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During Black History Month this year I featured a group of five exceptional singers I dubbed, for lack of a better term, “Forgotten Divas.” Each of these women, sopranos Delcina Stevenson, Annabelle Bernard, and Veronica Tyler, mezzo-soprano Gwendolyn Killebrew, and jazz singer Ethel Ennis, represents the peak of achievement in each of their respective fachs. These proved to be among the most popular and far-reaching of my recent episodes. At that time, I promised my listeners that I would continue to seek out rare recordings of each of these women and that, if and when such material surfaced, I would be sure to share it with my listeners. True to my promise, I present a brand-new episode featuring (for the most part) newly discovered material with each of these singers: a live Washington Opera Ariodante from 1971 and a live Carnegie Hall Orfeo ed Euridice from 1967, both with Veronica Tyler; live original language performances of Puccini's Il tabarro and Meyerbeer's Le Prophète from the stage of the Deutsche Oper Berlin which starred Annabelle Bernard; Gwendolyn Killebrew singing the Habanera from Carmen, one of her most celebrated roles, as well as the Waldtaube in Schoenberg's Gurrelieder; rare studio recordings of Delcina Stevenson singing Bach and Vivaldi from the early 1970s; and live material featuring Ethel Ennis over the course of nearly fifty years of her career, 1958 through 2005. As more of this material resurfaces, I will present further episodes of this new “Rescue Mission” series featuring both these singers and others I have already featured on the podcast, performing material that adds to our understanding and appreciation of their artistry. Countermelody is a podcast devoted to the glory and the power of the human voice raised in song. Singer and vocal aficionado Daniel Gundlach explores great singers of the past and present focusing in particular on those who are less well-remembered today than they should be. Daniel's lifetime in music as a professional countertenor, pianist, vocal coach, voice teacher, and journalist yields an exciting array of anecdotes, impressions, and “inside stories.” At Countermelody's core is the celebration of great singers of all stripes, their instruments, and the connection they make to the words they sing. By clicking on the following link (https://linktr.ee/CountermelodyPodcast) you can find the dedicated Countermelody website which contains additional content including artist photos and episode setlists. The link will also take you to Countermelody's Patreon page, where you can pledge your monthly support at whatever level you can afford.  

durée : 01:00:03 - Banzzaï du jeudi 09 mai 2024 - par : Nathalie Piolé - La playlist jazz de Nathalie Piolé.

Today's “Forgotten Diva” takes us outside of the realm of opera and into the rich musical field of jazz. I have been in musical heaven the past few days as I've been savoring the output of the great Ethel Ennis (28 November 1932 - 17 February 2019). In her native Baltimore she was known as the “First Lady of Jazz,” and while this might cause some persons to look askance at such a claim, I can only say that they have not yet sampled the vocal, musical and interpretive majesty that is Ethel Ennis! Because of her superlative gifts, worldwide fame kept nipping at her heels, and yet she had no interest in being “famous.” She just wanted to make music, and that's exactly what she did, remaining in the city of her birth, where she performed regularly at certain clubs, including one she and her husband Earl Arnett ran in the 1980s called “Ethel's Place.” She had recording contracts with both Capitol Records and RCA, for whom she released some monumental albums in the 1950s and 1960s, and later in her career, as her artistry become more refined, burnished, and inward-looking, she also recorded a number of spectacular live recordings on small, independent labels. Recordings sampled on this episode cover the musical gamut from the Great American Songbook to quirky non-standards, to contemporary pop. If you hear Ethel Ennis interpret just one song, I predict that you will become an immediate fan for life. Countermelody is a podcast devoted to the glory and the power of the human voice raised in song. Singer and vocal aficionado Daniel Gundlach explores great singers of the past and present focusing in particular on those who are less well-remembered today than they should be. Daniel's lifetime in music as a professional countertenor, pianist, vocal coach, voice teacher, and journalist yields an exciting array of anecdotes, impressions, and “inside stories.” At Countermelody's core is the celebration of great singers of all stripes, their instruments, and the connection they make to the words they sing. By clicking on the following link (https://linktr.ee/CountermelodyPodcast) you can find the dedicated Countermelody website which contains additional content including artist photos and episode setlists. The link will also take you to Countermelody's Patreon page, where you can pledge your monthly support at whatever level you can afford.

