Well, as the ones who read my blog know, I have dedicated many posts to bringing forth women artists and that means women musicians as well, especially great and famous ones that perhaps might not have reached your eyes and ears. Today I, a lover of Jazz, feature the great female drummer Viola Smith!
This great woman of the world of percussion (mostly dominated by male drummers) and of Jazz, who lived to the age of 107 years! She was born in the US, in the state of Wisconsin in 1912 and died in 2020! She studied piano as a child along with her nine siblings, seven of which were female. Her father created an all female band and Viola chose the drums. The band played in a dance hall owned by her family in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin…
You have to hear her, there isn’t enough I can say, and the all female band as well! Phenomenal!
CHEERS
JaZzArt en València 
Una rareza en el mundo del Jazz encontrar una mujer baterista y con mucho renombre. Y a eso se le agrega que sobrepasó los 100 años de vida. Saludos Francisco.
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Si, pero es muy posible que hayan muchas pero que simplemente no les dieron las mismas oportunidades que a los hombres. Muchísimas gracias amigo mío. Feliz juernes…
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Karen Carpenter was a drummer as well as vocalist for the Carpenters
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Yes, and quite a good one! Thank you Ned!
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