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Maxine Sullivan (May 13, 1911 – April 7, 1987), born Marietta Williams in Homestead, Pennsylvania, was an American jazz vocalist and performer.
As a vocalist, Maxine Sullivan was active for half a century, from the mid-1930s to just before her death in 1987. She is best known for her 1937 recording of a swing version of the Scottish folk song "Loch Lomond". Throughout her career, Sullivan also appeared as a performer on film as well as on stage. A precursor to better-known later vocalists such as Ella Fitzgerald, Billie Holiday, and Sarah Vaughan, Maxine Sullivan is considered one of the best jazz vocalists of the 1930s.
Sullivan began her music career singing in her uncle's band, The Red Hot Peppers, in her native Pennsylvania, in which she occasionally played the flugelhorn and the valve trombone, in addition to singing. In the mid-1930s she was discovered by Gladys Mosier (then working in Ina Ray Hutton's big band). Mosier introduced her to Claude Thornhill, which led to her first recordings made in June 1937. Shortly thereafter, Sullivan became a featured vocalist at the Onyx Club in New York. During this period, she began forming a professional and close personal relationship with bassist John Kirby, who became her second husband in 1938.
Maxine Sullivan - Blue Skies
Scott Hamilton & Maxine Sullivan. - 01
Scott Hamilton & Maxine Sullivan - 02
A Hundred Years From Today ..... Maxine Sullivan 1986
Maxine Sullivan - Easy to Love
Skylark - Maxine Sullivan
Ain't Misbehavin' - Maxine Sullivan
Maxine Sullivan - Night and Day (1938)
Maxine Sullivan, If I Had A Ribbon Bow
Loch Lomond ~ Maxine Sullivan ~ 1937 w/Claude Thornhill Orch
Maxine Sullivan sings Irving Berlin's "Blue Skies". A brilliant, rare version recorded on August 6th, 1937. From the ASV Living Era series CD released in 1998.
Live in Japan / Sep.28,1986 ① A Hundred Years From Today ② Just One Of Those Things
Recorded 1937. Possessing one of the smoothest and most sublime voices to emerge in the late swing era, Maxine Sullivan was a songstress of poise, grace and cool. She was not a virtuosa ala Ella or Sarah, nor was she a Blues diva in the line of Billie or Dinah...of her individual style, Maxine said the following: "The characteristics which I consider most important in singing are the way in which I hit notes...softly and without effort, a relaxed feeling at all times and a feeling for what I am singing. Most of all I like to take a sad number with a simple melody, changing the notes to fit the soft, straight manner, strict tempo vocalizing and without jive." After Sullivan died on April 7, 1987 Roy Eldridge said of her "She was a great little singer...up to the last moment. She...
Recorded in New York, 1947. Written by Johnny Mercer and Hoagy Carmichael.
Recorded in 1956, Sullivan's swing on this Fats Waller classic is uber-cool.
A simply beautiful track that hasn't been on youtube, but surely needs to be (Fairport Convention's version from 30 years later is widely available). Maxine Sullivan first recorded this song in 1936, but this version is from August 1940 (it's collected on the Classics 1938-1941 cd; I first encountered the track on a strange, early '90s, 2-disc Sony compilation A Tribute to Black Entertainers). At any rate, Sullivan was from Homestead, PA (just outside Pittsburgh), but she hit the (semi-)big time in NYC. She sang initially mostly at the Onyx Club w/ her (soon-to-be) husband John Kirby's band, but soon got a radio show on CBS and performed and appeared in films with Louis Armstrong (see http://tinyurl.com/7otwhbx ). Sullivan's early recordings had a very pure, cool, unaffected tone that par...
Maxine Sullivan was born in Pennsylvania in 1911 and had very little formal musical training. While singing in the Ben Harrison Literary Club (actually a prohibition era speakeasy) she was discovered by Gladys Mosier who was a member of Ina Rae Hutton's Big Band and a close friend of Claude Thornhill. She was introduced to Thornhill and under his guidance, made her first 4 records in the summer of 1937, including the recording of Loch Lomond presented on this vid. Critics gave her performance friendly reviews and she was off to NY to seek club engagements. While performing at the Onyx Club in NY she met, married, and formed a musical partnership with musician John Kirby. The Loch Lomond recording became a national hit but unfortunately cast Sullivan as a ballad singer despite her obvi...
Maxine Sullivan performs her great swing version of "Loch Lomond" in the 1939 film "St. Louis Blues".
As Long As I Live- Maxine Sullivan 1986. So much class, so much taste, so much talent. Yes folks, thats Maxine Sullivan 1911-1987. Here, at a jazz concert in Japan in 1986 Maxine sings one of her most favourite songs. She is accompanied by Scott Hamilton on tenor saxophone, John Bunch piano, Chris Flory guitar, Phil Flanigan bass and Chuck Riggs drums. A great singer and engaging performer, Maxine Sullivan parlayed a subtle, yet undeniable sense of swing with distinctive phrasing and excellent interpretative qualities to become one of the finest jazz, standards and pre-rock pop vocalists
The legendary swing legend Maxine Sullivan made this rare TV concert appearance in 1985 singing four of her great songs-- "Loch Lomond," "A Hundred Years "From Today," "We Just Couldn't Say Goodbye" and "Ev'ry Time (I Fall in Love)". Johnny Desmond is the host.
Maxine Sullivan recorded this in November 1937 at the beginning of her recording career. Written by Jerome Kern and Hammerstein II for the film High, Wide, and Handsome where it was sung by Irene Dunne. Sadly there was a lot of surface noise on the disc and the content very quiet, I've restored as much as possible.
