women's history month

Who were the three women in the iconic 1958 photo known as "A Great Day in Harlem"? All three left their mark on the music in more ways than one.

Seattle's long-running saxophone quartet, The Tiptons, hits the road for Women's History Month.

For Women's History Month, World Cafe is exploring 100 years of music history with a timeline of 100 moments.

If you watch the Seattle Mariners on Root Sports Northwest, then you're familiar with anchor and reporter Angie Mentink. But you may not be familiar with all the history she's made.

March 10 is the day politician Clare Boothe Luce and cornetist Bix Beiderbecke were born in 1903. It's also the day a guy named William Knox rolled the first "perfect" game (scoring 300 with all strikes) in sanctioned bowling history.

March 9 is the day America's namesake Amerigo Vespucci and free jazz pioneer Ornette Coleman were born. It's also the day Bertha Knight Landes was elected mayor of Seattle, becoming the first female mayor of a major U.S. city.

Defying the norms of her time, Lucille Dixon played a "man's instrument," the contrabass, led her own jazz band and managed New York City's first racially integrated symphony orchestra.

The first national Women's History Week occurred in 1980. Seven years later, Congress passed a law designating March as Women's History Month.

Next Jazz Legacy is a new national apprenticeship program for women and non-binary improvisers in jazz. The first seven participants have been selected to receive personalized apprenticeships and financial support.

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.