The most complete history of women in jazz to date, Stormy Weather put to rest the myth that jazz is a man's vocation only. Women have played, sung, and produced jazz from its earliest beginnings to the present ... Linda Dahl fills in the gaps in the history of jazz by including nearly all the women who have contributed to its culture ... Based on years of research and scores of interviews, and laced with insightful analyses of all problems from subtle psychological concerns to mundate matters of daily life, the book depicts in rich and diverse detail the lives and art of the jazzwomen. Along the way it vividly re-creates the whole music and culture of jazz itself. Stormy Weather is the definitive book on women in jazz.

"Dahl boldy goes where no man (or woman) has gone before. For people who love jazz...who get bleak when they think of what happened to Billie Holiday, this is their book."

—Los Angeles Times Book Review

“Linda Dahl's massive, comprehensive work on women in jazz music is a watershed for the history of the genre.”

—Will McGee, Goodreads

“The definitive book on women in music … an incredible job of research.”

— John Hammond