Ladies sing the blues is a documentary containing film footage aplenty of the real holliday. The lady sings the blues soundtrack can be bought here. Great ladies sing the blues various artists releases. My 100 very best blues songs of all time our great music debate. All of the lady singers performed ably on stage, with a range of styles, experience, and exposure that made for a great evening of music that the.
Like their showcases for local blues players on guitar, harmonica, and piano, the ladies sing the blues night again demonstrated how much talent there is among musicians in the twin cities. The 5 legendary women jazz singers written by patrick ortiz yes, we are. Ladies sing the blues best of female blues vocalists find the album here. Very famous instrumental jazz music jazz guitar, jazz. Id go for ladies sing the blues by the essential collection a 3 cd set if you are not collecting. The 5 most legendary women vocalists in jazz joe bonamassa. Furie about jazz singer billie holiday, loosely based on her 1956 autobiography which, in turn, took its title from one of holidays most popular songs.
For a blues purist such as yourself, this is not your list. I also skip dinah washingtons montage involving making whoopee because that song is just obnoxiously corny here. Various artists, billie holiday, ella fitzgerald, nina simone, dinah washington, morgana king, shirley horn, sarah vaughan, anita oday great ladies sing the blues various music. Mix two dudes nuke commuters with the blues youtube. These 66 tracks feature several tracks apiece by peggy lee, june christy, doris day, and. Pranking classical music students at a street piano. I have a growing jazz and blues collection, but most of the artists are men. Lady sings the blues is a 1972 american biographical drama film directed by sidney j. Billie holidays autobiography, lady sings the blues, begins with one of the great alltime leads. This womans work is a series of stories from classic album sundays and studio 360, highlighting classic albums by female artists that have. See the ladies who created an art form and sang their way into legend.
Whole foods market americas healthiest grocery store. After five years, i am on a project reworking the list. Enjoy studiorecorded blues instrumental versions with lyrics. Lady sings the blues was the dramatized life story of legendary songstress billie holliday. This 75song set offers a treasurechest full of gems by everyone from billie holiday, dinah washing, bessie smith, odetta, anita oday, and many more of the divas who graced the stages and sound studios of yesterday. Billie holidays bio, lady sings the blues, may be full of lies, but it gets at jazz greats core. Turn up the heat by shemekia copeland is a great one for a woman to belt. The story of the troubled life and career of the legendary jazz singer, billie holiday. Diana ross portrayed holiday, alongside a cast including billy dee williams, richard pryor. My 100 very best blues songs of all time our great music. From smooth and silky to outright raunchy, these women cover all aspects of the blues as it crosses borders and melds into jazz. Amazon warehouse great deals on quality used products. Vocalists catherine russell, brianna thomas, and charenee wade will channel the independent, liberated spirits, and pioneering vocalizations of 1920s blues divas bessie smith the empress of the blues, mamie smith the queen of the blues, ma rainey the mother of the blues, and of the legendary icon of stage and.
The great 1972 billie holiday biopic was titled lady sings the blues. Brown sugar yes, a black woman wanted to sing this one set 3 ive got the music in me kiki dee give me one reason traci chapman. All time greatest blues songs various artists songs. Sixteen selections include bessie smith in her only film appearence, lena horne, billy holiday with an allstar band, dinah washington, sarah vaughan and more. The power of billie holidays 1956 jazz album lady sings the blues. Lady sings the blues is the soundtrack to the billie holiday biopic of the same name, which. The second has those limitations but is otherwise excellent. With insane riffs and a whole lotta soul, ana popovic is one of the. Sep 01, 2001 with count basie, connee boswell, ruth brown, ida cox.
May 22, 2017 the jazz sexiest ladies series has impacted the musical scene around the world giving several success records mixing the greatest pop hits and the finest arranges and production in studio. Great ladies sing the blues original compilation by polygram records tracks are. Find album release information for great ladies sing the blues various artists on allmusic. I have corrected the tagging, and reupped the whole 2lp set. Various artists ladies sing the blues various amazon. Particularly sultry blues soul stuff fits our sound, but i look at anything. Ladies sing the blues best of female blues vocalists. I love gravelly voiced female blues singers and there are a fair. Watch jazz at lincoln centers ladies sing the blues on. Lady sing the blues shes got them bad she feels so sad and wants the world to know just what her blues are all about lady. Lady sings the blues is an album by american jazz vocalist billie holiday released in. Sep 29, 2014 great ladies of jazz great female vocal jazz. Carlos santana and etta james blues boogie jam official duration. Received the cd undamaged and it is a good collection of women singing blues.
Ladies sing the blues volume 2 1981, vinyl discogs. The best modern female blues musicians joe bonamassa. Great ladies of jazz great female vocal jazz video. Also, she is joined by one of the best jazz trumpet players to ever pick up a horn, clifford brown. Nobody knows you when youre down and out nina simone 9. With diana ross, billy dee williams, richard pryor, james t. Ladies of song is a budgetpriced, threedisc sampler devoted to romantic ballads and relaxing background music from popular vocalists of the 40s. Ladies sing the blues best of female blues vocalists youtube. Note the first upload links had salty papa and evil gal blues by albinia jones wrongly tagged see daddy cools comment. Vaughan never tried to sing the lowdown blues as washington did. It was produced by motown productions for paramount pictures.
All influenced by the blues, but the songs are not all able to be pigeonholed in the blues genre. With count basie, connee boswell, ruth brown, ida cox. She made her breakout us debut in 2000 when she appeared on a jimi hendrix tribute album along with taj mahal, eric gales, and many other outstanding blues artists. In some cases the songwriter was given list credit rather than the artist who may have been best known.
This is a wonderful collection of old blues songs originally recorded in the 30s, 40s, 50s and 60s. Formed in 2012 this group encourages and educates the female blues form. There are now new links above with which you can download ladies sing the blues version 2. She recalls a turbulent adolescence in harlem during the 1920s, the excitement of working in new york citys famous jazz clubs with the musicians who brought jazz to the forefront of american culture, and her own dazzling rise to the top. Once in a lifetime, complete performances by the great american blues and jazz divas. Jazz and blues is a 1993 live album by diana ross released on the motown label. Billie holidays bio, lady sings the blues, may be full of lies, but it. Next weekend, theodores will have a twonight run that could be called ladies sing the blues. In a memoir that is as poignant, lyrical, and dramatic as her legendary performances, billie holiday tells her own story.
Billie holiday lady sings the blues lyrics genius lyrics. Louisiana twins write viral song coronavirus blues twin sisters from louisiana are going viral after writing and recording corona virus blues, a song in which they lament not being able to. Great ladies of jazz, ella fitzgerald, billie holiday, lena horne, dinah washington, sarah vaughan, nina simone, abbey lincoln, shirley horn, traditional jazz. The group also helps local causes and nonprofit organizations. The jazz sexiest ladies series has impacted the musical scene around the world giving several success records mixing the greatest pop hits and the finest arranges and production in studio. Great ladies of jazz great female vocal jazz youtube. Nobody knows when youre down and out bessie smith 9. I know how it feels to be lonely morgana king cd only 8. We recently learned give me one reason tracy chapman which is a quick iv 12 bar format and i would like to find other low hanging fruit to add to our blues list that a female vocalist can fit into to.
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