Lovie Austin
One of the first important female bandleaders in jazz, Lovie Austin deserves to be much better known. After studying music in college, she toured on the vaudeville circuit, settling in Chicago in 1923. During 1924-1926, she recorded frequently with her Blues Serenaders, a group that at various times had Tommy Ladnier, Bob Shoffner, Natty Dominique, or Shirley Clay on cornet; Kid Ory or Albert Wynn on trombone; and Jimmy O'Bryant or Johnny Dodds on clarinet, along with banjo and occasional drums. Fortunately, a Classics CD has collected all of those recordings. Austin (as house pianist for Paramount) also backed many blues singers (including Ida Cox, Ma Rainey, and Alberta Hunter). But after 1926, her recording activity largely came to a halt. Austin worked for 20 years as the musical director for the Monogram Theatre and later on as a pianist at a dancing school, only returning to record in 1961 as part of Riverside's Living Legends series. Although mostly an ensemble pianist, Lovie Austin was a skilled arranger.
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Discographie
8 album(s) • Trié par Meilleures ventes
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Complete Jazz Series 1924 - 1926
Jazz - Paru chez Complete Jazz Series le 15 oct. 2008
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Mother Of The Blues, CD A
Ma Rainey, Tommy Ladnier, Lovie Austin
Blues - Paru chez jsp le 1 juin 1965
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Lovie Austin Selected Favorites
Jazz - Paru chez Charly Records le 21 mars 2011
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Lovie Austin's Skeeg-A-Lee Blues
Jazz - Paru chez Charly Records le 25 juin 2006
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Lovie Austin Selected Favorites
Jazz - Paru chez Charly Records le 21 mars 2011
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1924-1926 (HD Remastered)
Jazz vocal - Paru chez Reborn recordings le 15 avr. 2019
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Milestones of Legends: Female Blues Singers, Vol. 4
Alberta Hunter, Lucille Hegamin, Victoria Spivey, Lovie Austin, Lovie Austin Blues Serenaders
Blues - Paru chez Intense Media GmbH le 18 mars 2018
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo