Letta Mbulu
South African singer
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Sathima Bea Benjamin
South African jazz singer and composer, and anti-apartheid activist
Thandi Klaasen
South African jazz singer
Dolly Rathebe
South African jazz singer
Biddy Partridge
South African photographer, musician and educator
Wendy Oxenhorn
Executive director and vice chairman of the Jazz Foundation of America (JFA), which is committed to “providing jazz and blues musicians with financial, medical, housing, and legal assistance as well as performance opportunities
Betty Carter
Betty Carter developed a legendary reputation as one of the great mentors for young jazz musicians. Equally legendary was her singing prowess, creating a distinctive style of improvisation that could transcend any song.
Dorothy Donegan
Blessed with an enormous orchestral capacity at the keyboard, Dorothy Donegan was fluent in several styles of jazz as well as with European classical music.
Dorthaan Kirk
Called “Newark’s First Lady of Jazz,” Kirk has been active as a curator and producer of jazz events primarily in and around Newark, New Jersey, and is an avid supporter of musicians and jazz education for children.
Cleo Brown
Cleo Brown was the first woman instrumentalist honored with the NEA Jazz Masters Fellowship.