Art Ford 's Jazz Party - better quality audio. Part 1 - Introduction 00:00 Part 2 - Roundtable 01:50 Part 3 - Tyree Glenn 10:40 Part 4 - Maxine Sullivan 14:00 Part 5 - Roland Hanna 17:16 Part 6 - Hank D'Amico 22:11 Part 7 - Alec Templeton 25:02 Part 8 - Johnny Windhurst 32:18 Part 9 - Maxine Sullivan 36:53 Part 10 - Coleman Hawkins 39:55
Music from the Yank Years features Johnny Desmond, Maxine Sullivan, The Debonaires and Parke Frankenfield's Orchestra
Various Artists - Perfect Blues Released 2006-05-29 on Past Perfect Download on Amazon: http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B003BLYQVY?ie=UTF8&tag;=finetunesne08-21 Download on Google Play: https://play.google.com/store/search?q=Various+Artists+Perfect+Blues&c;=music&PAffiliateID;=100l3VM 1. 00:00:00 Count Basie Good Morning Blues 2. 00:03:19 Billie Holiday Fine And Mellow 3. 00:06:41 Jelly Roll Morton Original Jelly Roll Blues 4. 00:09:50 Joe Venuti Beale Street Blues 5. 00:13:11 Bessie Smith Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out 6. 00:16:15 Louis Armstrong Potato Head Blues 7. 00:19:20 Leadbelly Backwater Blues 8. 00:22:23 Kay Starr Stormy Weather 9. 00:25:31 Fats Waller Fats Waller's Original E-Flat Blues 10. 00:28:51 Jimmie Lunceford Blues In The Night 11. 00:34:15 Maxine Sullivan St. Louis B...
Various Artists - Perfect Love Songs Released 2006-05-29 on Past Perfect Download on iTunes: https://geo.itunes.apple.com/album/id196606483?uo=6&app;=itunes&at;=10ldAw&ct;=YTAT5026554201422 Download on Google Play: https://play.google.com/store/search?q=Various+Artists+Perfect+Love+Songs&c;=music&PAffiliateID;=100l3VM Download on Amazon: http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0035NI682/ref=dm_cd_album_bb Buy CD on Amazon: http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00005B4DA Buy CD from Past Perfect: http://www.pastperfect.com/Detail.aspx?itemid=58 1. 00:00:00 Ella Fitzgerald I've Got A Feeling I'm Falling 2. 00:02:37 Frank Sinatra Stella By Starlight 3. 00:05:53 Jo Stafford Ev'ry Day I Love You (Just A Little Bit More) 4. 00:08:45 Bing Crosby Have I Told You Lately That I Love You? 5. 00:12:07 Peggy Lee Linger ...
Un aristocrate ruiné se retrouve professeur de bonne conduite pour son ami plutôt rustre. Ce dernier lui demande de le réconcilier avec l'amie par laquelle il s'est fait éconduire. Un aristocrate ruiné ( Charles Boyer ) se retrouve professeur de bonne conduite pour son ami ( Félix Marten ) plutôt rustre. Ce dernier lui demande de le réconcilier avec l'amie ( Michèle. Ace in the Hole - Sullivan Maxine 1958. Maxine Sullivan sings the jazz classic Ace in the Hole in a 1958 Art Ford party backed up by pianist Roland Hanna. Trombonist Tyree Glenn and trumpetplayer.
Various Artists - Essential Jazz Singers Released 2009-12-18 on Not Now Music 1. 00:00:00 Nina Simone My Baby Just Cares For Me 2. 00:03:40 Dinah Washington After You've Gone 3. 00:07:18 Louis Armstrong Mack The Knife 4. 00:10:40 Chet Baker My Funny Valentine 5. 00:12:58 Mose Allison Parchman Farm 6. 00:16:17 Bill Monroe & His Bluegrass Boys Comes Love 7. 00:20:18 Frank Sinatra I Get A Kick Out Of You 8. 00:23:15 Ella Fitzgerald The Lady Is A Tramp 9. 00:26:38 Tony Bennett The Beat Of My Heart 10. 00:29:03 Eydie Gorme Too Close For Comfort 11. 00:31:57 Peggy Lee Why Don't You Do Right? 12. 00:34:25 Nat King Cole It's Only A Paper Moon 13. 00:37:20 Sarah Vaughan I'm Lost 14. 00:40:59 Bing Crosby Have You Met Miss Jones? 15. 00:43:28 Anita O'Day Let's Face The Music And Dance 16. 00:46:45 F...
This is the third of a series of three videos highlighting the top 60 female jazz singers of all time as chosen by the website DigitalDreamDoor. This video features artists ranked from 41 - 60. Hope you enjoy it. 1) 00:00 Turn Me On - Norah Jones 2) 2:28 Landslide - Stacey Kent 3) 6:15 The Moon and the Sky - Sade 4) 10:40 Down In My Soul - Ethel Waters 5) 13:48 Love Me Like a Man - Karrin Allyson 6) 18:06 Baltimore Oriole - Sheila Jordan 7) 20:38 You Belong To Me - Jo Stafford 8) 23:48 Memories of You - Maxine Sullivan 9) 28:31 Girl Talk - Vanessa Rubin 10) 33:01 California Soul - Marlena Shaw 11) 35:59 Rocks In My Bed - Ivie Anderson 12) 39:04 Skylark - Linda Ronstadt 13) 42:07 Handy Man - Alberta Hunter 14) 46:07 You Don't Know Me - Janis Siegel 15) 50:35 The Waters of March - Susanna...