Jane Feather

[epistrophy007]

Just have listened to OP's Sextet date. The number 'Rhumblues' being credited to Jane Feather, I was wondering was she a musician herself?!?

Makes me also think about musicians who took their wives to recordingsessions to let them participate in the fun (just for once). Like Mrs. Waldron on one of his earliest albums (she wrote the beautifull 'All About Us' on his Champs Elysées album)or Sue Ryan (Mrs Ralph Sharon),...I wonder what became of them...

But let's start with Jane Feather!

j.

[Ted O'Reilly]

  On 4/12/2010 at 9:38 PM, epistrophy007 said:

Just have listened to OP's Sextet date. The number 'Rhumblues' being credited to Jane Feather, I was wondering was she a musician herself?!?

Makes me also think about musicians who took their wives to recordingsessions to let them participate in the fun (just for once). Like Mrs. Waldron on one of his earliest albums (she wrote the beautifull 'All About Us' on his Champs Elysées album)or Sue Ryan (Mrs Ralph Sharon),...I wonder what became of them...

But let's start with Jane Feather!

j.

Define "OP". Oscar Pettiford? Oscar Peterson? Other Person?

[Christiern]

She was the wife of Leonard and I think she dabbled, but he may have put her name on something he cribbed, for tax purposes.

OP....Oyl Popeye?

Edited April 12, 2010 by Christiern

[JSngry]

OPP?

[epistrophy007]

  On 4/12/2010 at 9:51 PM, Ted O said:

  On 4/12/2010 at 9:38 PM, epistrophy007 said:

Just have listened to OP's Sextet date. The number 'Rhumblues' being credited to Jane Feather, I was wondering was she a musician herself?!?

Makes me also think about musicians who took their wives to recordingsessions to let them participate in the fun (just for once). Like Mrs. Waldron on one of his earliest albums (she wrote the beautifull 'All About Us' on his Champs Elysées album)or Sue Ryan (Mrs Ralph Sharon),...I wonder what became of them...

But let's start with Jane Feather!

j.

Define "OP". Oscar Pettiford? Oscar Peterson? Other Person?

OOPSY

Completly my fault...I ment Oscar Pettiford of course (is there a Peterson sextet date?)

I thought that this 'abbreviation' of Oscar Pettiford was common thinking of Jon Hendrick's lyrics to 'In Walked Bud'; 'Dizzy he was screaming, next to O.P. who was beaming,...

j.

[ValerieB]

I believe Jane Feather was a big-band singer when Leonard met her.

[epistrophy007]

  On 4/13/2010 at 8:37 PM, ValerieB said:

I believe Jane Feather was a big-band singer when Leonard met her.

with recordings?

[bichos]

her name was jane leslie larrabee. she came from minneapolis and was a friend of peggy lee.

look here:

http://www.leonardfeather.com/feather_17.html

and here (if the link works):

http://books.google.de/books?id=X3zL9ZGtppgC&pg=PA14&lpg=PA14&dq=jane+leslie+larrabee&source=bl&ots=z4TJeY4GRe&sig=7o02YPjySLMc9rJ81fS-pdNx_Ec&hl=de&ei=PbvIS7uMDZKMOKrh8JgN&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=2&ved=0CA0Q6AEwAQ#v=onepage&q=jane%20leslie%20larrabee&f=false

keep boppin´

marcel