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Sidewalks Of Cuba by Betty Bennett

Biografía del artista Betty Bennett

Betty Bennett October 23 1921 Is An American Jazz Singer. Born In Lincoln Nebraska As A Child She Hoped To Become An Opera Singer Studying Voice And Piano. Her Direction Was Changed When By Way Of Records Her Mother Introduced Her To The Music Of Duke Ellington And Count Basie. Loving What She Heard Of These Jazz Musicians Betty Quickly Became Proficient In Jazz Singing Displaying A Natural Talent For The Form. While Still Very Young She Joined Georgie Auld’s Band And Then In Quick Succession Spent Time In The Late Swing Era Big Bands Led By Claude Thornhill Alvino Rey And Charlie Ventura And She Was Also Briefly With Stan Kenton And Woody Herman. The Ventura Band Bore The Promo Tag ‘Bop For The People’ And Betty’s Contemporary Vocal Styling Was A Perfect Fit. More Than Her Contemporaries Betty Bridged Swing And Bop. Apart From Airshots Betty’s Recording Career Got Underway With 1949-1951 Sessions By The Ventura Band Including Performances Of Yankee Clipper Too Marvelous For Words And I Can’t Get You Out Of My Mind. Betty’s Experiences In These Years Are Entertainingly Recounted In Her Autobiography The Ladies Who Sing With The Band Which Was Published By Scarecrow Press In 2000. Betty Recorded Her First Own-Name Album For Trend In 1953 The Songs Including Nobody’s Heart Time After Time And You’re Nearer. Two Years Later She Recorded For Atlantic Records Accompanied By A Band Led By André Previn Whom She Had Married In 1952. In The Band For Nobody Else But Me Were Shorty Rogers Who With Previn Also Wrote The Charts Frank Rosolino Bob Cooper Jimmy Giuffre Barney Kessell And Shelly Manne. Similarly Star-Studded Were The Trio And Quartet Previn Fronted For A 1959 United Artists Date The Aptly Titled I Love To Sing On Which Are Conte Candoli Red Mitchell And Irv Cottler.
In Addition To Jazz Club Dates Betty Had Begun Appearing On The Jazz Festival Circuit And In 1975 She Celebrated A New Personal Relationship When She And Mundell Lowe Were Married At A Ceremony Held At The Monterey Jazz Festival.

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