If you know a female jazz instrumentalist missing from this page — or if you know a better website than the one we’ve linked to, write to let us know at info@thegirlsintheband.com. 

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Toshiko Akiyoshi
Geri Allen
Lil Hardin Armstrong
Jamie Baum
Carla Bley
Jane Ira Bloom
Joanne Brackeen
Clora Bryant
Ariane Cap
Gunhild Carling
Kay Carlson
Terri Lyne Carrington
Regina Carter
Mayra Casales
Sharel Cassity
Carol Chaikin
Kim Clarke
Anat Cohen
Carol Comer
Roz Cron
Connie Crothers
Claire Daly
Tanya Darby
Jami Dauber
Ruth Davies
Dottie Dodgien
Laura Dreyer
Brenda Earle
Cyndy Elliott
Mary Fettig
Emma Fisk
Janice Friedman
Laurie Frink
Tia Fuller
Peggy Gilbert
Scheila Gonzalez
Corky Hale
Paula Hampton
Jenny Hill

Cynthia Hilts
Bertha Hope
Lindsey Hundley
Ina Ray Hutton and Her Melodears
International Sweethearts of Rhythm
Sara Jacovino
Carol Jarvis
Ingrid Jensen
Debbie Kennedy
Barbara Laronga
Jan Leder
Jennifer Leitham
Ada Leonard Orchestra
Erica Lindsey
Melba Liston
Tania Maria
Sherrie Maricle and the DIVA Jazz Orchestra
Virginia Mayhew
Jill McCarron
Kit McClure
Marian McPartland
Mary Ann McSweeney
Allison Miller
The MoodSwings
Carol Morgan
Cynthia Mullis
Carly Myers
Linda Oh
Tomoko Ohno
Iris Ornig
Mary Osborne
Nina Ott
Lisa Parrott
Nicki Parrott
Ann Patterson
Roberta Piket
Leigh Pilzer
Kerry Politzer
Carline Ray

Vi Redd
Janelle Reichman
Billie Rogers
Renee Rosnes
Ada Rovatti
Patrice Rushen
Adryan Russ and Joel Evans songs
Sabine
Maria Schneider
Seattle Women’s Jazz Orchestra
Lauren Sevian
Amy Shook
Viola Smith
Esperanza Spalding
Joyce Spencer
Joan Stiles
Miriam Sullivan
Helen Sung
Dotti Anita Taylor
Clare Teal
Lesa Terry
Sweet Sue Terry
Jerrie Thill
Kim Thompson
Sumi Tonooka
Noriko Ueda
Hiromi Uehara
Mala Waldron
Deborah Weisz
Jennifer Wharton
Nedra Wheeler
Liesl Whitaker
Mary Lou Williams
Helen Jones Woods
Hillai Govreen
Gaea Schell