Listen to this week’s playlist on YouTube and SpotifyIn a 2019 article, Forbes magazine decreed that the two characteristics women need most to thrive in the business world are “grit and grace.” Bass trombonist Jennifer Wharton has exemplified those qualities in the music she’s made with her brass-forward band Bonegasm since its 2019 debut. How else to explain … Continue reading
Harpist Dorothy Jeanne Thompson, who performed and recorded as Dorothy Ashby, was born on 6 August 1932, in Detroit, Michigan. As a black female musician