Yoko Suzuki

Saxophonist & Scholar

Publications

 

Articles

“Gendering Musical Sound in Jazz Saxophone Performance.” Gender and Identity in Jazz, edited by Wolfram Knauer (Wolke Verlag Hofheim, 2016): 85-96.

Dance Floor Democracy: The Social Geography of Memory at the Hollywood Canteen, by Sherrie Tucker” Review in Women and Music: A Journal of Gender and Culture, Volume 19 (2015): 189-192.

“‘None of us think about being a woman’: Performing Gender Without Norms.” Gender, Education, Music, and Society Volume 7/2 (February 2014): 5-11.

“Two Strikes, the Double Negative, and Double Consciousness: The Intersection of Gender and Race in the Case of Female Jazz Saxophonists,” Black Music Research Journal (Fall 2013):207-226.

Invisible Woman: Vi Redd’s Contributions as an Alto SaxophonistAmerican Music Review Vol. XLII, No. 2 (Spring 2013)

“An Analysis of Woody Shaw’s Improvisation on ‘Solid.’” International Jazz Archives Journal 3, no.3, University of Pittsburgh International Academy of Jazz (Spring 2010): 14-19.

“Performing Masculinity: Homophobia, Sexuality, and Female Saxophonists.” Femininities, Masculinities, and the Politics of Sexual Difference(s): The Working Papers from the 2003-2004 Seminar, edited by D.S. Cobble, B. Hutchison, and A.B. Chaloupka, 77-79. Institute for Research on Women, 2004.

 Encyclopedia Entries:

“Enka” and “Kayokyoku.” Music Around the World-A Global Encyclopedia (forthcoming).

“Jane Bunnett,” “Vi Burnside,” “Ravi Coltrane,” “Claire Daly,” “Helen Humes,” “Bobbi Humphrey,” “Vi Redd,” and “Marcus Rojas.” The Grove Dictionary of American Music, second edition (New York: Oxford University Press, 2013).