Some of the great female vocalists on Jazz After Dark tonight: Etta Jones, Ella Fitzgerald, Ethel Ennis, Helen Humes, Lena Horne, Carmen McRae, Helen Merrill, Annie Ross & Gerry Mulligan, Gerry Mulligan & Jane Duboc, Lena Horne, Jo Stafford, Nara Leão, Eva Cassidy, and Billie Holiday.

Some of the great female vocalists on Jazz After Dark tonight: Etta Jones, Ella Fitzgerald, Ethel Ennis, Helen Humes, Lena Horne, Carmen McRae, Helen Merrill, Annie Ross & Gerry Mulligan, Gerry Mulligan & Jane Duboc, Lena Horne, Jo Stafford, Nara Leão, Eva Cassidy, and Billie Holiday.

Qui étaient Sallie Blair, Ethel Ennis et Lurlean Hunter ? C'est ce que nous verrons dans les deux prochaines émissions consacrées à Supper Club, une collection de vinyles qui ravive l'époque chic et désuète du club des années 1950, et permet de redécouvrir des chanteuses rares et oubliées.

Tonight's show: Benny Goodman, Django Reinhardt, the Thelonious Monk Quintet, Ethel Ennis, Bing Crosby with Louis Armstrong, the Billy Taylor Trio, Lou Donaldson, Abbe Lane, Louis Armstrong, Etta Jones, Stanley Turrentine & The Three Sounds, Ike Quebec, Count Basie & Ella Fitzgerald, and Benny Carter.

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Tonight on Jazz After Dark: Count Basie & His Orchestra, Ethel Ennis, Art Tatum, Gigi Gryce, Lou Donaldson & Grant Green, Ella Fitzgerald, Count Basie, Pete Candoli, Claude Bolling Big Band, Pedro Iturralde with Donna Hightower, Ledisi & Metropole Orkest, and Billy Taylor.

Tonight on Jazz After Dark: first we'll hear from Ethel Ennis, Sonny Stitt, Etta Jones, John Coltrane, Wes Montgomery. Then a set with Benny Carter: with Ben Webster and Barney Bigard in 1962, from a live performance in 1977, and  with the American Jazz Orchestra in 1987. We'll take it out with Zoot Sims, and Jimmy Scott.

Tonight on Jazz After Dark: first we'll hear from Ethel Ennis, Sonny Stitt, Etta Jones, John Coltrane, and Wes Montgomery. Then a set with Benny Carter: with Ben Webster and Barney Bigard in 1962, from a live performance in 1977, and with the American Jazz Orchestra in 1987. We'll take it out with Zoot Sims, and Jimmy Scott.

