Sara Martin

Sara Martin ( born May 18, 1884 in Louisville, Kentucky, † 28 May 1955 ibid ) was an American blues and vaudeville singer.

Life and work

Sara Martin worked as a vaudeville singer in Illinois around 1915. In 1922, she signed a recording contract with Okeh Records from, making it one of the first blues singers that were taken on record. Were accompanied their blues recordings often by Sylvester Weaver ( guitar and banjo), Clarence Williams, Clifford Hayes and Lemuel Fowler. There is some confusion about which musicians beyond participated in their recordings, but is certain that Sidney Bechet, King Oliver (1928) and Fats Waller were in some case. In 1929 she had a cameo in the film strip Hello Bill Bojangles Robinson with Bill.

Your last album recording was made in 1929. During the early 1930s, she retired from show business, gave it to all connections with the blues music and sang gospel. In the 1950s she was a member of a church choir in Harlem. Finally, she returned to her hometown, where she died in 1955.

Her singing was dominated by a strong, big voice with considerable dramatic effect, similar to the voices of Bessie Smith or Ma Rainey, but without the emotional depth.

Among her best recordings

• I've Got To Go And Leave My Daddy Behind 1923
• Strange Lovin 'Blues 1925
• Mean Tight Mama, Mistreatin ' Man Blues 1925
• Death Sting Me The Blues ( King Oliver ), Kitchen Man Blues 1928.

Disco Graphical Notes

• The Famous Moanin 'Mama
• Complete Recorded Works, Vol 3 - 1924-1925
• Fats Waller: Fats Waller 1922-1926 ( Classics )
• Clarence Williams: Complete Sessions, Vol 1 (EPM / Hot ' N' Sweet)

Swell

• Rex Harris & Brian Rust: Recorded Jazz: A Critical Guide. London, Penguin Books, 1958.
• John Jorgensen & Erik Wiedemann: Jazz Encyclopedia. Munich, mosaic -Verlag, 1960

Weblink

• Portrait page with discography information on Sara Martin of redhotjazz

• Blues Singer
• Gospel singer
• American musician
• Born in 1884
• Died in 1955
• Woman