Wendy Vaughan hails from Caracas, Venezuela. She is a singer, songwriter, and saxophonist. Her musical journey began in her childhood. She began composing in her thirties. Born to Cuban and Dominican parents, her family moved to New York City when she was 4. Wendy's musical journey began 12, in Houston, Texas, when she discovered the saxophone. She…

Alison Crockett is a vibrant vocalist who has performed and recorded in a wide range of genres including neo-soul, acid jazz, R&B, gospel, funk and electronica. Following breakthrough success as a featured vocalist working with DJ King Britt and British jazz-rap group Us3, Alison continued to evolve musically, recording diverse projects: the jazz E…

Jessie Laine Powell hails from Lexington, Kentucky. She grew up with her talented siblings, listening to gospel music. Jazz vocalists Ella Fitzgerald, Sarah Vaughn, Nancy Wilson, and Shirley Horn, along with the Lawrence Welk Show stirred her soul, dominating her musical taste. Her love for the stage, orchestras, and Jazz standards led her to Holly…

Fatimah M. Jackson is a unique and diverse writer, self-published author, spoken word artist, and song writer. From Western Pennsylvania, she dreamed of becoming a singer and songwriter as a child. In her pursuit of that dream, she attended California State College where she majored in Music Composition, Human Services and now she is living that dr…

Adria Shahid hails from Columbus, Ohio. She is a vocal stylist and songwriter who developed an ear for music by listening to and singing with her father a musician and vocalist. Her mother is a pianist and vocalist. With the tutelage from her parents, Adria was destined to be a musical artist. Adria’s musical journey began with one of the top Midwe…

You are invited to the launch of Musicwoman Magazine online. http://issuu.com/joancartwright We will talk with some of the featured artists about their musical adventures. d Vocalists t Janice Harrington 8 t Donna Singer 10 t Denise King 14 t Mzuri Moyo Aimbaye 18 t Michele Hendricks 20 t Fiona Ross 24 t Yeny Silvia Dalmau Brindis 26 d Talent Spotl…

ZIZA MUFTIC Is a Johannesburg based musician with roots in Zagreb, Croatia. Her musical upbringing started as a Western classical violin player, then a classical singer. Today, her main form of expression lies in jazz vocals, composition and music education. Ziza’s vocal range stretches from Jazz to Western classical repertoire. Her sound is a uniq…

Kim Clarke is an American bassist from New York. She is the founder of Lady Got Chops, a nonprofit that promotes the gig announcements of women in jazz, in the month of March, Women's History Month. Her 21st Anniversary LADY GOT CHOPS WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH MUSIC & ARTS FESTIVAL 2023 featured the music of our Living Jazz Legend, educator, composer, …

Laurie Towers is a bassist within New York City’s “downtown” scene of free improv, new music and punk-laden experimentalism. Over the past twenty-five years she’s brought her R&B-driven counterpoint and chops to venues in Manhattan and Brooklyn, sharing the stage with an array of musicians in the nexus between rock, jazz and the avant garde. Towers…

You know that my life's work is bringing awareness to the WORLD about the disparities and inequities of earnings by women musicians. On Friday, February 24, 2023, at 4 p.m. EST, my guests Melba Joyce, Rita Graham, and I discuss this issue. You are invited to login or call (563) 999-3046 to listen in or talk to us. Look forward to this interview! Th…

Dorothy Lawson is a Canadian-born cellist. She completed degrees at the University of Toronto, the Vienna Academy and earned MM and DMA degrees from The Juilliard School. Dorothy is an Artistic Director who composed, performed and recorded, nationally and internationally, for 25 years. She is a founding member of ETHEL, the widely acclaimed, GRAMMY…

This special edition of MUSICWOMAN Radio features two sultry songwriters whose music plays in rotation in my car, day after day, week after week, month after month. Sharon Rae North released Silhouette in 2022. I put the CD that she mailed to me in June in my CD player and let it play throughout July, August, and September. The songs crept into my …