Joe Simon- Come Back Home (1974) I have to play you a Joe Simon song that was used as a sample for a VERY famous Hip Hop song. Not many people know.  Helen Reddy - I Am Woman (1971) The original, superior (to my ears) version. She has appeared on my show singing in ads for cigarettes in Australia, as well as later misses like "Handsome Dudes." Barbara, The Grey Witch - Witch's Love Song (1971) Obituary Barbara Roehrs, also known as Barbara the Gray Witch of Raven House, passed away on Wednesday, June 30, 2021, at Healthwin in South Bend, IN, after suffering the long-term effects of a stroke. She was born Barbara Ann Hostetler on May 9, 1944, in South Bend. She was the youngest child to John and Anna May Hostetler, both of whom preceded her in death. Barbara was a talented and accomplished artist. She was a larger-than-life personality and public figure. She hosted a U93 radio show and appeared yearly at the Niles Haunted House. She was a beloved friend and counselor to many and had a large and loyal following. She was an animal lover. She loved spending time with her dogs – especially her beloved ‘familiar,' Gabby. She also loved back road adventures in her Volkswagen Beetle, meeting new people, and seeing new places. She loved fishing and having a good time. The family would like to extend a thank-you to the Heart to Heart Hospice team and the healthcare workers at Healthwin for caring for Barbara so well.   So for my money, the best band of the 1965-1980 period was the band that David Bowie assembled for his Station To Station/Low/"Heroes"/Lodger/Stage phase. They were loose and tight. Funky and capable. With him as a singer, there's no way the band could lose. But these dudes were special. Carlos Alomar, Dennis Davis, and George Murray. Robert Fripp and Adrian Belew functioned at a right-angle in the proceedings, but that, too, made the ensemble special. I rank them higher than Led Zeppelin for their harmonies, Bowie's lyrics, and just the bravery. Higher (ever so slightly) than The Beatles for their live performances, and the fact that their music was really one guy showing up with an unfinished idea and the band using the ideas as clay. They could jam but they never recorded anything that wasn't precise and good fun.  David Bowie - Fashion (1980) David Bowie - It's No Game (1980) David Bowie • Station To Station (Live) (1978) Children of the Night - Dracula's Undying Love (1976) This collection of 1970's "Rock & Roll" songs tells the story of a big party at Count Dracula's house. The between-song skits have a pretty cut-rate vibe throughout (Dracula sounds remarkably like Dan Ackroyd doing his SNL Yortuk Festrunk "Wild & Crazy Guy" character, The Mummy introduces himself with the lyrics to the Bob McFadden & Dor single "The Mummy")... Count Lorry & The Biters - Frankenstein Stomp (1974) David Bowie - “Heroes” (Live) (1978) Electric Food - Nosferatu (1970) German heavy prog rock band which included all Lucifer's Friend musicians except John Lawton. You know who John Lawton was. He was in Les Humphries Singers! Sang their biggest hit, "Mama Loo" and enjoyed a stint with Uriah Heep.  Dick (Ghoulardy) Knight - His Ghoul (1973) By the time this single was released, the name "Ghoulardi" was owned by Storer Broadcasting out of Cleveland, OH. Hence the different name. Go here to read about Ghoulardi, a story that could never happen now. You can see the "T.K. Productions" on the bottom of the label here. Read their story. You wouldn't know it from this but T.K. ended up owning the charts in the late '70s. The part The Bee Gees didn't devour, that is.  Iggy Pop - Sister Midnight (1977) Jimmie John - What Happens When We Die? (1964) Jo Banks and the Soul Train - The Toy Shop Killer (1979)  David Bowie - What In The World (Live) (1978) Johnny Fever - Zombie (1967) Mickey and His Mice - Cracker Jack (1970) Discogs: Wilfred "Mickey" Fields was a saxophonist from the Baltimore area, a local legend who refused to play outside his Baltimore area, although he was invited several times to take the road for tours with many famous bands. He is recognized as one of Baltimore's best-known jazz saxophonists and has mentored many other jazz musicians, including Paul H Brown. Mickey created the "Monday Night Jam Session" at Sportsman's Lounge, allowing many young jazz musicians to perform. He was also known for his constant encouragement of young artists. Fields began his career with the blues jump band The Tilters. As a solo artist, he recorded on Atlantic Records and Groove Merchant. Howard Earl Washington, a Baltimore area jazz drummer, was another member of the Tilters. The Tilters played for the great Ethel Ennis. Fields then recorded several songs with his group "Mickey And His Mice", entitled "Cracker Jack", known as one of the 100 most funky titles ever created and the popular "Little Green Apples". He then recorded an album with the great Richard "Groove" Holmes, for the label Edmar (New Jersey). Fields also played with his talented sister, Shirley Fields, who has been a singer for many years and who has also played an important role in the Baltimore Jazz Company. Monsters - Transylvania Disco Hustle (1977) Produced by the same guy that produced "Dracula's Undying Love." In fact, three of the guys that played on that record played on this!  Screen Idols - Blind Man (1979) Notable for the presence of one Woody Woodmansey, ex-Spiders From Mars drummer. Right after Woody Woodmansey's U-Boat. 

It is the Spookymonth still and we talk about the Rankin/Bass film Mad Monster Party?.

