[Dixielandjazz] More Female OKOM Musicians

[Marek Boym]

Oh,
British jazz has given us some great female stars.
Kathy Stobart was among the best anywhere, and there was Betty(?)
Carter, etc.  Not to forget marian McPartland, of course.
But, in general, there are nuch fewer femal musician than male ones.
REgards
On 04/01/2010, Judy Eames <jude at judyeames.co.uk> wrote:
>
> >
> > > These are exceptions that prove the rule.  Now would someone please
> list
> > > all the men playing OKUM.  Do you get the point yet?????
> > >
> > > Ginny :?)
> > >
> > >
> >
> >  I think we have more "new men" among the UK instrumentalists :-)
> >
> I'm sure there still exists a cohort that like to be male only but it's
> declining.
>
> There are many more women playing in the UK than have been listed so far.
> I'm not going to write  a long boring list of names that'll mean nothing to
> most,  but here are 3 (forgive me if I missed seeing them in a prevous post)
>  At a gig last night, Rachel Hayward was on gtr and bjo and Debbie Arthurs
> on drums..... Rachel has played with well known people; notably Sammy
> Rimmington, and directs Bude Jazz Festival.  Debbie is a fine vintage
> drummer and singer. Another name to be reckoned with is Amy Roberts; aged
> about 22 she's a classy  reed player who now runs her own band in which the
> veterans are happy to be included .
>
> Of course, life IS unfair, until males can have a mammary transplant it's
> women who get left holding the baby. When there's  a musical partnership it
> tends to be the woman who drops out for a few years and then finds it hard
> to regain a foothold.
>
> Women also have to cope with myths,  there seems to be an assumption  that
> we don't like working together. Just not true.
>
> Jude
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