Patty Waters
Patty Waters (* 11. March 1946 in Iowa ) is an American singer of modern jazz .
Live and act
Waters, who grew up with her parents on a dairy farm in Iowa, began to sing semi-professionally in high school and initially toured regionally with the Jerry Gray Hotel Jazz Band . In 1964 she moved to New York City , where Albert Ayler initiated that she could release two records on the free jazz label ESP-Disk , Sings (1965) and College Tour (1966). Her 14-minute free interpretation of the folk song "Black Is the Color of My True Love's Hair" (from Sings ) was particularly sensational . With the band of Marzette Watts she recorded Ornette Coleman's Lonely Woman . There she not only appeared in the avant-garde circles, but also with Bill Evans in the Village Vanguard , with Chick Corea , with John Hicks , with Jaki Byard , Roland Hanna , Ben Webster and Charles Mingus . In 1968 she toured Europe.
In 1969 she left the jazz scene and moved to Mill Valley , California, where she made her way as a cashier to raise her (and Clifford Jarvis ') son. She only performed occasionally with Art Lande , Steve Swallow and Elliott Zigmund . It was not until 1996 that she took up an album with the pianist Jessica Williams , which she dedicated to Billie Holiday . In 1999 she was invited to the Monterey Jazz Festival . With Burton Greene , with whom she recorded her early records, she performed at the Visions Festival in 2003 , but also in Europe, where she performed with Henry Grimes in 2006 and with Burton Greene and Tjitze Vogel in 2017 .
effect
Yoko Ono , Diamanda Galás and Patti Smith cited Patty Waters as a major influence. The rock band Telstar Ponies covered their song "Moon, Don't Come Up Tonight" and called one of their own songs "Patty Waters".
Discographic notes
- 1965 Sings (ESP disk)
- 1966 College Tour (ESP-Disk, both albums now on CD The Complete ESP-Disk Recordings )
- 1996 Love Songs ( Jazz Focus )
- 2005 Happiness Is a Thing Called Joe: Live in San Francisco 2002 (DBK Works)
Web links
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Waters, Patty |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American jazz singer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 11, 1946 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Iowa |