June Tyson

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June Tyson (born February 5, 1936 in Albemarle (North Carolina) , † November 24, 1992 in Philadelphia ) was an American singer of free and avant-garde jazz .

Life

Tyson first worked as a songwriter for Lord Alan & Sir Richard ( Little Things ). Since 1968 she sang with the band of Sun Ra . Since 1972 she has performed regularly with the latter's Arkestra and is also involved in most of the ensemble's recordings until her death. She became a kind of “ambassador to the public”; this also meant that her singing parts in live performances became longer and longer. She also played the violin on the late recordings. The talented avant-garde singer appeared almost exclusively in the context of Sun Ra, heard for example on the album Strange Celestial Road (1987). She died of breast cancer . The tape Voice of the Galaxies, Volume One was only released posthumously in 1996 under her name, and in 2019 the compilation album Saturnian Queen of the Sun Ra Orchestra .

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ American National Biography, Volume 21, p. 156
  2. ↑ See John Szwed Space Is the Place Payback Press 1997, pp. 249-250
  3. ^ Todd S. Jenkins Free Jazz and Free Improvisation. To Encyclopedia , Volume 2, p. 332
  4. ^ Scott Yanow The Jazz Singers: The Ultimate Guide , p. XIV
  5. ↑ John Corbett Extended Play: Sounding Off from John Cage to Dr. Funkenstein , p. 167
personal data
SURNAME Tyson, June
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American singer of free and avant-garde jazz
DATE OF BIRTH February 5, 1936
PLACE OF BIRTH Albemarle, North Carolina
DATE OF DEATH November 24, 1992
Place of death Philadelphia