VIRTUAL: Women in Jazz

Thursday, March 5 | 6:00–7:00 PM | Online via Zoom

Women have been involved in jazz since the early 1920s, not just as vocalist, but as instrumentalists, composers and arrangers. An understanding of jazz would not be complete without highlighting the influence and contributions of women—women such as Bessie Smith, Valaida Snow, Mildred Bailey, Mary Lou Williams, Billie Holiday, Ella Fitzgerald, and Sarah Vaughn. The goal is to provide an understanding particularly of their personal lives, their ability to read music, perform and survive in a time when jazz was considered “a man’s world”. It also covers the full spectrum of years, genre, recordings, and recognized achievements.
Presented by Fiona Brown of Flute Juice Productions based in Orlando, Florida. Learn more on their website here: https://flutejuice.net/
This concert is sponsored in part by funding for The Lunenburg Public Library Monthly Music Series, supported by North End Subaru and the Friends of the Lunenburg Public Library.

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