Martha Veléz
Martha Carmen Josephine Rosario Hernández de Velez ( born August 25, 1945 in New York City ) is an American singer and actress of Puerto Rican descent. She has also performed under the name Martha Velez or Martha Velez- Johnson.
Life
Velez began singing at the age of five years. When she was twelve years old she got a scholarship to study opera. Three years later she moved to the High School of Performing Arts in New York City. Your voice is mezzo- soprano. Furthermore, she made her Masters in Clinical Psychology at Antioch University and his PhD at Pacifica Graduate Institute near Santa Barbara (California ) in cultural mythology and depth psychology.
Her musical career started Veléz as a singer in the folk group The Gaslight Singers. In 1969 she released her first solo album Fiends and Angels at Sire Records, which was created in collaboration with Eric Clapton and Al Anderson. In May 1975 Veléz worked in Jamaica with Bob Marley in order to record the song Stir It Up. Your own producer had asked for this arrangement Marley. Marley was impressed by her voice and took with Lee " Scratch" Perry, his producer, Velez ' next album Escape From Babylon. On the album two Marley covers ( Bend Down Low, Get Up, Stand Up ) and a joint composition of Marley and Velez ( Disco Night ) are represented.
Veléz released two more albums, American Heart Beat and Angels Of The Future Past, before moving into the film industry and in several films and television series had supporting roles and cameos. In 1997, she played in 187 - A deadly number next to Samuel L. Jackson.
Velez is married with trumpeter Keith Johnson. Their son, Taj Johnson is a regular in the series Parker Lewis - to see not Lose the school as Frank Lemmer. Her brother is the drummer Gerardo Velez, who has worked with stars such as Jimi Hendrix and Van Morrison.