Honi Gordon
Honi Gordon , also Honey Gordon is an American jazz singer who is best known for her collaboration with Charles Mingus .
Live and act
Honi Gordon appeared as a singer in the jazz scene when she participated in the 1953 vocal ensemble The Gordons on recordings of Charles Mingus' jazz workshop for his label Debut . The Gordons included their brothers Richard and George Jr and their father George Gordon Sr. In the session led by Hank Jones , with Honi Gordon as lead singer, the titles "Cupid" and "Can You Blame Me" were created. In early 1954 the ensemble made recordings for Columbia a . a. with Al Cohn , Ernie Royal , Urbie Green and Curly Russell , 1956 with Lionel Hamptons Orchestra and 1957 with the Dizzy Gillespie / Stuff Smith band for Verve ("Oh Lady, Be Good").
In early 1959 she worked on Eddie Jefferson's album The Jazz Singer as a guest. In November 1959, as part of the Mingus session for his Columbia album Mingus Dynasty, her best-known song "Strollin", which her father George and Mingus had written for her, was created; the title was not included in the original LP at the time. In 1961, Gordon worked again with Eddie Jefferson; in March 1962 she had the first opportunity to record an album under her own name. In the studio of Rudy Van Gelder was with Makanda Ken McIntyre , Wally Richardson , Jaki Byard , George Duvivier and Ed Shaughnessy , the Prestige album Honi Gordon Sings . In addition to the well-known "Cupid" and "Strollin '" it contained u. a. "Walkin 'Out the Door" by Mary Lou Williams , the Harold Arlen standard "Ill Wind" and two tracks by her father George Gordon, "Love Affair" and "My Kokomo".
In 1963 she worked with the Gordon Singers on Mary Lou Williams' album Black Christ of the Andes . In 1967 she appeared in New York's Carnegie Hall in the Williams concert program Praise The Lord In Many Voices with the song "Our Father". In January 1972 she was involved in another Mary Lou Williams mass ("Mary Lou's Mass"), in February she made a guest appearance at the Charles Mingus concert in the Philharmonic Hall with her song "Strollin '"; the recordings later appeared under the title Charles Mingus and Friends in Concert . She also sang the Mingus compositions " Portrait " and " Eclipse " in the concert . In October 1973 Mingus worked for the last time when Mingus Moves sang the title "Moves" with Doug Hammond on his album .
In later years, the singer did not make any further recordings, but still appears occasionally, for example in 2007 at a memorial mass for Mary Lou Williams.
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- Bielefeld catalog 1988 & 2002
- Richard Cook , Brian Morton : The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings . 8th edition. Penguin, London 2006, ISBN 0-14-102327-9 .
- Leonard Feather , Ira Gitler : The Biographical Encyclopedia of Jazz. Oxford University Press, New York 1999, ISBN 0-19-532000-X .
Individual evidence
Web links
- Discographic references at Jazzdiscography.com
- Review of their album Honi Gordon Sings by Scott Yanow
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Gordon, Honi |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Gordon, honey |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American jazz singer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 20th century |