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Canada's only professional all-women big band debuted in 2019, and then got sidelined in 2020 by COVID-19. It's coming back swinging and celebrating the rich artistic contributions of the female jazz community as performers, composers and arrangers on March 11.

Though the journey to equality isn't over, women in jazz have been steadily gaining attention in recent years. Just last weekend, Maria Schneider (with…

For 15 years, The Seattle Women’s Jazz Orchestra has been a mainstay of the Northwest jazz scene, and ever since KPLU has been doing studio sessions in…