Yolande Bavan
Yolande Bavan (born June 1, 1940 in Ceylon ) is a Sri Lankan American jazz singer and actress. She was a member of Lambert, Hendricks & Bavan from 1962 to 1964 .
Life
Yolande Bavan comes from today's Sri Lanka and toured Australia and Asia with Graeme Bell's band at the beginning of her career . She became known when she replaced Annie Ross in the vocal group Lambert, Hendricks & Ross . Bavan recorded three live albums with the ensemble, which now operated under the group name Lambert, Hendricks & Bavan . After appearing at the Newport Jazz Festival and The Village Gate jazz club in 1963, Bavan and Dave Lambert left the group the following year. In 1969 they recorded an album together with Peter Ivers for Epic , Knight of the Blue Communion . She can be heard as a singer on the early 1972 Weather Report album, I Sing the Body Electric .
As early as 1963, she began a second career as an actress when she starred in an episode of the TV series The Indian Tales of Rudyard Kipling . Then she appeared in various musicals and plays such as Salvation .
As an actress, she has appeared in films such as Bernarda Albas Haus (1984), Abschiedsblicke (1986), Familiensache (1998), The 13th Warrior (1999) and Cosmopolitan (2003).
Discographic notes
- Live at Basin Street (RCA, 1962)
- At Newport '63 (RCA, 1963)
- Havin 'a Ball at The Village Gate (RCA, 1963)
literature
- Richard Cook , Brian Morton : The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings . 9th edition. Penguin, London 2008, ISBN 978-0-14-103401-0 .
- Will Friedwald: Swinging Voices of America - A Compendium of Great Voices . Hannibal, St. Andrä-Wölker 1992, ISBN 3-85445-075-3 .
Web links
- Yolande Bavan at Allmusic
- Yolande Bavan in the Internet Movie Database (English)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Bavan, Yolande |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American jazz singer and actress |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 1, 1940 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Ceylon |