Enjoy the poignant untold stories of female jazz and big band instrumentalists.
About the Event
The Girls in the Band explores the stories of talented women musicians who endured sexism, racism and diminished opportunities for decades, yet continued to persevere and inspire in a field that seldom welcomed them.
In the ‘30s and ‘40s, hundreds of women toured the country in all-girl bands, while others played side-by-side with men. By the mid-‘50s, female jazz musicians had literally disappeared from the workplace, their names and contributions forgotten. Today, there is a new breed of gifted young women taking their place in the jazz world, which can no longer deny their talents. This film is not rated.
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In Person: Musical Instrument Museum, Phoenix, AZ 
