Eva Taylor

Eva Taylor ( born January 22, 1895 in St. Louis as Irene Joy Gibbons; † 31 October 1977 in Mineola, New York) was an American blues and jazz vocalist and actress.

Life and work

Eva Taylor began her career already as a child star in a revue touring troupe that also Europe, Australia and New Zealand toured 1900-1920. . They then went to the United States with the vaudeville troupe " Josephine Gassman and Her pickaninnies " on tour. In 1920 she came to New York City, where she is a popular singer in the night clubs of Harlem soon. In 1921 she married the pianist and producer Clarence Williams; the pair then worked on various projects, many songs and a music revue called " Bottomland " and on various radio programs. 1922 emerged Eva Taylor's first recordings for the African American label Black Swan, which they marketed as "The Dixie Nightingale ". Then worked in the 1920s and 1930s at numerous blues, jazz and popular songs by Okeh and Columbia Records and had 1925 first hits with the songs " Everybody Loves My Baby" (# 10), and " Cake Walkin ' Babies from Home "( # 13).

As the lead singer, she has performed at various recordings of Williams' Blue Five formation, as well as in its sessions with Louis Armstrong and Sidney Bechet in 1924/25; then in 1929 when shooting the studio band The Charleston Chasers ( Is not Misbehavin ' ) as well as recordings of blues singers such as sippie Wallace, Rosetta Crawford and Bessie Smith. Although they mostly occurred under her stage name Eva Taylor, she worked occasionally under her real name as " Irene Gibbons and her jazz band ". 1927 Eva Taylor appeared in the Broadway play bottom land that Williams had written and produced 21 performances and experienced.

End of the 1920 Eva Taylor had the NBC also her own radio show and has appeared in the Paul Whiteman radio show ( 1932). Until the 1930s, she worked with Williams. In the early 1940s, she retired from the music business and only appeared occasionally in concerts and nightclubs. After the death of her husband she returned mid-1960s back into the music business and also went on tours in Europe.

Disco Graphical Notes

' Edison Laterals 4 ( Diamond Cut, ed 1997)

  • Not Just the Blues ( Pearl, ed.1996 )
  • Clarence Williams: Complete Sessions, Vol 1 1923 ( EPM)
  • Clarence Williams 1926-1927 ( Classics )
  • Clarence Williams in 1933 ( Classics )
October 31 North Hempstead, New York Vocal jazz Comédie en vaudeville Clarence Williams (musician) Okeh Records Broadway theatre Chronological Classics
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