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Mimi Fox: She's the Woman

Read "She's the Woman" reviewed by John Kelman

by John Kelman
March 22, 2004

Why there are so few woman instrumentalists in jazz is a mystery. While there have been a few, like Mary Lou Williams, who have earned a solid place in the music's history, jazz remains a genre dominated mainly by men. Cut to San Francisco Bay Area guitarist Mimi Fox, who, with a strong post-bop style that ...

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Mimi Fox: She's the Woman

Read "She's the Woman" reviewed by Javier AQ Ortiz

by Javier AQ Ortiz
February 3, 2004

One of Camille Paglia's counter-arguments against the claims of certain particularly misleading types of feminism is that there are no notable female rock guitarists. In jazz, however, Mimi Fox could give Paglia a run for her money as she can...and already has...played ball in several jazz leagues. In her latest release, some of her fare, such ...

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Kicks

By Mimi Fox

Label: Monarch Records
Released: 1999

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Mimi Fox: Kicks

by C. Michael Bailey
November 1, 1999

Righteous Chops!. I can think of three major female guitarists: Leni Stern, Emily Remler, and Mimi Fox. Fox turns out to be the least know, making her a very well-kept secret. When I first listened to Kick, I heard a Joe Pass speed and precision with a Wes Montgomery round tone. Fox opens her disc with ...

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Mimi Fox: Kicks

by Douglas Payne
September 1, 1999

Unfortunately, Mimi Fox is one of only a few female guitarists in jazz. Only Leni Stern and the late, lamented Emily Remler seem to have broken through that male-dominated stranglehold. But Kicks, Fox's latest disc and her third as a leader, places the guitarist in star-studded company to firmly announce that, yes, she too can play ...

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Mimi Fox: Kicks

by Ed Kopp
May 1, 1999

Not many string-benders are as talented as Mimi Fox, a San Francisco-based musician with a strong sense of swing and a clean, economical style.A former student of Bruce Forman's, Fox shares more qualities with her bop-minded mentor than with the majority of male jazz guitarists in her age group who have adopted a more ...

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