This week on Visions is my last Women’s History Month episode. It’s been really fun to listen to, do research about, and uncover artists that were new to me as I put these episodes together. This hasn’t been a comprehensive list of all women in jazz, but what better way to celebrate the month than to hear from women all month long.

Tonight’s episode features vocalists Shirley Horn, Billie Holiday, Ruth Price and Rosa Passos. I include poet aja monet as well as two instrumentalists heard as vocalists on the episode, trumpeter Clora Bryant and saxophonist Tia Fuller. 

I feature instrumentalists Geri Allen, Brandee Younger, the Ellen Rowe Octet, Cindy Blackman Santana, Shamie Royston, Nubya Garcia, Marilyn Crispell, Dorothy Ashby, Bobbi Humphrey, Carla Bley, and ARTEMIS. 

Check out the playlist below and listen to the episode on-demand for two weeks after it airs using the media player above.

Visions Playlist for March 30, 2026

• “No. 3” – Geri Allen*
• “They Say It’s Spring” – Ruth Price
• “What the World Needs Now is Love” – ARTEMIS
• “This Can’t Be Love” – Clora Bryant
• “Spirit U Will” – Brandee Younger
• “Feitio de Oração” – Rosa Passos & Ron Carter
• “yemaya” – aja monet
• “Dear Lord” – The Marilyn Crispell Trio
• “The Soul Keepers” – Ellen Rowe Octet
• “Loads of Love” – Shirley Horn
• “Momma Said” – Tia Fuller, Shamie Royston & Fuller Sound
• “Let Love Rule (feat. Ravi Coltrane, Jacky Terrasson & Ron Carter)” – Cindy Blackman Santana
• “Life Has Its Trials” – Dorothy Ashby*
• “But Beautiful” – Billie Holiday
• “Strange Arrangement” – The Very Big Carla Bley Band
• “The Seer” – Nubya Garcia
• “Fancy Dancer” – Bobbi Humphrey

* indicates Detroit artists