Ethel Ennis, the Baltimore vocalist with the buttery-soft voice, was born in Baltimore but enjoyed international renown performing in London and Paris and cities around the world—and received many tempting invites to live in any one of them. Yet she chose to come home to live and work in Baltimore. She explained, “You don’t have to move up by moving on. You can bloom where you were planted.” And so she did. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

"Mad Monster Party" 1967 is a stop motion film from Rankin-Bass Productions. This delightful musical comedy brings us movie monsters Frankenstein, Count Dracula, the Mummy, Quasimodo, the Werewolf, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, "It" and more as they plan and plot on the Isle of Evil. Baron Boris von Frankenstein voiced by Boris Karloff has perfected the weapon of total destruction. The Baron wants to gather the monsters on the Isle to tell them of the weapon and his upcoming retirement as head of the "Worldwide Organization of Monsters".Alan Swift voices 15 characters including Felix Flanken the Baron's bumbling nephew, Phyllis Diller as the Bride of Frankenstein, Gale Garnett as Francesca the Baron's assistant, and Ethel Ennis who sings the title song all create a fun movie. We learn that events don't go well when this crew inhabits the Isle of Evil. Enjoy!

durée : 01:54:27 - Retour de plage du jeudi 20 août 2020 - par : Laurent Valero - avec Julie London, Cathy Hayes, Tony Harper, Ethel Ennis, Chris Connor, Gloria Lynn, Blossom Dearie, Nancy Wilson.... - réalisé par : Patrick Lérisset

durée : 00:58:44 - Jouer, danser - par : Nathalie Piolé - La playlist jazz de Nathalie Piolé. - réalisé par : Davy Travailleur

Jazz singer Ethel Ennis’s voice wowed audiences and won praise from critics. But when she was faced with the opportunity to become a superstar, Ennis chose a different path.

Jazz singer Ethel Ennis’s voice wowed audiences and won praise from critics. But when she was faced with the opportunity to become a superstar, Ennis chose a different path.

FRIDAYS CRUCIAL CUTS 11AM-1PM EST 8AM-11AM PDT4PM-5PM BST Bombshell Radio​Earl Crown​ Crucial Cutsan award-winning, syndicated radio show that originates from Loyola University Radio in Baltimore. Earl Crown plays selections from his personal record collection, including the best of #soul, #garage, #reggae, #rocksteady, #punk, #classicrock, #glam, #funk, #Afrobeat, #jazz, and more.Repeats Saturdays 1am -3am EST 10pm-12pm PDT— with Earl Crown.This Week Featuring David Bowie, T-Rex, Nick Lowe, Little Dragon, New Order, Television, The Satans, The Police, Wendy Rene, Sade, Charlie Parker, and Ethel Ennis. ++++

Gary welcomes director Jonathan Berry and actor Jessica Dean Turner from the new hit play Red Rex to the Booth today. Written by Ike Holter as the newest in his Rightlynd series of plays, Red Rex is is receiving a world premiere by Steep Theatre and is being presented in their 55-seat space at 1115 W. Berwyn through March 30. Gary called it "one of the most moving, thought-provoking and beautifully produced plays he's seen in many a season." The production is about members of a Chicago storefront theater company who are working on a new play being presented by a Chicago storefront theater company. Jonathan discusses the meta nature of directing this project at Steep, where he's been an ensemble member for many years, having directed there since 2007. Jon describes one of the themes of the play: "The theatre community can create its own center of focus, obscuring, entirely, the actual world just outside the door." Jonathan and Jessica talk about the play's other themes, including equity and inclusion, inadvertent and subtle acts of racism, shining a light on the pretentiousness of some creative processes, and the deep humor and humanity with which Ike Holter treats each of his characters. It's a discussion that will make you want to run, don't walk, to the see Red Rex at the Steep. Jessica talks about her theatre training in the very intensive program at the University of Illinois - Urbana, and how the rigorous nature of the program prepared her for the life of a working actor. As a non-Equity actor striving to make a career in the burgeoning off-Loop theatre scene, Jessica is frank in her assessment of the challenges and struggles that entails. The commutes are long, the pay is low, and the competition is steep(!) But Jonathan and Jessica both emphasize what most audiences already know - the Chicago style of acting exemplifies a fierceness and passion fueled by the daily grind that is the nature of a life in the theatre. Gary offers a play idea with the news story of 183 Amtrak passengers stranded for 37 hours in a snowstorm in the Oregon wilderness. Jonathan has been on plenty of delayed Amtrak trips and describes the mounting stress among the passengers as "a Lord of the Flies mentality." The dramatic possibilities are endless! Jessica also teaches at the Chicago High School for the Arts (ChiArts), training young performers. ChiArts is a public 4–year college preparatory visual and performing arts high school located in the Humboldt Park neighborhood. Operated by the Chicago Public Schools district, the school opened for the 2009–10 school year. She's also worked as an actor-patient at Northwestern Medical School where she helped train doctors to treat a variety of conditions and symptoms. A great acting exercise. Kiss of Death: Ethel Ennis - Celebrated Singer Who Walked Away from Fame: Ms. Ennis was a highly respected jazz singer in the 1950s and 60s. Ella Fitzgerald stated that Ms. Ennis was her favorite young vocalist, and Frank Sinatra called her "my kind of singer". But Ethel grew disillusioned with the demands placed on young divas, and she eschewed national celebrity for a quieter life in her hometown of Baltimore, where she earned the unofficial title of Baltimore's "First Lady of Jazz." Ethel Ennis was 86. Read the full NYTimes obit here. Check out her beautiful rendition of My Foolish Heart on YouTube.      

