Saskia Laroo (born 31 July 1959 in Amsterdam), is a Dutch jazz musician who has been dubbed the "Lady Miles Davis".

In Den Ilp she started age 8 to play the cornet in fanfare orchestra De Eendracht [nl].

When she was fifteen Saskia became interested in learning guitar and self-studied classical and folk music on the instrument for a year.

A year later she was introduced to jazz music by the newly founded bigband on her high school and became member of the trumpet section.

In 1982 she was released from the school but took up her studies a year later at the Muziekpedagogische Academie Hilversum, current part of the Conservatory of Amsterdam.

[5] Her first CD album It's Like Jazz[6](1994), was co-produced by her and Rob Gaasterland, and was released in more than fifteen countries, amongst others in Japan, and speeded up the development of her international career.

In 2013 she recorded a DVD Live in Zimbabwe with her eight piece Saskia laroo Band at the Harare International Festival of the Arts.

She was part of the all-female band Alice in Dixieland, played around 1981 in the Surinamese band Fra Fra Sound and was part of the free jazz workshop orchestra De Boventoon, she started working with American blues vocalist and saxophonist Rosa King, with Dutch saxophonist Hans Dulfer,[5] and his daughter Candy Dulfer, with Edsel Juliet's group Saljuco, toured with Dutch Connection, an avant-garde project with American conductor/trumpeter/composer Butch Morris, and with Heleen Schuttevaer's all female jazzpop band Five Times A Lady.

She did dance cross-overs with 100% Isis, Ken Ishii, DJ Dimitri, Ronald Molendijk and has done recent performances with Hungarian DJ and producer Dansor, Israelian Dj and bassist Oded Nir 1982 – 1986: Salsa Caliente 1986 – 1990: Caribbean Express 1990 – 1994: Caribbean Colours 1993–present: Salsabop 1993–present: Saskia's Solo Act 1994–present: The Saskia Laroo Band, at first named: the Laroo Colour 1996–present: Jazzkia 2009–present: Duo Laroo/Byrd 2020: India (World Jazz Fest in Mumbai and Goa), the Netherlands, the US 2019: Burundi (Dutch Kings Day), the Netherlands, Thailand (Krabi Naga Fest), the US 2018: the Netherlands, the US, Vietnam (Dutch Kings Day, 45-year relations Holland-Vietnam 2017: Serbia (Dutch Kings Day), South Korea, the Netherlands, the US 2016: Belgium, China Tour, Croatia Tour, France, India Tour, Indonesia tour, the Netherlands, the US.

Cape Cod, MA; Carlyle, PA) 2014: Germany, the Netherlands, Poland (Jelenia Gora Jazzfest), the US (a.o.

2007: Austria (Steyr Jazzfest), Brazil, China, Croatia (festivals Osijek, Histria), India(2 tours: Chennai, Delhi, Goa, Pune), Italy (Lucca Donna Jazz Fest), Netherlands, Poland (Bielska Zadymka Jazzowa), Ukraine, Russia, South Africa (Cape Town Jazzfest),  Swiss (Montreux Jazzfestival), Taiwan, Thailand (Bangkok Festivals), the US (Rochester Jazzfest / Parkville Bluesfest/Montreux-Atlanta Jazzfestival) 2006: Belgium, Croatia (Jazzfestivals Zadar & Losinj), France, Italy (Women Jazz series), Germany, Nepal (Garden of Dreams Jazz Affair), the Netherlands, Poland, Russia, Slovenia (Festival Lent), Swiss (Montreux Jazzfestival), Ukraine (Koktebel Jazzfestival), the US.