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Celebrating Women in Jazz Day — May 10

Pictured here: Lil Hardin-Armstrong, Valaida Snow, Blanche Calloway, Mary Lou Williams, Billie Holiday, Ella Fitzgerald, Roz Cron, Clora Bryant, Lee Wiley, Sarah Vaughan, a few members of The International Sweethearts of Rhythm, Marian McPartland, Cassandra Wilson, Terri Lyne Carrington, Melody Gardot, Esperanza Spalding.

To celebrate the acclaimed documentary The Girls in the Band coming to Lincoln Center, New York mayor Michael Bloomberg has proclaimed Friday, May 10 “Women in Jazz Day.” The date celebrates the legacies of female jazz musicians and marks the first in a weeklong series of screenings of The Girls in the Band at the Elinor Bunin Munroe Film Center at Lincoln Center.

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luvhugsandhiphopsoul: Duke Elllington&Count Basie.

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Duke Elllington&Count Basie.

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l-a-t-e-x: Sun Ra, Space Is The Place

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Sun Ra, Space Is The Place

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Artie Shaw and his orchestra perform to a crowded nightclub, New York, 1940.

Artie Shaw and his orchestra perform to a crowded nightclub, New York, 1940.

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Blind Lemon Jefferson - “See That My Grave Is Kept Clean”

life: Caption from LIFE. “With his trumpet glowing like a hot coal, Louis Armstrong first ripped into jazz in New Orleans 37 years ago …. [He is] a superb musician and a clear spellbinder.” See more photos here. (Eliot Elisofon—Time & Life Pictures/Getty Images)

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Caption from LIFE. “With his trumpet glowing like a hot coal, Louis Armstrong first ripped into jazz in New Orleans 37 years ago …. [He is] a superb musician and a clear spellbinder.”

See more photos here.

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theniftyfifties: Billie Holiday reading a manuscript of her autobiography, ‘Lady Sings the Blues’, 1956.

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Billie Holiday reading a manuscript of her autobiography, ‘Lady Sings the Blues’, 1956.

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chaboneobaiarroyoallende: Ellington and Strayhorn

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Ellington and Strayhorn

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indypendentmusic: jazz singer Nancy Wilson (via PearlModern)

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jazz singer Nancy Wilson

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