We've assembled a reading list of titles of multiple genres on a variety of topics and subjects, but all related to Jazz and the women who've contributed to this incredible art form.
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Special thanks to '22 Mentor Lara Pellegrinelli for sharing this curated reading list.
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LARA PELLEGRINELLI
Lara Pellegrinelli is a freelance journalist and scholar with bylines in The New York Times and the Village Voice. She has been the commissioned writer for Columbia University's Miller Theatre and its Composer Portrait series since 2018.Pellegrinelli began reporting locally in New York for WNYC and producing segments for its daily music talk show, SoundCheck. She has been a contributor to NPR's arts coverage since 2008, reporting stories that have been heard on Morning Edition, All Things Considered and Weekend Edition. From 2011 to 2014, she was the coordinator for educational outreach and audience development for NPR's Live from the Village Vanguard and wrote regularly for A Blog Supreme. In 2021, Pellegrinelli led a team of reporters in a data analysis of the NPR Music Jazz Critics poll, published on NPR Music as "Equal at Last? Women In Jazz, By The Numbers."An ethnomusicologist by training, Pellegrinelli received her Ph. D. in music from Harvard University. Her dissertation, "The Song is Who? Locating Singers on the Jazz Scene," is the first ethnographic study of jazz singing. She currently teaches at The New School in New York City.
Jazzwomen, 1900 to the Present: Their Worlds, Lives and Music
by Sally Placksin
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ARTICLES
By Lara...
Women in Jazz: Blues and the Objectifying Truth, National Sawdust Log
Dig Boy Dig, The Village Voice
Naomi André: Engaging Black Experience in Opera, National Sawdust Log
On Gender Bias...
BU Research: A Riddle Reveals Depth of Gender Bias, Boston University
What Art by Neanderthals Teaches Us About Our Own Gender Bias, Hyperallergic
Other things Lara is reading...
‘He made sure that she got nothing’: The sad story of Astrud Gilberto, the face of bossa nova, Independent
Why the Word “Forgotten” Isn’t Helping Women Artists, Hyperallergic
Beyond Jazz...
How the jumprope got its rhythm by Kira Gaunt
THE MIXING BOARD...with Jett Galindo
JETT GALINDO
FOUNDING MENTOR
Mastering Engineer, The Bakery LA
Izotope, Contributing Writer
Women in Vinyl, Board Member
Los Angeles-based mastering engineer and vinyl cutter, Jett Galindo of The Bakery, has worked on albums spanning a wide array of genres and artists (Barbra Streisand, Haley Reinhart, Weezer, the La La Land OST, to name a few). Jett Galindo carries on the legacy left behind by her late mentor, mastering legend Doug Sax (The Mastering Lab).
Recipient of Summa Cum Laude honors and the 2012 Robin Coxe-Yeldham Audio Scholar Award from Berklee College of Music, Jett Galindo was mentored by luminaries in the music industry including George Massenburg; producer Prince Charles Alexander; recording engineer Susan Rogers (Prince’s Purple Rain); and mastering engineer and AES President-elect, Jonathan Wyner. Jett kickstarted her post-Berklee engineering career in the world-renowned Avatar Studios in New York (now known as Power Station) as the recording engineer for producer Jerry Barnes. As Barnes’ engineer, Jett engineered for veteran artists such as legendary singer-songwriter Roberta Flack, Nile Rodgers, Bashiri among others.
In 2013, Jett joined The Mastering Lab family as the sole right-hand woman to pioneer mastering engineer and GRAMMY Technical Achievement awardee Doug Sax. Under the steady mentorship of the late Sax, Jett burgeoned to become the last engineer to join The Mastering Lab roster. During her years at The Mastering Lab, she worked on various notable vinyl releases including Pink Floyd’s 15th & final album “Endless River”. Other notable artists Jett has worked with include Bette Midler, Neil Young, Randy Travis, Seth MacFarlane, to name a few. Most recently through The Bakery, Jett has helped pave the way for the growing audiophile releases in the video game soundtrack genre, having mastered award-winning chart-topping releases such as the “Pokemon Red & Blue Piano Collections”, Rozen’s Legend of Zelda tribue “Children of Termina”, and the remastered 1980s Nicon Falcom’s “Ys I & II: Ancient Ys Vanished” original soundtracks.
Outside of mastering, Jett is actively involved with Soundgirls, an organization for women working in the audio engineering field led by veteran live sound engineer Karrie Keyes (Pearl Jam, Red Hot Chili Peppers). In addition, she serves as a contributing writer for iZotope’s widely popular LEARN portal. Outside of wearing her audio engineering hat, Jett is also an accomplished lyric soprano who specializes in choral ensemble music. Currently singing with Los Angeles-based professional choir Tonality, Jett has performed in various countries spanning across Europe, Asia and the Americas.
