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Patty Waters is an experimental jazz vocalist. Although she remained largely unknown after her 1960s recordings, she is more and more recognized as a vocal innovator whose influence extends beyond the jazz genre. Jazz is a musical art form that originated in New Orleans at around the start of the 20th century. ...
Jazz is a musical art form that originated in New Orleans at around the start of the 20th century. ...
Patty Waters was born in the 1940s in Iowa. She started singing semi-professionally in high school. After school she sang for the Jerry Gray Hotel Jazz Band. Her family moved to Denver where she started listening to Billie Holiday, whose life and singing had a profound influence on her. This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ...
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In the early 1960s she followed the recommendation of friends to move to New York. Albert Ayler heard her in a dining club and introduced her to Bernard Stollman, the owner of the experimental jazz label, ESP-Disk. Her most influential albums, Sings (1965) and College Tour (1966) were made for this label. Albert Ayler (July 13, 1936–November 1970) was an American jazz saxophonist, singer and composer. ...
ESP-Disk is a New York-based label, owned and operated by Bernard Stollman. ...
Her best known recording is a nearly 14 minute version of the traditional song "Black is the colour of my true love's hair" (from Sings), which is rendered in an intense, haunting, anguished wail.
In the late 1960s, she spent some time in Europe and then left the music world to bring up her son (born in 1969) in California. Almost 30 years later she recorded the album Love Songs in 1996 and began performing in public again. Official language(s) English Capital Sacramento Largest city Los Angeles Area Ranked 3rd - Total 158,302 sq mi (410,000 km²) - Width 250 miles (400 km) - Length 770 miles (1,240 km) - % water 4. ...
In 2004 she released You Thrill Me: A Musical Odyssey, a collection of rare and unissued recordings from the years 1962-1979.
ESP-Disk released both Sings and College Tour on a single CD (as The Complete ESP-Disk Recordings) in 2006.
Influence Yoko Ono, Diamanda Galas, and Patti Smith have each named Patty Waters as an influence. Yoko Ono Lennon (born February 18, 1933) is a Japanese musician and artist best known as the widow of John Lennon of The Beatles. ...
Diamanda Galás (born August 29, 1955) is an American-born avant garde performance artist, vocalist, and composer. ...
Patricia Lee (Patti) Smith (born December 30, 1946) is an American musician, singer, and poet. ...
Rock group Teenage Fanclub covered her song "Moon, don't come up tonight" and one of their songs is called "Patty Waters". Teenage Fanclub is a Scottish alternative rock band from Bellshill, near Glasgow, formed in 1989. ...
Thurston Moore of the band Sonic Youth is also an admirer. Thurston Joseph Moore (born July 25, 1958 in Coral Gables, Florida) is an American musician best known as a singer and guitarist for Sonic Youth. ...
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Discography - 1965 Sings [ESP-Disk]
- 1966 College Tour [ESP-Disk]
- 1996 Love Songs [Jazz Focus]
- 2004 You Thrill Me: A Musical Odyssey 1962-1979 [Water]
- 2006 The Complete ESP-Disk Recordings [ESP-Disk]
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