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Ethel Waters (October 31, 1896 – September 1, 1977) was an American singer and actress. Waters frequently performed jazz, swing, and pop music on the Broadway stage and in concerts.
Jazz musicians from San Francisco (44 P) Pages in category "Jazz musicians from California" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 327 total.
C. Jackie Cain; Ann Hampton Callaway; Blanche Calloway; Ruth Cameron; Camille (American singer) Una Mae Carlisle; Barbara Carroll; Thelma Carpenter; Betty Carter
In the 1920s, women singing jazz music were not many, but women playing instruments in jazz music were even less common. Mary Lou Williams, known for her talent as a piano player, is deemed as one of the "mothers of jazz" due to her singing while playing the piano at the same time. [4] Lovie Austin (1887–1972) was a piano player and bandleader.
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 ...
She sang with Fats Waller in 1938 and then worked in Chicago until she left music in 1942. In 1950, Miles lived in California where she sang with George Lewis in 1953 and 1954. She performed and spent time with Bob Scobey in Las Vegas, Nevada, from 1955 to 1957. She sang with Joe Darensbourg in Chicago in 1958 and 1959.
Helen Merrill (born Jelena Ana Milcetic; July 21, 1929) [2] is an American jazz vocalist. Her first album, the eponymous 1954 recording Helen Merrill (with Clifford Brown on EmArcy), was an immediate success and associated her with the first generation of bebop jazz musicians. [3]