epistrophy007 Posted December 28, 2011 Report Posted December 28, 2011 Barbara Lea has died last night... Quote
JSngry Posted December 28, 2011 Report Posted December 28, 2011 2012 is coming a bit early this year... Quote
Pete C Posted December 29, 2011 Report Posted December 29, 2011 (edited) Great singer and a really nice lady. She was a friend and teacher of a good friend of mine. Lee Wiley was her greatest influence. I saw her a bunch of times, but the best was a Hoagy's Children reunion with Bob Dorough and Dick Sudhalter. As a singer and as a person she was the quintessence of class. Sweet & Slow, 1984 Barbara reminisces about Lee Wiley: Edited December 29, 2011 by Pete C Quote
brownie Posted December 29, 2011 Report Posted December 29, 2011 A vastly underrated singer! Met her at the Irridium club when she showed up at a Bob Dorough gig last time I was in New York (2005?). A very gracious lady and impeccable performer! The two albums she recorded for Prestige are pure gems! Quote
sidewinder Posted December 29, 2011 Report Posted December 29, 2011 Yes, those two Prestige albums are very good indeed. Sad news, she was a class act. RIP. Quote
HolgerFreimutSchrick Posted December 29, 2011 Report Posted December 29, 2011 RIP, Barbara http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbara_Lea Quote
king ubu Posted December 29, 2011 Report Posted December 29, 2011 r.i.p. Barbara Lea Love the two Prestige albums, too! Either there's more than they contain or the discographies make a mess there... not sure, don't have any of the stuff at hand right now... or was there even a third LP? Also, why is the harp player given for the one (great) track on the one album but then is given as unknown on the other one, when the harp tracks seem to stem from the same date? Quote
EKE BBB Posted December 29, 2011 Report Posted December 29, 2011 r.i.p. Barbara Lea Love the two Prestige albums, too! Either there's more than they contain or the discographies make a mess there... not sure, don't have any of the stuff at hand right now... or was there even a third LP? Also, why is the harp player given for the one (great) track on the one album but then is given as unknown on the other one, when the harp tracks seem to stem from the same date? ubu, check Jeanie Wilson's discography at Mike Fitzgerald's Jazz Discography website: Barbara Lea Discography Quote
king ubu Posted December 29, 2011 Report Posted December 29, 2011 Oh, thanks! Wasn't aware of that! Quote
EKE BBB Posted December 29, 2011 Report Posted December 29, 2011 Jazz Lives tribute to Barbara Lea Quote
Pete C Posted January 2, 2012 Report Posted January 2, 2012 ubu, check Jeanie Wilson's discography at Mike Fitzgerald's Jazz Discography website: Barbara Lea Discography I had forgotten that she went 20 years between recordings. I discovered her through Whitney Balliet's book, and when I told her that she couldn't say enough about how important that book was to her career. The funny thing is, my friend knew her for some years before Barbara told her she was a singer! Quote
Pete C Posted January 2, 2012 Report Posted January 2, 2012 Wow! Look at this: http://jazzlives.wordpress.com/2011/12/31/imagine-this-2/ Quote
ValerieB Posted January 2, 2012 Report Posted January 2, 2012 i remember hearing about Frankie Newton from my childhood in Boston. Quote
brownie Posted January 2, 2012 Report Posted January 2, 2012 Obituary in The New York Times today. Quote
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