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She has performed at concert halls, music festivals, and U.S. embassies, as well as in decades of weekly performances in Dixieland's tradition in the Royal Street Performing Arts Zone in the French Quarter of New Orleans with her band, Doreen's Jazz New Orleans. From the time he first recorded at Sun Records, Lewis music and style helped forge a path for rock and roll. Original material from his latest album, the Isle of Orleans, drip with the local color and humor of modern New Orleans. Like Alice Coltrane, you might recognize her surname too and thats because she was married to legendary jazz trumpeter Louis Armstrong, whom she often collaborated with. In a place like Louisiana where the creation of music is as much a part of the fiber of how we celebrate as how we mourn, deciding who among the constellation of musical artists has had the most impact is not an easy decision. The most overtly swinging number here, Satuit, showcases Ohs considerable bass chops. New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival Earns Gold Certification for New Orleans jazz museum highlights female artists. The superb collection ends on a serene note with a luxurious take on Bill Evans classic Time Remembered that unfolds gracefully and reveals some of Ohs most expressive playing of the set. Equally affecting are her lightly swinging waltz-time number The Emperor, the rhythmically tricky Time Traveller and her gorgeous ballad, Stargazer, a showcase for Ferbers expressive trombone solo. A year earlier, the Women in Jazz Foundation began their efforts to provide a voice for women and non-binary individuals within the historically male-dominated genre. Amythyst Kiah Johnson City, Tennessees Amythyst Kiah got her start in her native Appalachias old-time and bluegrass music, but expanded her repertoire to include rock and blues. [7][5], Doreen attended Delgado Community College, Loyola University of New Orleans, Southern University In New Orleans, and, through scholarships, including one from the New York Philharmonic, University of Hartford's The Hartt School in Hartford, Connecticut, where she studied under Henry Larsen.