Frank Minion

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Frank Minion (* 3. January 1929 in Baltimore ) is an American jazz singer of vocalese .

Live and act

Minion, who incorporated rhythm and blues and reggae influences in his singing , covered the jazz standards How High the Moon and Sweet Lorraine in 1954 , accompanied by Lou Bennett (p, org), Glenn Brooks (git) and Phil Harris (kb) and published on Apollo Records . After signing a record deal with RCA Victor in April 1956 , he released the single Please Send Her Back to Me / How Much Land on the RCA sub-label Vik. In September 1958 he recorded the LP The Forward Sound for Bethlehem Records .

In 1960 Minion released his second (and last) album The Soft Land of Make Believe on Bethlehem, on which he a. a. was accompanied by Roland Alexander , Tommy Flanagan , George Tucker , Dannie Richmond and Bill Evans and which included vocal versions of the Miles-Davis titles Flamenco Sketches , 'Round Midnight and So What . During this time, Minion performed with Evans, Miles Davis, Paul Chambers and Jimmy Cobb at the Birdland jazz club in New York . His best-known songs include Introduction to Black Opium Street, How Much Land (Does A Man Need) (Vik, 1956, with Howard Biggs and His Orchestra) and Watermelon (1960), as well as a cover version of the Cole Porter classic Night and Day . In the field of jazz he was involved in seven recording sessions between 1954 and 1960. Minion wrote the song The Not I Met to Angel . There are no further recordings of the singer from later years.

Discographic notes

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Billboard, July 3, 1954, p. 24
  2. ^ Billboard - Apr. 21, 1956 - page 55
  3. ^ Billboard - Aug. 18, 1956 - page 66
  4. ^ Peter Pettinger Bill Evans: How My Heart Sings , 2002 - page 97
  5. ^ Billboard, October 17, 1960, p. 3
  6. ↑ Tom Lord : The Jazz Discography (online, accessed July 9, 2014)
  7. ^ Library of Congress: Catalog of Copyright Entries, Copyright Office . US Government Printing Office, 1960
personal data
SURNAME Minion, Frank
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American vocalese jazz singer
DATE OF BIRTH January 3, 1929
PLACE OF BIRTH Baltimore