B. Glenn-Copeland

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B. Glenn-Copeland (* 1944 in Philadelphia ) is an American- Canadian singer-songwriter and film composer who moves stylistically between jazz , folk , blues and pop music and at times performed under the name Phynix .

Live and act

Glenn-Copeland comes from a musical family; he first took classical piano lessons before studying classical music at McGill University . He recorded his self-titled debut album with his own song material in the late 1960s, which appeared on a small label in 1970; his backing band played Dough Bush , Don Thompson , Terry Clark , Lenny Breau , Jeremy Steig and Doug Riley . Produced by the latter, he released the single Together for Us All / Color of Anyhow (GRT) in 1971 . In 1983 the EP At Last! (Atlas Records); 1986 his last album, the solo production Keyboard Fantasies , stylistically settled in the ambient and new age genre. Some of his songs, such as "Burn" or "Laughter" were of Bruce Cockburn gecovert , with whom he collaborated.

In later years Glenn-Copeland was also active as a film composer , playwright and singer-songwriter in the field of children's music and television; u. a. he wrote songs for the TV series Sesame Street and appeared in the 1978 children's series Mr. Dressup . After a gender reassignment , Glenn-Copeland worked under the pseudonym Phynix , in the 2010s under B. Glenn-Copeland in Toronto.

Glenn-Copeland's style of singing moves fluidly between popular and “serious” music; also with his lyrics he created a mixture of art song and popular ballad , based on Joni Mitchell and Leonard Cohen . The critic of the Cahiers de la femme wrote euphorically in 1978:

No one who has seen or heard Beverly Glenn-Copeland forgets her. Nobody confuses her with any other musician. Watching and listening, not just because their music isn't enough on its own, but because their presence and personal energy are so much more. She is black, she is female, a passionate feminist , practicing Buddhist, a US emigrant. Her appearance and surprising personality is at least as unique as her music - which is not [just] jazz, folk, blues, classical.

Filmography

  • 1974: Montreal Main (Frank Vitale) (composer)
  • 1978: Mr. Dressup (musician)
  • 1979: Sea Dream (composer)
  • 1991–93: Shining Time Station (TV series) (musician)

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Doug Riley judged the singer: Her music wasn't the most saleable commodity but all I cared about then was what turned me on musically, and Beverly definitely turned me on. Quoted from Coda Magazine, issues 319-324, J. Norris, 2005, p. 15
  2. ↑ Beverly Glenn-Copeland at Resident Advisor
  3. ↑ Thomas Waugh: Montreal Main: A Queer Film Classic .
  4. ↑ Homer Hogan, Dorothy Hogan: Listen! Songs and poems of Canada. 1972, p. 75
  5. ^ Cahiers de la Femme, Centennial College, 1978, p. 60
personal data
SURNAME Glenn-Copeland, B.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Glenn-Copeland, Beverly (full name); Phynix
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American-Canadian singer-songwriter and film composer
DATE OF BIRTH 1944
PLACE OF BIRTH Philadelphia