Booklist
Jazz Appreciation Month: Women in Jazz
Jazz is a male dominated field, but women have contributed significantly since it began. Most of the women of Jazz that are well known to most of us (especially those of us who are not aficionados of the genre) do tend to be the vocalists, rather than the instrumentalists. Here is a list of books, music and film to help you learn more about both.
Etta James
Live at Montreux, 1993
Published in 2012
1 videodisc (approximately 160 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
The Girls in the Band - Female Jazz Musicians.
Published in 2016
1 online resource (streaming video file) (87 minutes) : digital, .flv file, sound
Great Women Singers of the 20th Century. Abbey Lincoln
Published in 2005
1 videodisc (60 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
How It Feels to Be Free
Published in 2021
1 videodisc (approximately 113 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Lady Day
The Many Faces of Billie Holiday
Published in 2009
1 videodisc (59 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Open the Door
The Life and Music of Betty Carter
Published in 2002
xx, 415 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Irrepressible
The Jazz Age Life of Henrietta Bingham
Published in 2015
xii, 369 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
With Billie
Published in 2012
Queen
The Life and Music of Dinah Washington
Published in 2004
viii, 559 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Shall We Play That One Together?
The Life and Art of Jazz Piano Legend Marian McPartland
Published in 2012
ix, 484 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 449-456), discography (pages 457-463), and index.
Swing Sisters
The Story of the International Sweethearts of Rhythm
Published in 2015
30 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 24 x 29 cm
Includes filmography and bibliographical references.
The Lady Swings
Memoirs of a Jazz Drummer
Published in 2021
pages cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Jazzwomen
Conversations with Twenty-one Musicians
Published in 2004
xvii, 368 pages : illustrations ; 27 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (page 353), discographies, and index.
Ella Fitzgerald Live in '57 & '63
Published in 2006
1 videodisc (56 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (15 pages : illustrations ; 18 cm).
The Great Jazz and Pop Vocal Albums
Published in 2017
xxv, 402 pages : color illustrations ; 25 cm
Includes discography.
Stormy Weather
The Life of Lena Horne
Published in 2009
598 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages [490]-560), discography (pages [561]-564), filmography (page [565]), and index.
Is That All There Is?
The Strange Life of Peggy Lee
Published in 2014
601 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages [525]-565) and index.
Queen of Bebop
The Musical Lives of Sarah Vaughan
Published in 2017
x, 419 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 371-401) and index.
Soul on Soul
Published in 2020
Sweethearts of Rhythm
The Story of the Greatest All-girl Swing Band in the World
Published in 2009
1 volume (unpaged) : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 21 x 27 cm
Includes bibliographical references.
High Times, Hard Times
Published in 1989
376 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 23 cm
Ella Fitzgerald
The Tale of a Vocal Virtuosa
Published in 2002
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Includes bibliographical references.
Terry Pollard (2015 Remastered Version
Published in 2017
1 online resource (1 audio file (34 min.)) : digital.
Struttin' with Some Barbecue
Lil Hardin Armstrong Becomes the First Lady of Jazz
Published in 2018
96 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 89-91) and index.
Little Melba and Her Big Trombone
Published in 2014
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 23 x 28 cm
Red Hot Mama
The Life of Sophie Tucker
Published in 2018
276 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 225-264) and index.
Women Drummers
A History from Rock and Jazz to Blues and Country
Published in 2014
xviii, 271 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Includes discography (pages 237-238), bibliographical references (pages 240-250) , and index.
Billie Holiday
The Musician and the Myth
Published in 2015
230 pages ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 203-219) and index.
Shout, Sister, Shout!
The Untold Story of Rock-and-roll Trailblazer Sister Rosetta Tharpe
Published in 2007
xii, 252 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 229-240), discography (pages 226-227), and index.
