Twenty Kick Ass Female Musicians

Terri Lyne Carrington, “The Mosaic Project” (Concord): all the 20-odd musicians featured are women, from the pianist Helen Sung to the percussionist Sheila E….

via New York Times

I’m not a huge jazz fan, or let me say, I’m the occasional jazz fan. I love Miles Davis Bitches Brew and of course Kind of Blue and I like a little Charlie Parker here and there but I wouldn’t call myself a connoisseur by any means. Soul and funk and hip hop has always been more my thing but this compilation is bigger than jazz or any genre. It’s about powerhouses of talent coming together so I had to share this. Nothing girly cutsey or lightweight about it. Watch the video.

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