This is by no means an exhaustive list. If you know someone who should be on this list or if you would like to be removed from this list, let me know.
Bass • Composer • Drums/Percussion • Guitar • Lyricist • Piano • Saxophones/Woodwinds • Strings • Trombone • Trumpet • Vocals
Ensembles
Bass
- Marika Galea
- Carol Kaye
- Marion Hayden
- Jen Hodge
- Sherry Luchette
- Linda May Han Oh
- Marlene Rosenberg
- Esperanza Spalding
Composer
- Carla Bley
- Blanche Calloway
- Ida Cox
- Doris Fisher
- María Grever
- Alberta Hunter
- Irene Higginbotham
- Ayn Inserto
- Jihye Lee
- Lisa Maxwell
- Bernice Petkere
- Ann Ronell
- Maria Schneider
- Dolores Silvers
- Dana Suesse
- Kay Swift
- Doris Tauber
- Gaia Wilmer
- Tracy Yang
Drums/Percussion
Guitar
Lyricist
Piano
- Geri Allen
- Toshiko Akiyoshi
- Lil Hardin Armstrong
- Amy Bellamy
- JoAnne Brackeen
- Alice Coltrane
- Kris Davis
- Eliane Elias
- Connie Han
- Shirley Horn
- Margaret Johnson
- Marian McPartland
- Caili O’Doherty
- Carline Ray
- Renee Rosnes
- Ellen Rowe
- Patrice Rushen
- Daniela Schächter
- Hazel Scott
- Mabel Robinson Simms
- Nina Simone
- Helen Sung
- Hiromi Uehara
- Mary Lou Williams
- Rachel Z
Saxophones/Woodwinds
- Melissa Aldana
- Lakecia Benjamin
- Jane Ira Bloom
- Allison Burik
- Sharel Cassity
- Anat Cohen
- Roxy Coss
- Angie Coyle
- Claire Daly
- Tamara Danielsson
- Caroline Davis
- Adison Evans
- Chloe Feoranzo
- Mary Fettig
- Jean Fineberg
- Tia Fuller
- Nubya Garcia
- Maria Grand
- Lihi Haruvi
- Christine Jensen
- Pureum Jin
- Grace Kelly
- Ingrid Laubrock
- Virginia Mayhew
- Hailey Niswanger
- Kate Olson
- Lisa Parrott
- Tineke Postma
- Vi Redd
- Lauren Sevian
- Karen Sharp
- Karolina Strassmayer
- Alexa Tarantino
- Anita Thomas
- Camille Thurman
- Anna Webber
Strings
- Dorothy Ashby (harp)
- Miri-Ben Ari (violin)
- Regina Carter (violin)
- Brandee Younger (harp)
Trombone
- Shannon Barnett
- Melissa Gardiner
- Jeanne Geiger
- Jenny Kellogg
- Melba Liston
- Aubrey Logan
- Audrey Morrison
- Naomi Siegel
- Jennifer Wharton
Trumpet
- Jen Allen
- Clora Bryant
- Tanya Darby
- Christine Fawson
- Laurie Frink
- Ingrid Jensen
- Dolly Jones
- Jane Sager
- Ellen Seeling
- Bria Skonberg
- Valaida Snow
- Liesl Whitaker
Vocals
- Cyrille Aimée
- Patti Austin
- Dee Dee Bridgewater
- Betty Carter
- Isabel Crespo
- Alison Crockett
- Blossom Dearie
- Dominique Eade
- Ella Fitzgerald
- Melody Gardot
- Georgia Gibbs
- Lalah Hathaway
- Billie Holiday
- Lena Horne
- Norah Jones
- Sheila Jordan
- Diana Krall
- Julia Lee
- Peggy Lee
- Abbey Lincoln
- Julie London
- Carmen Lundy
- Carmen McRae
- Arianna Neikrug
- Anita O’Day
- Gretchen Parlato
- Dianne Reeves
- Cecile McLorin Salvant
- Dianne Schuur
- Bessie Smith
- Luciana Souza
- Veronica Swift
- Ajda Stina Turek
- Carolyn Tidwell
- Lisa Thorson
- Sarah Vaughan
- Lynn Veronneau
- Dinah Washington
- Ester Wiesnerova
- Cassandra Wilson
- Nancy Wilson
- Norma Winstone
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