1896 Ethel Waters*
1902 Julia Lee*
1922 Illinois Jacquet*
1939 Ali Farka Touré*
1954 Genevieve Castorena*
1970 Johnny Moeller*
1977 Eva Taylor+
1985 Johnny Embry+
1995 Albert Lavada "Dr. Hepcat" Durst+
2013 Bobby Parker+
Paul Winn*
Sandy Carroll*
R.I.P.
Eva Taylor +31.10.1977
Eva Taylor (* 22. Januar 1895 in St. Louis als Irene Joy Gibbons; † 31. Oktober 1977 in Mineola, New York) war eine US-amerikanische Blues- und Jazzsängerin sowie Schauspielerin.
Leben und Wirken
Eva Taylor begann ihre Karriere bereits als Kinderstar in einer Revue-Tourneetruppe, die zwischen 1900 und 1920 auch Europa, Australien und Neuseeland bereiste.[1] Sie ging dann in den Vereinigten Staaten mit der Vaudeville-Truppe „Josephine Gassman and Her Pickaninnies“ auf Tournee. 1920 kam sie nach New York City, wo sie bald eine populäre Sängerin in den Nachtclubs von Harlem wurde. 1921 heiratete sie den Pianisten und Produzenten Clarence Williams; das Paar arbeitete dann an verschiedenen Projekten, zahlreichen Songs und einer Musik-Revue namens „Bottomland“ und an verschiedenen Radioprogrammen. 1922 entstanden Eva Taylors erste Aufnahmen für das afroamerikanische Label Black Swan, die sie als „The Dixie Nightingale“ vermarktete.[2] Sie wirkte dann in den 1920er und 1930er Jahren auf zahlreichen Blues-, Jazz- und populären Titeln von Okeh und Columbia Records mit und hatte 1925 erste Hits mit den Songs „Everybody Loves My Baby“ (#10) und „Cake Walkin’ Babies from Home“ (#13).
Als Leadsängerin war sie bei verschiedenen Aufnahmen von Williams' Formation Blue Five zu hören, wie auch bei dessen Sessions mit Louis Armstrong und Sidney Bechet 1924/25; dann 1929 bei Aufnahmen der Studioband The Charleston Chasers (Ain’t Misbehavin’) sowie bei Aufnahmen von Bluessängerinnen wie Sippie Wallace, Rosetta Crawford und Bessie Smith.[3] Obwohl sie zumeist unter ihrem Bühnennamen Eva Taylor auftrat, arbeitete sie gelegentlich auch unter ihrem Echtnamen als „Irene Gibbons and her Jazz Band“. 1927 trat Eva Taylor in dem Broadway-Stück Bottomland auf, das Williams geschrieben und produziert hatte und 21 Aufführungen erlebte.[4]
Ende der 1920er hatte Eva Taylor beim Sender NBC auch ihre eigene Radioshow[5] und gastierte in der Paul Whiteman Radio Show (1932).[6] Bis in die 1930er Jahre arbeitete sie mit Williams zusammen. Anfang der 1940er Jahre zog sie sich aus dem Musikgeschäft zurück und trat nur noch gelegentlich in Konzerten und Nachtclubs auf. Nach dem Tod ihre Mannes kehrte sie Mitte der 1960er Jahre ins Musikgeschäft zurück und ging auch in Europa auf Tourneen.
Eva Taylor (January 22, 1895 — October 31, 1977) was an American blues singer and stage actress.
Life and career
Born Irene Joy Gibbons in St. Louis, Missouri, on stage from the age of three, Taylor toured New Zealand, Australia and Europe before her teens.[1] She also toured extensively with the "Josephine Gassman and Her Pickaninnies" vaudeville act. She settled in New York by 1920. There she established herself as a performer in Harlem nightspots. Within a year she wed Clarence Williams, a producer (hired by Okeh Records), publisher, and piano player. The newlyweds worked together on radio and recordings. The couple recorded together through 1930s. Their legacy includes numbers made as the group Blue Five in the mid-1920s, which included jazz clarinetist/saxophonist Sidney Bechet, trumpet virtuoso Louis Armstrong, and such singers as Sippie Wallace and Bessie Smith.[2]
In 1922 Taylor made her first record for the African-American owned Black Swan Records, who billed her as "The Dixie Nightingale."[3] She would continue to record dozens of blues, jazz and popular sides for Okeh and Columbia throughout the 1920s and 1930s. Although she adopted the stage name of Eva Taylor, she also worked under her birth name in 'Irene Gibbons and her Jazz Band'.
She was part of The Charleston Chasers, the name given to a few all-star studio ensembles who recorded between 1925 and 1930. In 1927, Eva Taylor appeared on Broadway in Bottomland, a musical written and produced by her husband, lasted for twenty-one performances.[4] During 1929 Eva had her own radio show on NBC's Cavalcade,[5] then worked for many years on radio WOR, New York (guesting on Paul Whiteman's radio show in 1932).[6] Taylor stopped performing during the 1940s, but returned in the mid-1960s following her husband's death, touring throughout Europe.
Death
Eva Taylor died from cancer in 1977 in Mineola, New York. She was interred next to her husband, Clarence Williams, under the name of Irene Joy Williams in Saint Charles Cemetery, Farmingdale, New York.[7] Their son, Clarence Williams, Jr. (1923–1976), who predeceased his mother by one year, was the father of actor Clarence Williams III. Their daughter Joy Williams (1931-1970) was a singer-actress under stage name Irene Williams.
Life and career
Born Irene Joy Gibbons in St. Louis, Missouri, on stage from the age of three, Taylor toured New Zealand, Australia and Europe before her teens.[1] She also toured extensively with the "Josephine Gassman and Her Pickaninnies" vaudeville act. She settled in New York by 1920. There she established herself as a performer in Harlem nightspots. Within a year she wed Clarence Williams, a producer (hired by Okeh Records), publisher, and piano player. The newlyweds worked together on radio and recordings. The couple recorded together through 1930s. Their legacy includes numbers made as the group Blue Five in the mid-1920s, which included jazz clarinetist/saxophonist Sidney Bechet, trumpet virtuoso Louis Armstrong, and such singers as Sippie Wallace and Bessie Smith.[2]
In 1922 Taylor made her first record for the African-American owned Black Swan Records, who billed her as "The Dixie Nightingale."[3] She would continue to record dozens of blues, jazz and popular sides for Okeh and Columbia throughout the 1920s and 1930s. Although she adopted the stage name of Eva Taylor, she also worked under her birth name in 'Irene Gibbons and her Jazz Band'.
She was part of The Charleston Chasers, the name given to a few all-star studio ensembles who recorded between 1925 and 1930. In 1927, Eva Taylor appeared on Broadway in Bottomland, a musical written and produced by her husband, lasted for twenty-one performances.[4] During 1929 Eva had her own radio show on NBC's Cavalcade,[5] then worked for many years on radio WOR, New York (guesting on Paul Whiteman's radio show in 1932).[6] Taylor stopped performing during the 1940s, but returned in the mid-1960s following her husband's death, touring throughout Europe.
Death
Eva Taylor died from cancer in 1977 in Mineola, New York. She was interred next to her husband, Clarence Williams, under the name of Irene Joy Williams in Saint Charles Cemetery, Farmingdale, New York.[7] Their son, Clarence Williams, Jr. (1923–1976), who predeceased his mother by one year, was the father of actor Clarence Williams III. Their daughter Joy Williams (1931-1970) was a singer-actress under stage name Irene Williams.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eva_Taylor
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5TfbQP2phUQ#t=11
Eva Taylor-Shout Sister Shout
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5TfbQP2phUQ#t=11
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