Wendy Kirkland is a pianist and singer in the UK. Her musical career began at 10, when she started piano lessons. She won a scholarship for lessons from Derbyshire Music and took her ABRSM piano grades. She switched to jazz in her teens and was a dance class pianist, accompanist to singers, and a keyboardist in club bands. She was persuaded to sing…

Fiona Ross was enrolled in dance, drama and singing lessons at the age of two, piano at age six. At what moment did Fiona make a conscious choice to pursue a career in music? There was never a time when there was any other choice. By eight years old, Fiona was starring in London's West End. She is a vocalist, pianist, composer, and producer known f…

Naomi Joy Nelson is a multi-talented instrumentalist, educator, author and speaker on a mission to liberate, educate, and motivate others through her personal experience. Trained as both a Musician and Educator with a ministerial background, Naomi combines her love of outreach, music and education into a harmonious presentation. A graduate of Flori…

Jackie Pickett hails from Pennsylvania. She began her career as a section bassist with the Jacksonville, Florida Symphony Orchestra. She is Principal Bassist of the Columbus, Georgia Symphony Orchestra and LaGrange Georgia Symphony Orchestra. Pickett serves as Principal Bass of the Colour of Music International Black Classical Musicians Festival. S…

Dottie Kelly was born in West Palm Beach, FL, on March 13. She moved to Clearwater, FL, where she attended St. Pete Junior College and earned her Associates degree in accounting. Dottie sang in a Baptist church, which is where she developed her talent for singing. She would later follow her Aunt Betty Padgett, a well-known singer out of Ft. Lauderd…

Raymond Rivera was born in Lansing Michigan. His father and mother moved to East Chicago, Indiana and, when Ray was 14, they began living in Puerto Rico where he started playing drums in church. He studied in The Music School Juan Peña Reyes for three years. I had the privilege to perform in lots of seminars with Peter Erskine, Alex Acuña, Horacio …

Madhuri Jagadeesh was born into a family of musicians and artists, trained in the Indian Classical arts. Her connection with jazz began as a six, when she heard Ella Fitzgerald'sTisket-a-Tasket. She learned the rhyme in school and her grandfather, a harmonica player, taught her other songs, including Stormy Weather that she thought was his composit…

Fostina Dixon is from Wilmington, Delaware where she studied with Robert Boysie Lowery. Fostina is a composer, vocalist, and jazz soloist who plays soprano, alto, and baritone saxes; flute; and clarinet. As a young woodwind instrumentalist, she played for Delaware All-State Band and American Young Symphonic Orchestra in Europe. She studied with Fra…

Radha Thomas was born in Tamil Nadu in India. She is The Indian Council for Cultural Relation’s worldwide ambassador of jazz. Thomas is one of the country’s most beloved jazz vocalists. She writes, arranges, and composes original music. As a teen, she headlined Human Bondage, India’s popular rock band in the 1970s. She loved jazz and combined the t…

Biggi Vinkeloe resides between Sweden and California. She performs with the NetArt Lab Ensemble with Sarah Weaver and musicians from three continents. Biggi appeared with BIRDS, a composition of Wendy Reid, California, with musicians from Europe and the US. She facilitated a workshop for flute students at the University of Sao Paulo in Brazil. She …

Laura Jane hails from Michigan. She is from a multi-cultural family. She started singing at three and her first professional performance was in the children’s chorus of the Opera Grand Rapids, where she performed in the operas, Carmen and Tosca. She performed in theater and musical productions and recorded radio commercials for Honda. She starred i…

Gunhild Carling is a Swedish jazz musician, singer, and songwriter. A multi-talented musician, Carling can play several different musical instruments, including the trombone, trumpet, harmonica, ukelele, banjo, and guitar. She sings and dances. Carling was born in Gothenburg, Sweden on May 7, 1975. She is the daughter of Hans Carling and Aina Carli…

