She is often referred to as "Jamaica's First Lady of Jazz".

Ella Fitzgerald: A Biography of the First Lady of Jazz.

Likewise in Europe where she toured, she was the acclaimed Brazilians' First Lady of Jazz, building a huge fan base in the Netherlands and Italy.

Peter became a much wanted pianist both inside and outside the Netherlands, and accompanied, among others, Deborah Brown, Dee Daniels and Holland's "First Lady of Jazz", Rita Reys.

Myrna Hague, known as "Jamaica's First Lady of Jazz", is a Jamaican lovers rock and jazz singer and actress, who recorded for Coxsone Dodd's Studio One.

A life-size bronze statue by Vinnie Bagwell, measuring 5 feet 10 and titled "The First Lady of Jazz," depicts the most celebrated jazz singer of her generation, who died in June at 79.

That same year, Rita and the Pim Jacobs Trio won the Juan Les Pins Jazz Festival in France, where Rita was named Europe's first lady of jazz, a title she would carry with grace for the rest of her career.

"The First Lady of Jazz" is her ninth sculpture and her first public art commission, done for the Bureau of Community Development and the Office of Downtown and Waterfront Development of Yonkers with the help of a $25,000 Federal grant.