Terri Quaye
Theresa "Terri" Quaye (born November 8, 1940 in Bodmin ) is a British jazz musician ( vocals , piano , percussion ) and musicologist who also appears under the name Theresa Naa-Koshie .
Live and act
Quaye grew up in a musical family; her father is the singer Cab Kaye ; Finley Quaye is her younger brother. She first performed with her father's jazz band and has been independently active since 1962, initially in Ido Martin's Latin jazz band. They subsequently accompanied Colin Purbrook , Leon Cohen and Brian Lemon . Then she toured Germany as a conga player and singer with the band The Merrymakers ; in Berlin she had a long club stay and performed with Carmell Jones , Dave Pike and Leo Wright . In New York City she played in the Needle's Eye , accompanied by Harold Mabern , Richard Davis and Billy Higgins . She also performed at the Jazz Jamboree in Warsaw and festivals in Yugoslavia . She traveled to Ghana , where her paternal ancestors came from, and used the surname Naa-koshie for a while . As a percussionist, she recorded in 1971 with the Afro rock band Assagai , which also included Dudu Pukwana , Mongezi Feza and Louis Moholo . In 1972 she was in the United States, performed at the Needle's Eye jazz club and was involved in the recording of Archie Shepps album Cry of My People . In Back in London she was a member of various John Stevens bands ; She toured Germany with his band Amalgam , and in 1976 recorded the single Can't Explain with his group Away . She also worked with the afro jazz band Jabula , with Manu Dibango , Syvilla Fort , Junie Booth , Dr. John and Gary Windo . She performed alongside Betty Carter and Sharon Freeman at the Women's Jazz Festival in Rome . During the 1980s she taught and studied at the University of London ethnomusicology (Master 1988). Since the 1990s she has mostly appeared as a soloist (piano / vocals), for example on cruises.
Discographic notes
- Amalgam Innovation (1974, with Trevor Watts , Keith Tippett , Kent Carter , Lindsay L. Cooper, John Stevens)
- Jabula Afrika Awake (1978)
- A Place I Know (2009)
Lexigraphic entry
- Valerie Wilmer : Terri Quaye. In: New Grove Dictionary of Jazz
Web links
- Terri Quaye at Discogs (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ You were active there as a musician. See BBC: London's jazz legends
- ^ New York Magazine September 18, 1972
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Quaye, Terri |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Quaye, Theresa; Naa-Koshie, Theresa |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British jazz musician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 8, 1940 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Bodmin |