Vikki Romero, La dama del Sentimiento, was born on March 30 in Brooklyn, New York. She is an international recording artist known as The Lady Of Sentimental Feelings. Vikki is a producer, musician, arranger, and composer. At 10, she moved to Puerto Rico where she took music and guitar lessons. She sang in groups with her brother Victor Romero. She …

Marcia Foster Dunscomb is a composer, author, educator, and pianist. She was a contributing author for the Thelonious Monk Institute for Jazz (Jazz In America), a consultant to the International Piano Teaching Foundation (IPTF), Educational Consultant in Jazz for the National Museum of American History, and Jazz Editorial Assistant for Jazz Express…

Bianca Jones is a North Carolina native and New York-based actor and director. Bianca is Broadway World 2019 Best Actress for Denver Center’s LAST NIGHT AND THE NIGHT BEFORE by Donnetta Greys. Bianca’s favorite role is her origination of Berta in BERTA BERTA by Angelica Cherie (Contemporary American Theater Festival, NBTF). Regional: The Wedding Gi…

Barbara Collin has over thirty years experience in high profile booking and management agencies such as ICM, Agency for the Performing Arts, John Levy Enterprises, The Berkeley Agency and as CEO of her own company, Collin Artists. She has represented many national and international recording artists. Barbara’s current roster ranges from jazz, blues…

Edlene Hart is an international soul singer from Yonkers, NY. She began singing at five, in church, where she was groomed by Mr. John Simmons, the Master Keyboardist and Musical Director for many well-known artists. She studied music at the Performing Arts High School and Queens College. Edlene performs in many languages and several genres includin…

William Theodore Carney III is the son of Philadelphia jazz notables, organist Trudy Pitts and drummer Mr. C. Known as TC The 3rd, this powerful jazz vocalist is well-versed in the art of jazz vocal styling. His CD, Life Force Jazz was recorded live at the Philadelphia Clef Club of Jazz and The Performing Arts. TC grew up around Masters of this mus…

Mary Fineman is from Baltimore, MD. She is an award-winning composer, pianist, singer/songwriter, and teacher, living in Oakland, CA. She writes about the ordinary and turns it into the sacred, reminding us who we truly are. Her music traverses a large territory with songs reminiscent of Carole King, Schubert, and Sondheim. Her piano works evoke Sa…

Ashley Kervabon-Stoyanov is the founder and CEO of #WomxnCrush Music, a non-profit arts organization in its 4th year of creating opportunities through community for inspiring, rising womxn songwriters. It is unveiling its biggest, BOLDEST fundraising campaign in history starting July 14 with its #WCM BOLD initiative. This campaign will invite suppo…

Valerie Romanoff hails from New York. She won BEST WORLD ALBUM at the 15th Annual Zone Music Awards. Valerie creates music in many genres, including new age, jazz, rock, blues, world music, and funk! Her celebrated all-original music is geared toward the meditation, yoga, and spa markets. She performs live, engaging audiences with up-tempo dance an…

Dr. Kathleen Riley is a musician, researcher, author, Optimal Performance Coach, and Certified HeartMath® Trainer, Dr. Kathleen Riley integrates music, science, mindfulness, and the intelligence of the heart to heal from stress and trauma, sustain resilience and optimize performance. https://drkathleenriley.com HTTP://wijsf.org HOST: DrDivaJC…

Larry Cantwell is from New Jersey and attended The College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, MA, in history, during the tumultuous late 1960's, when he left college to pursue a music career. He traveled in New England with Soul and Rock bands, then returned to New York, where he advanced his music studies. He took advantage of diverse programs and ta…

Lindsay Manfredi is a renaissance woman. She has been in the music industry for over 20 years. She is a two-time TEDx speaker and co-founder of Girls Rock Indianapolis, a nonprofit rock and roll summer camp for girls 8 to16, since 2010. She is the bassist for the alternative rock band, COLD which sold one million records in the US, and her recent a…

