René Marie
René Marie (born November 7, 1955 in Virginia ) is an American jazz singer .
René Marie had piano lessons as a child; as a teenager she sang in a band. But it was only after raising her children that she began a career as a professional singer at the age of 41. It started out once a week in a hotel; In 1997 her first album was released on the Maxjazz label. Between 2000 and 2004 she recorded four more albums for the label, including such sensational albums as How Can I Keep from Singing? or Vertigo , on which guest musicians such as Mulgrew Miller , Chris Potter , Robert Hurst , Jeff "Tain" Watts and John Hart participated.
Richard Cook and Brian Morton describe the 2001 Bruce Barth production Vertigo as sensational and raise their interpretations of jazz standards such as “ Strange Fruit ”, “Surrey with the Fringe on Top”, “Them There Eyes”, “ Blackbird ” or "I Only Have Eyes for You".
Discographic notes
- How Can I Keep from Singing? (Maxjazz, 2000)
- Vertigo (Maxjazz, 2001)
- Live at Jazz Standard (Maxjazz, 2002)
- Serene Renegade (Maxjazz, 2004)
- Experiment In Truth (2007)
- Voice of My Beautiful Country (2011)
- Black Lace Freudian Slip (Motema Music, 2011)
- I Wanna Be Evil (With Love to Eartha Kitt ) (Motéma Music, 2013)
Lexical entries
- Richard Cook & Brian Morton: The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings , London, Penguin, 2008 ISBN 978-0141034010 (9th edition)
Web links
- Web presence with extensive discography
- René Marie in All About Jazz
- Discographic information from Maxjazz Records
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Marie, René |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American jazz singer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 7, 1955 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Virginia |