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▪Sang at the Log Cabin, a dinner club in Harlem.
▪Lena Horne refers to her as “The mother of us all”.
▪Am I Blue 4:20
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Singers were a big part of the big band era.
Usually attractive, more so adored thenrespected musically.
After the big band era several of these vocalists careers thrived….
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Chick resists hiring her; but finally agrees.
Records with Webb in 1935.
She had a flexible, bright and sometimes gritty voice.
She tended to infuse joy in her approach to singing a lyric.
Ella
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Possibly the most profound jazz singer.
Influenced by Bessie Smith, Louis Armstrong.
Not a great “instrument”, but remarkable artist.
Autumn in New York
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Billie to 3:00
From the Sound of Jazz
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“The Divine One”
AKA “Sassy”
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She seemed to have a group of voices.
She has a barrage of special effects.
Harmonically advanced- she played piano.
The Shadow....
Perdido
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Nancy Wilson sings with an unrivaled refinement.
Influenced by Bessie Smith,
Dinah Washington sings the blues with a distilled approach; influences Nancy Wilson.
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Sang with Benny Carter’s band, the Basie band, and with Dizzy Gillespie.
She was an excellent pianist and composer.
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Mary Lou Williams
Prolific pianist, composer, and arranger.
Part of the Kansas City Scene.
Mary Lou
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Prolific trombonist, composer, and arranger.
Born in Kansas City
Associations with Dizzy Gillespie, Dexter Gordon and Randy Weston.
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A new time and a new message.
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Jazz singing in the sixties:
A sign of the times.
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Joanne Brackeen
Pianist with Art Blakey’s Jazz Messengers.
Jane Ira Bloom, avante garde soprano saxophonist.
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Rene Rosnes,
Pianist with the Carnegie Hall Jazz Band.
it never entered my mind
Ingrid Jensen,
Outstanding young voice in jazz trumpet.
ingrid plays
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Innovative composer, arranger, and orchestrator.
" Sky Blue
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