Kingsley, Black Indie Pop Artist released two women’s empowerment singles I’m Fine and Therapy with videos produced by and featuring all Black women. She partnered with a women-led makeup company to launch a set of lipsticks named after her singles. Her EP drops in May. iamkingsley.com IG/Twitter: @yokingsleymusic http://wijsf.org Host: DrDivaJC…

Kingsley, Black Indie Pop Artist released two women’s empowerment singles I’m Fine and Therapy with videos produced by and featuring all Black women. She partnered with a women-led makeup company to launch a set of lipsticks named after her singles. Her EP drops in May. iamkingsley.com IG/Twitter: @yokingsleymusic http://wijsf.org Host: DrDivaJC…

In 2018 Palm Beach International Jazz Festival Organization, LLC (100% minority-owned; African-American woman) was founded by international jazz vocalist and recording artist Yvette Norwood-Tiger. Her mission for the Palm Beach International Jazz Festival is to present highly acclaimed jazz artists from around the world and South Florida in a wonde…

Gwen Laster is a Detroit violinist and awardee of the National Endowment for the Arts, Jubilation Foundation, Puffin Foundation, Arts Mid-Hudson, Lila Wallace, and Cognac Hennessey Jazz Search. Motor City's exciting urban and classical music culture influenced her improvising and composing. Her parents loved jazz, blues, soul, and classical music. …

Nina Kennedy is a world-renowned concert pianist, orchestral conductor, and award-winning filmmaker. She gave her first piano recital at nine and was a soloist with the Nashville Symphony, playing Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue at 13. She holds a master's degree from the Juilliard School where she studied with Leonard Bernstein. Kurt Masur was her con…

Roberta DeMuro hails from Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada. She started singing at five, in the church choir. She grew up with annual music festivals and conservatory vocal training. Much to her music teacher’s dismay, she decided to sing pop music for a living. The piano playing came much later when she was singing professionally. She called it …

Donna Weng Friedman is an award-winning pianist, soloist, chamber musician, teacher, curator, and app developer. With WQXR, she produced Heritage and Harmony, a virtual concert series celebrating Asian Pacific Heritage Month. She co-created and co-hosted HER/MUSIC; HER/STORY (WQXR), and a concert series of women composers, past and present. She was…

Mimi Johnson and her daughter, Muki Williams star in The Ma and Pop Show in Atlanta, Georgia, monthly. They are direct descendants of our host Dr. Diva JC. http://www.themaandpopshow.com http://www.joancartwright.com http://wijsf.orgโดย MUSICWOMAN

Tanya and Nick Yalley own and operate the Sugar Plum and Growling Grumbler Bookstore in Lake Worth, FL Members of Women in Jazz South Florida will appear at the book store on the third Thursday of each month beginning in March 2021 from 7-10 p.m. www.spandgg.com www.wijsf.orgโดย MUSICWOMAN

Music is the mastery of mind. It keeps you in a place of being for moments at a time. Get caught up in its labyrinth. Leading through a thousand doors to one simple end. Love. ~ Diva JC New York native, Kim Clarke, is a parent, bassist, composer, bandleader, website developer, educator, and earring designer. She performs alternately on the Acoustic…

Gayelynn McKinney discusses the making of her new CD Zoot Suit Funk, released TODAY! http://www.gayelynnmckinney.com http://wijsf.orgโดย MUSICWOMAN

This is a preview of the music on the new CD of Gayelynn McKinney who will discuss the making of her new CD Zoot Suit Funk tomorrow, January 15, 2021, when it is released! http://www.gayelynnmckinney.com http://wijsf.orgโดย MUSICWOMAN

Gail Jhonson is the leader of the fabulous, all-women ensemble Jazz in Pink. Today, she will talk about their new CD Joy! Website: https://spaces.hightail.com/receive/AfEtTtH7l3 http://jazzinpink.com http://wijsf.org Host: Dr. Joan Cartwright, http://drdivajc.comโดย MUSICWOMAN