Ann Burton
Ann Burton (actually Johanna Rafalowicz , born March 4, 1933 in Amsterdam ; † November 29, 1989 ibid) was a Dutch jazz singer .
Live and act
Burton began her musical career as a singer in a quintet in Luxembourg. On her return to the Netherlands she sang jazz music with the trio of Frans Elsen , with whom she recorded an EP in 1965 . She later became a member of Ramses Shaffy's group Shaffy Chantant .
In the late 1960s, the producer John J. Vis became aware of them. He produced the album Blue Burton with the hitherto unknown singer in 1967 , on which she was accompanied by Louis van Dijk's band, and with which she suddenly became known in the Netherlands. In 1969 she was awarded the Edison , the most important award in the Dutch record industry, for the album . In collaboration with Vis, the following albums Ballads & Burton (1969) and Ann Burton Sings for Lovers and Other Strangers (1972) were released.
In 1973 Burton went to Japan, where she became the most popular jazz singer after Ella Fitzgerald . She recorded several albums in Tokyo and worked in New York since the late 1970s. In 1989 she died after a long illness.
Selection discography
- Blue Burton , with Louis van Dijk, Jacques Schols , John Engels , Piet Noordijk , 1967
- Ballads & Burton , 1969
- Ann Burton Sings for Lovers and Other Strangers , with Rob Madna , Rob Franken , Wim Overgaauw , Ruud Jacobs, Louis Debij, 1972
- Misty Burton , with Kunimitsu Inaba , Ken McCarthy , Hiroshi Murakami , 1973
- By Myself Alone , with Masahiko Sato , 1974
- Burton for Certain with Kunimitsu Inaba , Ken McCarthy, Toshio Ohsumi , 1977
- Rainy Days and Mondays with Kunimitsu Inaba, Ken McCarthy, Toshio Ohsumi, 1977
- Skylark with Frans Elsen, Kunimitsu Inaba, Victor Kaihatu , Ken McCarthy, Tetsujiroh Obara , 1977, 1980
- Live in Japan with Ken McCarthy, 1977
- New York State of Mind with Grady Tate , Buster Williams , 1979
- It Might As Well Be Love , 1984
- Everything Happens , 1988
- Ann Burton & Mark Murphy Meet the Rob Agerbeek Trio That's all , 2004 (rec. 1987), with Harry Emmery , Frits Landesbergen
literature
- Anneke Muller, Ann Burton. Herinneringen aan een Nederlandse jazz-zangeres , 1999 ISBN 90-5429-129-X
Web link
- Ann Burton at Discogs (English)
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Burton, Ann |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Rafalowicz, Johanna (real name) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Dutch jazz singer |
DATE OF BIRTH | March 4, 1933 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Amsterdam |
DATE OF DEATH | November 29, 1989 |
Place of death | Amsterdam |