The Girls in the Band–The Official Site of the Music Documentary

This beautiful poster features top women jazz and big band musicians (and three men who championed them).  It’s famed predecessor, the Art Kane photo Harlem 1958, was the inspiration behind this photo shoot.

ROW 1- Seated

  • SHERRIE MARICLE

ROW 2 –Seated in chairs

  • STANLEY KAY
  • ROZ CRON
  • HELEN JONES WOODS
  • CARLINE RAY
  • BILLY TAYLOR
  • MARIAN MCPARTLAND
  • JEAN DAVIS
  • VIOLA SMITH
  • ROSA CARUSO

ROW 3

  • KIM THOMPSON
  • MAYRA CASALES
  • KIT MC CLURE
  • CAROL CHAIKIN
  • CAROL COMER
  • KERRY POLITZER
  • JAMIE BAUM
  • ANN PATTERSON
  • CLAIRE DALY
  • GERI ALLEN
  • TOSHIKO AKIYOSHI
  • LESA TERRY
  • JANICE FRIEDMAN
  • DOTTI ANITA TAYLOR
  • ALLISON MILLER
  • JAMI DAUBER


ROW 4

  • JAN LEDER
  • JENNIFER LEITHAM
  • MARYANN MC SWEENEY
  • NICKI PARROTT
  • SUE TERRY
  • VIRGINIA MAYHEW
  • LAUREN SEVIAN
  • CYNDY ELLIOTT
  • MALA WALDRON
  • LEIGH PILZER
  • LEISL WHITAKER
  • TIA FULLER
  • TANYA DARBY

ROW 5

  • BOB CRANSHAW
  • MIRIAM SULLIVAN
  • LISA PARROTT
  • BERTHA HOPE

ROW 6

  • BRENDA EARLE
  • JOAN STILES
  • JOANNE BRACKEEN
  • KIM CLARKE

ROW  7

  • ROBERTA PIKET
  • RENEE ROSNES

ROW 8

  • ADA ROVATTI
  • JILL MC CARRON
  • LINDA OH
  • PAULA HAMPTON


ROW 9

  • LAURA DREYER
  • DEBBIE KENNEDY
  • SARA JACOVINO
  • SHEREL CASSITY

ROW 10

  • BARBARA MERJAN
  • HELEN SUNG
  • SCHEILA GONZALEZ

ROW 11

  • JOY ARCHER BRAVIN
  • JENNIFER WHARTON
  • JANELLE REICHMAN

ROW 12

  • ANAT COHEN
  • NORIKO UEDA
  • CAROL MORGAN
  • SUMI TONOOKA

ROW 13

  • JENNY HILL
  • DEBORAH WEISZ
  • TOMOKO OHNO
  • MELISSA SLOCUM

17 Comments on “The Girls in the Band Harlem 2008 Poster

  1. Great idea. Would love to see a brief bio on each of these talented musicians, to help raise awareness.

    • Thanks Marty,
      We are working on a timeline which we will post as soon as it’s available.
      Best Wishes, Judy

  2. A great photo in the style of Art Kane, but as a photographer myself, it’s a big omission not to include the name of the photographer on your website. Please let me know and PLEASE add his or her name as a credit.
    Regards
    Phil Portus

  3. What a tribute and masterful job of organizing. Noting with regret the absence of one contemporary keyboard giant, Lynne Arriale.

  4. Yay, Marian McPartland. She was in the Art Kane original in 1958, and here we see her again, 50 years later. Gone now, but fondly remember. R.I.P.

  5. In addition to the “timeline” you are working on, it would be great if you could make the online version of the photo have the facility to place the mouse arrow over the face of a musician and have their name displayed – just like the original Art Kane photo.

  6. I just saw the movie on cable and it is one of the best historical movies I have ever seen. It’s truly amazing how talented women musicians, composers, arrangers are in jazz, but also so underrated! I want to get a copy of the photo of all the musicians in Harlem! I’d also like to do a feature of these women on my website.
    Thank you, thank you, thank you!

  7. This is a marvelous addition to the American History that is the music that is called JAZZ! Wonderful!!

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