#fourjewels

I'm picking back up on my #WomensHistoryMonth programing tomorrow night on @kmhd_jazz_radio . Last week I played some Willene Barton's wailing R&B sax, & I'll be playing some more this week. I wanted to share this photo I stumbled across online. Check out this badass band with Willene on sax! #FourJewels band members, #ReginaAlbright on piano, #GloriaBell on bass, #HettySmith on drums, & #WilleneBarton on tenor saxophone https://www.instagram.com/p/Bu-Ts4WAF9L/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=5u62l3en5mrq

I’ve played #WilleneBarton (r w/ sax) on my show quite a bit. I stumbled upon this photo a while back & have waited to share it during #WomensHistoryMonth. Are you a woman who’s a music lover? Does this photo make your heart flutter as it does mine? It’s so rare for us to see women represented visually as instrumentalists in vintage #jazz. Yet we know they were out there tearing it up with all the chops! They were rarely given opportunities to record & become stars of the genre (with the exception of vocalists). . #FourJewels band members, #ReginaAlbright on piano, #GloriaBell on bass, #HettySmith on drums, & #WilleneBarton on tenor saxophone, posed in Crawford Grill No. 2,’ 1954 - photographer: Charles “Teenie” Harris . #womeninjazz #jazzwomen #vintagejazz https://www.instagram.com/p/CMaKT_IhY-t/?igshid=9l67tehi3nn1