Marion Montgomery

Marian Montgomery ( born November 17, 1934 in Natchez, Mississippi as Marian Maud Runnells, † July 22, 2002 in Bray (Berkshire ) ) was an American jazz singer, who mainly lived in the UK. She made known to the local television audience with numerous jazz standards.

Life and work

Montgomery initially sang in the clubs of Atlanta and then Chicago, where she received a record deal brokered by Peggy Lee. In 1965 she worked in England with John Dankworth. After she married the British pianist Laurie Holloway, she moved to England, where she worked for television and regularly appeared in the 1970s in the show by Michael Parkinson and jazz songs interpreted. They also collaborated in concerts and on albums with Richard Rodney Bennett. Your version of " Maybe the Morning " was the theme song of the English broadcasts from Radio Luxembourg.

Digby Fairweather emphasized in Jazz Rough Guide that she had not only the blues in the blood, they " chillingly fascinating in a husky voice sings" and an enormous stage presence have had.

Discography

  • Marian Swings for Winners and Losers, Capitol (1962 )
  • Let there be Marian Montgomery, Capitol (1963 )
  • Lovin 'is Livin', Capitol (1965 )
  • What's New? , Decca 74773
  • Marian in the Morning, Polydor 2383159 (1972 )
  • Surprise Surprise ( with Richard Rodney Bennett ), Cube HIFLY 24 (1977 )
  • Town and Country ( with Richard Rodney Bennett ), Cube HIFLY 28 (1978 )
  • On Stage, Cube HIFLY 29 (1982 )
  • Puttin 'on the Ritz ( with Richard Rodney Bennett ), Cube HIFLY 40, (1984 )
  • Sometimes in the Night, See for Miles (1989 )
  • Mellow, See for Miles (1994 )
  • Nice and Easy (live), Ronnie Scott 's Jazz (1989 )
  • For the Love of Mercer Vol 1, Elgin (1997)
  • For the Love of Mercer Vol 2, Elgin (1997)
  • Makin ' Whoopie ( with Mart Rodger Manchester Jazz ), Bowstone Records ( 1993)
  • Ballads and Blues, Elgin (1999)
  • That Lady from Natchez, Audiophile (1999)
  • Skylark, UCJ (2004)

Lexical entries

  • Ian Carr et al Jazz Rough Guide Stuttgart 1999; ISBN 3-476-01584- X
Natchez (Mississippi) Vocal jazz Capitol Records Decca Records Leonard Feather Name Authority File
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