Mary Ann McCall
Mary Ann McCall ( born May 4, 1919 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, † December 14, 1994 in Los Angeles ) was an American jazz singer.
McCall began as a singer and dancer in Buddy Morrow Orchestra in 1938 and worked briefly with Tommy Dorsey. The following year she appeared with Charlie Barnet and for the first time with Woody Herman, whose band she belonged from 1946 to 1950. In addition, she also sang with the Ralph Burns Orchestra, Tommy Reynolds and Teddy Powell. 1948/49, they took with the Phil Moore Orchestra for Discovery Records on ("I Had not Anyone Till You " / " You're Mine, You" ).
Some time McCall was married to Al Cohn. 1954-55 she worked with Charlie Ventura. In the late 1950s she appeared in Detroit before she moved to Los Angeles. There they drew largely from the public gaze, but worked in 1976 with Jake Hanna and 1978 with Nat Pierce. In the 1940s and 1950s, she played several albums as a bandleader. Was published in 2004 under the title You're Mine an album with shots of 1939 until 1950.
Discography
- Mary Ann McCall Sings 1950
- Easy Living with Nat Pierce, Seldon Powell, Joe Wilder, George Barrow, Kenny Clarke, Ernie Wilkins, Wendell Marshall, Sol Moore, 1957
- Detour to the Moon with Teddy Charles, Walter Trampler, Jimmy Raney, Mal Waldron, Oscar Pettiford, 1958
- Melancholy Baby with Gene Quill, Johnny Richards, Burt Collins, 1959
- Jazz Singer
- American musician
- Born in 1919
- Died in 1994
- Woman