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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
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….
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
Possibly the most profound jazz singer.
Influenced by Bessie Smith, Louis Armstrong.
Not a great “instrument”, but remarkable artist.
Autumn in New York
Billie to 3:00
From the Sound of Jazz
“The Divine One”
AKA “Sassy”
She seemed to have a group of voices.
She has a barrage of special effects.
Harmonically advanced- she played piano.
The Shadow....
Perdido
Nancy Wilson sings with an unrivaled refinement.
Influenced by Bessie Smith,
Dinah Washington sings the blues with a distilled approach; influences Nancy Wilson.
Sang with Benny Carter’s band, the Basie band, and with Dizzy Gillespie.
She was an excellent pianist and composer.
Mary Lou Williams
Prolific pianist, composer, and arranger.
Part of the Kansas City Scene.
Mary Lou
Prolific trombonist, composer, and arranger.
Born in Kansas City
Associations with Dizzy Gillespie, Dexter Gordon and Randy Weston.
A new time and a new message.
Jazz singing in the sixties:
A sign of the times.
Joanne Brackeen
Pianist with Art Blakey’s Jazz Messengers.
Jane Ira Bloom, avante garde soprano saxophonist.
Rene Rosnes,
Pianist with the Carnegie Hall Jazz Band.
it never entered my mind
Ingrid Jensen,
Outstanding young voice in jazz trumpet.
ingrid plays
Innovative composer, arranger, and orchestrator.
" Sky Blue
