Betty O'Hara

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Betty O'Hara (born May 24, 1925 in Earl Park , Benton County , † April 18, 2000 in Los Angeles ) was an American studio and jazz musician ( trombone , trumpet , flugelhorn , vocals , bass trumpet , valve trombone , Baritone horn , double bell euphonium ).

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O'Hara started playing the trumpet at the age of nine and was largely self-taught . Her musical career began after high school when she toured the American Midwest with a women's band led by Freddie Shafer on behalf of the USO Midwest. In 1947 she became a member of Al Gentile's Bigband in Connecticut, where she played trumpet and valve trombone, wrote arrangements and sang. She then worked as an orchestral musician in Hartford, Connecticut , before moving to Southern California in 1960 with her husband, bass trombonist Barrett O'Hara. There she worked as a studio musician for film and television soundtracks and television shows such as Hill Street Blues and Magnum PI. In the late 1970s she was a member of the big band Maiden Voyage , with whom she also appeared with Johnny Carson , and was a co-founder of the female jazz quintet in the early 1980s The Jazzbirds , of which Stacy Rowles was a member. She guested u. a. also at the Monterey Jazz Festival and regularly at the Los Angeles Classic Jazz Festival . O'Hara suffered two strokes after 1998 that ended her career. In the field of jazz she was involved in 15 recording sessions between 1968 and 1998. a. with Bud Freeman , Lenny Carlson , Rick Fay , John Allred and most recently with Dick Cary

Stylistically, O'Hara moved between Dixieland , Swing , Bop and Hardbop in her own productions . Leonard Feather praised her skills as a brass player ( if it has valves, Betty O'Hara will play it ) and described her as a gently melodic player and singer with personal charm.

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  1. ↑ a b c Obituary in the Los Angeles Times
  2. ↑ - ( Memento of the original from December 27, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / myiwbc.org
  3. ↑ Tom Lord : The Jazz Discography (online, accessed December 21, 2014)
  4. ↑ http://www.allmusic.com/album/womans-intuition-mw0000570506
personal data
SURNAME O'Hara, Betty
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American jazz musician
DATE OF BIRTH May 24, 1925
PLACE OF BIRTH Earl Park , Benton County
DATE OF DEATH April 18, 2000
Place of death los Angeles