Women and Jazz

Women and Jazz: European Perspectives from Female Researchers and Artists is an edited volume bringing together the work of female researchers exploring the complex relationship between jazz and gender.

José Dias is a musician and researcher, currently serving as Assistant Professor in Critical Practices at Coventry University. He has authored Jazz in Europe: Networking and Negotiating Identities (2019) and Festa do Jazz (2020), and directed the documentary Those Who Make It Happen (2016). As a musician and composer, Dias has toured and recorded extensively and scored music for animation, film and television, as well as theatre and contemporary dance. Christa Bruckner-Haring is an Assistant Professor and the Deputy Director of the Institute for Jazz and Popular Music Research at the University of Music and Performing Arts Graz, where she is also cöeditor of the publication series Jazzforschung/Jazz Research, Beiträge zur Jazzforschung/Studies in Jazz Research, and Jazz Research News. Her work has appeared in such publications as Transnational Studies in Jazz, Jazz Research Journal, Beiträge zur Popularmusikforschung, European Journal of Musicology, the encyclopaedia MGG, and her monograph Gonzalo Rubalcaba und die kubanische Musik (2015).

Foreword Sara Serpa Preface José Dias and Christa Bruckner-Haring Acknowledgements Chapter 1. Breaking Barriers: Women's Voices in Jazz Research and Performance José Dias and Christa Bruckner-Haring Chapter 2. Female Jazz Musicians in European Jazz Historiography Magdalena Fürnkranz Joëlle Léandre Interview by Marie Buscatto Paula Sousa Interview by Beatriz Nunes Monika Herzig Interview by Magdalena Fürnkranz Gina Schwarz Interview by Magdalena Fürnkranz Chapter 3. Out of Place: The Importance of Female Role Models in Jazz Education Beatriz Nunes Airelle Besson Interview by Marie Buscatto Beatriz Félix Interview by Beatriz Nunes Inge Katharina Pechoc Interview by Magdalena Fürnkranz Romarna Campbell Interview by Sarah Raine Chapter 4. Harmonizing Motherhood, Reimagining Identity, Support Networks, and Gender Equity in Jazz Lee Ellen Martin Giedr- Kil-iauskien- Interview by Daina Urbanavi-ien- Béatrice Graf Interview by Katharina Weissenbacher Anne Paceo Interview by Marie Buscatto Yazz Ahmed Interview by Sarah Raine Judith Schwarz Interview by Magdalena Fürnkranz Chapter 5. Working Together: Support Systems Beyond the Homosocial Jazz Networks Sarah Raine Veronika -i-inskait--Golovanova Interview by Daina Urbanavi-ien- Anoushka Nanguy Interview by Sarah Raine Sophie Alour Interview by Marie Buscatto Marena Whitcher Interview by Katharina Weissenbacher Chapter 6. "The Guys Didn't Call to Offer Me Gigs": Gender Dynamics in the Icelandic Jazz Scene Þorbjörg Daphne Hall Alicia Gardener-Trejo Interview by José Dias Luzia von Wyl Interview by Katharina Weissenbacher Viktorija Ge-yt- Interview by Daina Urbanavi-ien- Lara Jones Interview by Sarah Raine Chapter 7. Artistic Research in Jazz: Can You Hear That I Am a Woman? Jasna Jovi-evi- Neda Mal-navi-i-t- Interview by Daina Urbanavi-ien- Iro Haarla Interview by Elina Hytänen-Ng Hilaria Kramer Interview by Katharina Weissenbacher Susana Santos Silva Interview by Beatriz Nunes Chapter 8. When Female Jazz Instrumentalists Make It "Anyway"... Marie Buscatto Chapter 9. Outlook José Dias and Christa Bruckner-Haring Afterword Loes Rusch