Episode 183: Women in Jazz (for International Women’s Day).

Discovering Jazz

March 8 is International Women’s Day. It falls on a Tuesday–the same day I upload these podcasts. It turned out to be so easy to find great female jazz instrumentalists; much easier than when I did a similar podcast four years ago.

And the instruments? There’s piano, guitar, Pedal Harp, Trumpet, clarinet, tenor sax, bass, drums, orchestra arranger, and alto sax. And, of course, some vocals.

Some are very familiar names, some of them I’ve heard and heard of for the first time. Some of the performers are from the early days of jazz. Some are brand new. Many are in-between. And one of them collaborates with David Bowie.