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Student Jazz Awardee
Congratulations to the recipient of the Palm Springs Women's Jazz Festival 2022
Terri Lyn Carrington Jazz Award.
We recognize violinist Gianna Pedregon for her Outstanding Achievement as a Student of Jazz and Blues!
Look for her special guest appearance on Friday, November 11, at the Tribute to the Great American Songbook concert!
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Artist-of-the-Month
LEA DELARIA seems to have achieved overnight stardom with her two time, SAG Award winning, stand-out role as ‘Carrie ‘Big Boo’ Black’ in the Netflix hit series “Orange is the New Black.” However, DeLaria’s multi- faceted career as a comedian, actress and jazz musician, has in fact, spanned decades.
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JAZZ NEWS
The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) has announced the recipients of its prestigious Jazz Masters fellowships for 2023. Regina Carter, Kenny Garrett, and Louis Hayes were named NEA Jazz Masters as artists. Sue Mingus is the recipient of the 2023 A.B. Spellman NEA Jazz Masters Fellowship for Jazz Advocacy, won in previous years by former JazzTimes contributors Dan Morgenstern, Nat Hentoff, Ira Gitler, and Stanley Crouch.
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Join the jazz club!
Welcome to The Jazz Club
The membership is free. All members will have access to:
Free Concerts and a series of Special Events designed specifically to give you a full jazz experience featuring female musicians.
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Virtual Concerts
Two new concerts: "Our Favorite Jazz Vocalists 2021" and "Women of the Blues"
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Jazz notes
Commentary and performances by female jazz and blues artists you may already know, and those you need to know.
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Jazz shorts
Short compilations of outstanding female jazz musicians.
New video: What is Bossa Nova?
Available to Jazz Club Members Only
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JAZZ LEGENDS
These ladies are Jazz Legends, whose music lives on...concerts from the Legends: Dinah Washington, Etta James, Koko Taylor, Betty Carter, Nancy Wilson, Ella Fitzgerald, Patti Austin, Sarah Vaughn, Carmen McRae, Nina Simone, and Diane Schuur
Available to Jazz Club Members Only
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past Festivals
The first Palm Springs Women’s Jazz Concert was in 2013. Since then we have produced more than 50 concerts with well-known artists and artists you love.