- female, deceased (1981)
- Mary Lou Williams was an American jazz stride pianist, composer, and arranger. She was born Mary Elfrieda Scruggs in Atlanta, Georgia and grew up...
- female, deceased (1959)
- Billie Holiday, born Eleanora Fagan and later called Lady Day, was an American jazz singer.
- female, deceased (1996)
- Ella Fitzgerald (April 25, 1917 - June 15, 1996), also known as "Lady Ella" and the "First Lady of Song", is considered one of the most...
- female, deceased (1998)
- Betty Carter (May 16, 1929 - September 26, 1998) was an American jazz singer who was renowned for her improvisational technique and idiosyncratic...
- female, 53 years old
- Cassandra Wilson (born December 4, 1955) is an American jazz musician, vocalist, songwriter, and producer from Jackson, Mississippi.
- female, 91 years old
- Marian McPartland (b. March 20, 1918), born Margaret Marian Turner, is a jazz pianist, violinist and host of Mary McPartland's Piano Jazz on...
- female, deceased (1990)
- Sarah Lois Vaughan (nicknamed "Sassy" and "The Divine One") (March 27 1924, Newark, New Jersey - April 3 1990, Los Angeles, California) was an...
- female, deceased (2003)
- Eunice Kathleen Waymon, better known as Nina Simone, was an American singer, songwriter, pianist, and civil rights activist. Although she disliked...
- female, 61 years old
- Joan Renee Cartwright (born December 7, 1947, in Kew Gardens, New York) is a Jazz and Blues singer, composer, author and educator. She has toured...
- female, 72 years old
- Nancy Wilson (born February 20 1937) is an American singer whose sixty-plus albums have blended jazz and pop music. She currently hosts "Jazz...
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