Rebecca Parris
Rebecca Parris (born December 28, 1951 in Newton , Massachusetts , † June 17, 2018 ) was an American jazz singer .
Live and act
Parris is the daughter of two music teachers. She began singing at an early age (with musical performances at summer theaters with her father from the age of six), studied at the Boston Conservatory, sang pop in cover bands for around ten years and turned to jazz in the early 1980s . Her role models were Sarah Vaughn and Carmen McRae , whom she also knew personally and with whom, in her own words, she had a friendly student-teacher relationship. She lived in the Boston area ( Duxbury (Massachusetts) ) and won the Boston Music Awards nine times, which earned her the nickname of the First Lady of Boston Jazz . She performed at international jazz festivals like thatMonterey Jazz Festival (1990, 1995), the North Sea Jazz Festival and the Oslo Jazz Festival .
She sang with various big bands and performed with Dizzy Gillespie , Count Basie , Wynton Marsalis , Buddy Rich , Woody Herman , Terry Gibbs , Bill Cunliffe , Nat Pierce , Red Mitchell , David Fathead Newman , Gerry Wiggins , Andy Simpkins and Buster Cooper , among others on.
She released several albums under her own name from the 1980s and gave courses in jazz singing.
Discography
- 1985 Live at Chan’s (Shira)
- 1991 Love Comes and Goes (Entertainment Exclusives)
- 1993 Spring (Music Masters)
- 1994 It's Another Day ( GRP Records , with Gary Burton )
- 1995 A Beautiful Friendship (Altenburgh, with the Kenny Hadley Big Band)
- 1997 Passionate Fling (Shira)
- 2001 My Foolish Heart (Koch Jazz)
- 2002 The Secret of Christmas (Shira)
- 2007 You Don't Know Me (Saying It With Jazz)
- 2007 Double Rainbow (Shira)
Web links
- Rebecca Parris at Allmusic (English)
- Rebecca Parris at Discogs (English)
- Biography at NPR
- Official website
Individual evidence
- ↑ Rebecca Parris, 66, jazz singer of uncommon range and emotional depth. Boston Globe , June 19, 2018, accessed June 19, 2018 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Parris, Rebecca |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American jazz singer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 28, 1951 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Newton (Massachusetts) |
| DATE OF DEATH | 17th June 2018 |