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Swing It Sister: The Influence Of Female Jazz Musicians On Music And Society, Kirsten Saur
Swing It Sister: The Influence Of Female Jazz Musicians On Music And Society, Kirsten Saur
The Research and Scholarship Symposium (2013-2019)
Female jazz vocalists, both as soloists and in groups, and instrumentalists, both as solo artists and in ensembles, of the jazz era influenced music and society in their own times and in later times. They added new musical concepts, added new vocal styles, worked to change the society they lived in, and worked hard to find their place in music no matter what got in their way, making them inspirations for future generations of women striving to succeed in the world. This paper looks at how these women of jazz influenced music, society, and future generations of women through their …