Ann Burton

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Ann Burton, 1961
Boudewijn de Groot and Ann Burton (1966)

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

literature

  • Anneke Muller, Ann Burton. Herinneringen aan een Nederlandse jazz-zangeres , 1999 ISBN 90-5429-129-X

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