Natalie Lamb

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Natalie Lamb (born Natalie Elston , actually Natalie Paine ; born November 10, 1932 in New York ; † October 7, 2016 ) was an American blues and jazz singer .

Live and act

Lamb attended Hunter College and then graduated from Columbia University with a degree in education , which she graduated with a PhD. She worked in the New York public school system for the next thirty years. In addition, she first appeared as a folk singer before dealing with classic blues singing under the impression of an album by Odetta . She performed with Sammy Price in 1965 , and in the following years with various blues and old-time jazz bands such as the Red Onion Jazz Band (recorded live in 1969 from New York Town Hall) and the Peruna Jazzmen . In 1973 the live album Natalie Lamb Wails the Blues was created . a. was accompanied by Kenny Davern and Art Hodes . She also recorded with Wild Bill Davison ( Jazz Hayloft Style, Volumes 1 & 2 , 1974, including Slide Harris , Tommy Gwaltney , Dick Wellstood ) and Claude Hopkins ( Sophisticated Swing , 1974). In 1979 the first recordings were made for the album Nathalie Lamb / Sammy Price and the Blues (with Doc Cheatham ), followed by Jazz of The Connecticut Traditional Jazz Club (1982) and lastly around 1998 Blues' Round the Clock . She has also made guest appearances at European trad jazz festivals. In the field of jazz , Lamb was involved in 20 recording sessions between 1969 and 1999. Most recently she lived in Philmont (New York) and Annapolis.

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Individual evidence

  1. a b Nathalie Paine obituary. October 15, 2016, accessed October 15, 2016 .
  2. Tom Lord : The Jazz Discography (online, accessed October 15, 2016)