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"The outstanding female jazz vocalist of her generation," said critic Francis Davis, attending the recording. [ 5 ] No More Blues (1989), her first album for Concord Jazz , was recorded with guitarists Emily Remler and Bucky Pizzarelli and pianist Dave Frishberg . [ 6 ]
Jazz guitarist Sheryl Bailey's 2010 album A New Promise was a tribute to Emily Remler. Aged 18, Bailey first saw Remler perform, at the University of Pittsburgh Jazz Festival in 1984 - she was inspired to take her own guitar studies. Bailey said "She paved the way for me. ... I really wanted to hear Emily's person in me when I played.
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".
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.
Trumpet, a 1998 novel by Jackie Kay, tells the story of fictional Scottish jazz musician Joss Moody, inspired by Tipton. [30] The Tiptons Sax Quartet, previously known as The Billy Tipton Memorial Saxophone Quartet, is a jazz saxophone quartet from Seattle, Washington. The name of the quartet was inspired by Tipton. [31]
Resting place: Withington, Herefordshire, England (approximate): Nationality: English: Education: Graduate of Hereford Sixth Form College (two A-Levels) [2]: Occupation(s): Former student; bar worker, shop worker: Known for: Death via heroin overdose Rachel's Story [3] [4]: Parent(s): Pauline (née Scorey) [5] Whitear (mother) Michael Holcroft (stepfather). [6]: Rachel Jayne Whitear [5] (6 ...
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 ...