
Toni Aubin | American singer (1927-1990) | Antioch | ||||||||||||
Toni Harper | American singer | Los Angeles | ||||||||||||
Toshiko Akiyoshi | Japanese American jazz pianist, composer, arranger, band master | Liaoyang | ||||||||||||
Traedonya | American Singer, American Rapper | |||||||||||||
Tricia Boutté |
singer and jazz musician ♀ |
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Trudy Pitts | African-American jazz musician (1932-2010) | Philadelphia | ||||||||||||
Trudy Silver | American musician | New Britain | ||||||||||||
Tulivu-Donna Cumberbatch | American singer (1950–2022) | Brooklyn | ||||||||||||
Una Mae Carlisle | American jazz singer, pianist, and songwriter (1915–1956) | Zanesville Xenia | ||||||||||||
Valaida Snow | American musician (1904-1956) | Chattanooga | ||||||||||||
Valarie Pettiford | American actor and singer (b. 1960) | Queens | ||||||||||||
Valerie Capers | American musician | New York City | ||||||||||||
Valerie Coleman | American composer and flutist | |||||||||||||
Vanessa Daou | American singer, poet, & dancer (1967-) | Saint Thomas | ||||||||||||
Vanessa Rubin | American singer | Cleveland | ||||||||||||
Vaughn De Leath | American jazz singer (1894–1943) | Mount Pulaski | ||||||||||||
Velma Middleton | American singer (1917–1961) | St. Louis | ||||||||||||
Veronica Nunn | American singer | |||||||||||||
Vi Redd | American jazz altosaxophonist, singer and educator (1928–2022) | Los Angeles | ||||||||||||
Vicki Genfan | Guitarist and composer | |||||||||||||
Viola Gertrude Wells | American singer (1904–1984) | Newark | ||||||||||||
Viola Smith | American musician (1912-2020) | Mount Calvary | ||||||||||||
Virginia Liston | American classic blues and jazz singer | Louisiana | ||||||||||||
Virtue Hampton Whitted | American jazz musician (1922–2007) | Middletown | ||||||||||||
Vivien Garry | American musician | |||||||||||||
Willie Mae Wong | jazz musician (1920-2016) | Greenville | ||||||||||||
Wondress Hutchinson | American musician | |||||||||||||
Yelena Eckemoff | Pianist and composer | Moscow | ||||||||||||
Yvonne Busch | American jazz musician and educator | New Orleans | ||||||||||||
Zeena Parkins | American musician | music musical improvisation harp performance piano performance accordion performance |
Detroit |
Venezuela
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María Rivas Castro | Venezuelan singer (1960-2019) | Caracas |
Zimbabwe
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Dorothy Masuka | jazz singer (1935-2019) | Bulawayo |
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