Ethel Ennis, the Baltimore vocalist with the buttery-soft voice, was born in Baltimore but enjoyed international renown performing in London and Paris and cities around the world—and received many tempting invites to live in any one of them. Yet she chose to come home to live and work in Baltimore. She explained, “You don’t have to move up by moving on. You can bloom where you were planted.” And so she did.

Last Sunday, the First Lady of Baltimore Jazz, Ethel Ennis, passed away at the age of 86 from complications following a stroke. Baltimore has produced many great jazz artists like Billie Holiday, Cab Calloway, Eubie Blake and several others, and Ethel most certainly deserves her place in the panoply of these great jazz legends. She was a singer with uncanny technical gifts and a vivid, singular and compelling musical imagination. She was a composer. She was a pianist. She was a gem.Tom Hall interviewed Ethel Ennis three times between 2007 and 2012, while he was the Culture Editor on WYPR's old ----Maryland Morning---- show. As fellow musicians and as friends, their paths crossed often in Baltimore. We've drawn on some of those archived interviews for this tribute to Ms. Ennis, and in sharing a bit of her music and conversation, we celebrate her great talent, and her remarkable life.

More selections from my record collection. A journey from Nu and contemporary Jazz to Disco and Dancefloor burners via some great Soul including originals by The Temptations, Impressions, Nancy Wilson and Ethel Ennis and Reggae numbers from Jimmy Cliff, Rico & The Rudies and I&I a.k.a The Regulars. It's all about the music....Are you diggin it?

Here's the first fiendish helping! I was sure to throw some classics in here. Dig in and dig it! ☠ Vincent Price- "House of Frightenstein" intro ☠ Big Bee Kornegay- At the House of Frankenstein ☠ Screaming Lord Sutch and the Savages- 'Til the Following Night ☠ "Mad Daddy" Pete Myers' Werewolf Poem ☠ Ronald Stein- "Spider Baby" Theme ft. Lon Chaney, Jr. ☠ Betty Grable- Halloween song from "My Blue Heaven" ☠ "Lady Frankenstein" spot ☠ The Mummies- The Fly ☠ Robbie "The Werewolf" Robison- Rockin' Werewolf ☠ Kay Starr & the Billy Butterfield Quintet- The Headless Horseman ☠ "I Was a Teenage Werewolf" spot ☠ Ronnie Dawson- Rockin' in the Graveyard ☠ The Shaggs- It's Halloween ☠ Glenn Miller & His Orchestra- Swingin' at the Seance ft. Dorothy Claire ☠ "Horror of Dracula" spot ☠ Maury Laws- "Mad Monster Party?" Theme ft. Ethel Ennis ☠ The Crewnecks- Rockin' Zombie ☠ Sheldon Allman- Children's Day at the Morgue ☠ "The House that Dripped Blood" spot ☠ Hasil Adkins- Haunted House ☠ Terry Teen- The Hearse ☠ Frankie Stein & His Ghouls- Horror Staccato