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Anita Belle Colton (October 18, 1919 [1] – November 23, 2006), [2] known professionally as Anita O'Day, was an American jazz singer and self-proclaimed “song stylist” widely admired for her sense of rhythm and dynamics, and her early big band appearances that shattered the traditional image of the "girl singer".
Sabia (Concord Jazz, 1990) I'll Take Romance (Concord Jazz, 1992) From Bessie to Brazil (Concord Jazz, 1993) From Broadway to Bebop (Concord Jazz, 1994) Easy to Love: The Songs of Cole Porter (Concord Jazz, 1996) Let's Face the Music: The Songs of Irving Berlin (Concord Jazz, 1997) Someone to Watch Over Me: The Songs of George Gershwin (Concord ...
After two years, she dropped out of Towson, and six months later she moved to New York to seek treatment for heroin addiction. [ 7 ] In the spring of 2015 Branch moved to Brooklyn, where she began working with Fred Lonberg-Holm , Mike Pride , Luke Stewart , Jason Nazary , Tcheser Holmes, and many more.
Women in jazz have contributed throughout the many eras of jazz history, both as performers and as composers, songwriters and bandleaders. While women such as Billie Holiday and Ella Fitzgerald were famous for their jazz singing, women have achieved much less recognition for their contributions as composers, bandleaders and instrumental performers.
This is a non-diffusing subcategory of Category:Jazz musicians. It includes jazz musicians that can also be found in the parent category, or in diffusing subcategories of the parent. Subcategories
In 1952, Ross met Prestige Records owner Bob Weinstock, who asked her to write lyrics to a jazz solo in a similar way to King Pleasure, a practice that would later be known as vocalese. The next day, she presented him with " Twisted ", a treatment of saxophonist Wardell Gray 's 1949 composition of the same title, a classic example of the genre.
Karyn Hascal, The Healing Place’s president and CEO, said she would never allow Suboxone in her treatment program because her 12-step curriculum is “a drug-free model. There’s kind of a conflict between drug-free and Suboxone.” For policymakers, denying addicts the best scientifically proven treatment carries no political cost.
The album also earned Williams a nomination for the Soul Train Lady of Soul Awards and the title of "Best Female Contemporary Jazz Artist" in 1996. Her subsequent recordings include Eight Days of Ecstasy (1998), Evolution (2002) (on which Williams performed vocals and keyboards, along with alto and soprano saxophone), The Perfect Love (2003 ...