Esther Bigeou

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Esther Bigeou (* around 1895 in New Orleans ; † around 1936 there) was an American vaudeville and blues singer.

Live and act

Esther Bigeou was a cousin of jazz drummer Paul Barbarin , with whom she performed in New Orleans from adolescence and in the 1920s. She became known as the singer in the music revue Broadway Rastus , which was performed in Philadelphia and in 1917 in New York. After Mamie Smith's success with her Crazy Blues record , Bigeou was given the opportunity in 1921 to record some blues titles, such as the St. Louis Blues or Memphis Blues , for OKeh Records . In March 1923, further recordings were made with the Rickett's Stars as a backing band ( Aggravatin 'Papa (Don't You Try to Two-time Me) , OK 8053); in December 1923 she was accompanied by Armand J. Piron's New Orleans Orchestra ( West Indies Blues ) and by the pianist Clarence Williams . She also worked as a songwriter, she wrote a. a. Panama Limited Blues to the music of Maceo Pinkard . She toured in the 1920s, but then left the music business and returned to her hometown around 1930.

In her style of singing, Bigeou is more a vaudeville than a pure blues and jazz singer . She was temporarily married to the vaudeville comedian and theater producer Irvin (g) Miller (1884-1967).

Discographic notes

  • Complete Recorded Works 1921–1923 (Document)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Nat Shapiro , Bruce Pollock: Popular Music: 1920–1929 . 1969.
  2. ^ Bernard L. Peterson: Profiles of African American Stage Performers and Theater People, 1816-1960 , p. 181.
personal data
SURNAME Bigeou, Esther
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American vaudeville and blues singer
DATE OF BIRTH around 1895
PLACE OF BIRTH New Orleans
DATE OF DEATH around 1936
Place of death New Orleans