Jayne Cortez (Ọnwa Mee 10, afọ 1934 - ọnwa Desemba 28, afọ 2012) bụ onye Afrịka-Amerịka na-ede uri, onye na-eme ihe, obere onye na-ebipụta akwụkwọ akụkọ na onye na-ese okwu nke a na-eme emume maka ndọrọ ndọrọ ọchịchị ya, surrealistic na ihe ọhụrụ dị egwu na lyricism na ụda olu.[1][2] Ihe odide ya bụ akụkụ nke Canon nke Black Arts Movement. Ọ lụrụ onye na-egwu saxophon jazz bụ Ornette Coleman (1954), nwa ha nwoke bụ onye na-akụ egwu jazz bụ Denardo Coleman. N'afọ 1975, Cortez lụrụ onye na-ese ihe, onye na-akpụ ihe, na onye na-ebi akwụkwọ Melvin Edwards, ha biri na Dakar, Senegal, na New York City.