Madame Jazz : contemporary women instrumentalists / by Gourse, Leslie

Table of Contents: “…Diva -- A status report on the contemporary scene : part one -- A status report : part II -- Remembrance of things passé : Jill McManus recalls the frustrations of the jazz sisters in the 1970s -- Several successful contemporary young women musicians talk about their inspiration and commitment -- Pianists Renee Rosnes and Rachel Z, rising to the top in the 1990s, ruminate about their worlds -- A view from the business women -- The instrument is the image -- Kit McClure, big-band leader : "You did the right thing" -- Tracy Wormworth, bassist : "Doors just opened" -- Emily Remler and the guitarists --Focusing on trumpeter Rebecca Coupe Franks, alto saxophonists Virginia Mayhew, Charol Chaikin, and Sue Terry, French horn player Stephanie Fauber, oboist Kathy Halvorson, and saxophonists Laura Dreyer and Paula Atherton -- Trumpeters Laurie Frink and Stacy Rowles -- Flautists Elise Wood and Ali Ryerson -- Carol Sudhalter, a role model -- Jane Ira Bloom, soprano saxophonist and experimentalist -- Terri Lyne Carrington -- Cindy Blackman and Sylvia Cuenca -- Percussionist Carol Steele -- Individualists -- Shirley Horn : "I got older and bolder" -- Joanne Brackeen lives and plays without any dos and don'ts -- The wily Miss Dorothy Donegan, mistress of fiery medleys -- Marian McPartland : " ... something you really need in life, someone to encourage you" -- A few words about love, marriage, and motherhood -- A view from the West Coast / Frankie Nemko -- Appendix : Women instrumentalists active in the 1980s and early 1990s.…”
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