Ethel Ennis

Ethel Llewellyn Ennis ( born November 28, 1932 in Baltimore, Maryland) is an American jazz singer.

Life and work

Ethel Ennis took during their school days as a pianist; In the early 1950s she began a career as a singer. In 1955 they released their debut album Lullabies for Losers on the label Jubilee, followed by the album Change of Scenery, which was released on Capitol in 1957. After an extended tour of Europe with the Benny Goodman All-Stars band Ennis returned to Baltimore, we would just work there; in the next few years she appeared only rarely on outside of their hometown. In 1958 she took the album Have You Forgotten? on; after six years created any new recordings of Ennis. In the early 1960s she took then three albums for RCA Victor on where they, among other things was accompanied by Dick Hyman, Claus Ogermans orchestra and Marty Manning. In 1964 she joined - accompanied by Billy Taylor, Cozy Cole, and Slam Stewart at the Newport Jazz Festival and had with the Duke Ellington Orchestra, a television appearance on the show " Bell Telephone Hour ". After that, she sang at the Monterey Jazz Festival in duet with Joe Williams. In the following years she appeared mainly on in their hometown, among others, with the Count Basie band and the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra. Together with Cab Calloway she performed in Harlem's Apollo Theater. 1969 Ethel Ennis sang the theme song for the TV show Mad Monster Party; After a long pause, she took in 1973 for BASF 10 Sides of Ethel Ennis on; End of the year she sang at the re- inauguration ceremony of Richard Nixon; then also appeared in the White House for Jimmy Carter. In the late 1970s she was Baltimore's cultural ambassador and entered with a program of Chinese folk songs in Baltimore's sister city Xiamen. In 1980 a live album, then she took again until 1993, a standards album and 1998 album If Women Ruled the World on. In the 1980s, Ethel Ennis opened with her husband, author Earl Arnett own music club, Ethel 's Place. In 1988, she sold the club again and again worked mainly as a singer. In 1999, she guested in Bonn at an event of the U.S. Information Service and the Embassy of the United States.

Frank Sinatra called it "my kind of singer. " One critic in Down Beat wrote about Ethel Ennis, " her voice jumps deep, she exudes the personality of a wise woman who has lived many lives "

Popular Tracks by Ethel Ennis in the 60s were " The Moon Was Yellow ( And The Night Was Young) ", " Say It Is not So, Joe" and "I've Got that Feeling".

Disco Graphical Notes

  • Lullabies for Losers (Jubilee, 1955)
  • Change of Scenery ( Capitol, 1957)
  • Have You Forgotten? (1958)
  • This Is Ethel Ennis (RCA, 1962)
  • Once Again (RCA, 1963)
  • Ethel Ennis Sings (Jubilee, 1963)
  • Eyes for You (RCA, 1964)
  • My Kind of Waltztime (RCA, 1966)
  • 10 Sides of Ethel Ennis (BASF, 1973)
  • Ethel Ennis ( Hildner, 1993)
  • If Women Ruled the World ( Savoy Records, 1998)
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