Ann Burton
Ann Burton (actually Rafalowicz Johanna, born March 4, 1933, Amsterdam, † November 29, 1989 ibid ) was a Dutch jazz singer.
Life and work
Burton began her musical career as a singer of quintet in Luxembourg. Upon her return to the Netherlands she sang jazz with the trio of Frans Elsen, with whom she recorded an EP in 1965. Later she became a member of Ramses Shaffys group Shaffy Chantant.
In the late 1960s, the producer John J. Vis became aware of them. He produced with the hitherto little-known singer 1967, the album Blue Burton on which she was accompanied by Louis van Dijk's band, and with whom she was known in the Netherlands abruptly. In 1969 she was awarded for the album with the Edison, the most important award of the Dutch record industry. In collaboration with Vis also released the following albums Ballads & Burton (1969) and Ann Burton Sings for Lovers and Other Strangers (1972).
1973 Burton went to Japan, where it became the most popular jazz singer Ella Fitzgerald. She took in Tokyo on several albums and worked in New York since the late 1970s. In 1989, she died after a long illness.
Selection Discography
- Blue Burton, with Louis van Dijk, Jacques Schols, John Engels, Piet Noordijk, 1967
- Ballads & Burton, 1969
- Ann Burton Sings for Lovers and Other Strangers, with Rob Madna, Rob Franken, Wim Overgaauw, Ruud Jacobs, Louis Debij, 1972
- Misty Burton, with Kunimitsu Inaba, Ken McCarthy, Hiroshi Murakami, 1973
- By Myself Alone, with Masahiko Sato, 1974
- Burton for Certain with Kunimitsu Inaba, Ken McCarthy, Toshio Ohsumi, 1977
- Rainy Days and Mondays with Kunimitsu Inaba, Ken McCarthy, Toshio Ohsumi, 1977
- Skylark with Frans Elsen, Kunimitsu Inaba, Victor Kaihatu, Ken McCarthy, Tetsujiroh Obara, 1977, 1980
- Live in Japan with Ken McCarthy, 1977
- It Might As Well Be Love 1984
- Everything Happens, 1988