International Sweethearts of Rhythm

big band (all-women orchestra) · Piney Woods (Mississippi)

Founded in 1937 at the Piney Woods Country Life School in Mississippi and professional since 1941, the orchestra is presented as the first racially mixed women's big band in the United States. It included trumpeter Tiny Davis and saxophonist Vi Burnside, with Anna Mae Winburn on vocals and as leader.

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Styles

• Swing, big bands
• Jump blues, R&B

Landmark tracks

• Jump Children (1945)

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