Odetta and the Blues, the Glossary
Odetta and the Blues is an album by folk singer Odetta, released in 1962. Odetta had broken ties with her first manager (and close friend) Dean Gitter, which led to Gitter suing her for unpaid revenues during her 1957 concert tour. During this period, Gitter had committed her to recording for the Riverside label.[1]
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36 relations: Ace Records (United States), Ahmed Abdul-Malik, AllMusic, American folk music revival, Arrangement, Audio engineer, Berkeley, California, Buck Clayton, Christmas Spirituals, Clarinet, Country blues, Dick Wellstood, Double bass, Drum kit, Fantasy Studios, Folk music, Herb Hall, Jazz, Jazz band, Jimmy Cox, Legacy Recordings, Leroy Carr, Make Me a Pallet on the Floor, New York City, Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out, Odetta, Original Jazz Classics, Orrin Keepnews, Piano, Riverside Records, Shep Shepherd, Singing, Sometimes I Feel Like Cryin', Trombone, Trumpet, Vic Dickenson.
- Odetta albums
Ace Records (United States)
Ace Records was a record label that was started in August 1955 in Jackson, Mississippi by Johnny Vincent, with Teem Records as its budget subsidiary.
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Ahmed Abdul-Malik
Ahmed Abdul-Malik (born Jonathan Tim, Jr.; January 30, 1927 – October 2, 1993) was an American jazz double bassist and oud player.
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AllMusic
AllMusic (previously known as All-Music Guide and AMG) is an American online music database.
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American folk music revival
The American folk music revival began during the 1940s and peaked in popularity in the mid-1960s.
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Arrangement
In music, an arrangement is a musical adaptation of an existing composition.
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Audio engineer
An audio engineer (also known as a sound engineer or recording engineer) helps to produce a recording or a live performance, balancing and adjusting sound sources using equalization, dynamics processing and audio effects, mixing, reproduction, and reinforcement of sound.
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Berkeley, California
Berkeley is a city on the eastern shore of San Francisco Bay in northern Alameda County, California, United States.
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Buck Clayton
Wilbur Dorsey "Buck" Clayton (November 12, 1911 – December 8, 1991) was an American jazz trumpeter who was a member of Count Basie's orchestra.
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Christmas Spirituals
Christmas Spirituals is the name of two albums recorded by the American folk singer Odetta. Odetta and the Blues and Christmas Spirituals are Odetta albums.
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Clarinet
The clarinet is a single-reed musical instrument in the woodwind family, with a nearly cylindrical bore and a flared bell.
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Country blues
Country blues (also folk blues, rural blues, backwoods blues, or downhome blues) is one of the earliest forms of blues music.
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Dick Wellstood
Richard MacQueen Wellstood (November 25, 1927 – July 24, 1987) was an American jazz pianist.
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Double bass
The double bass, also known as the upright bass, the acoustic bass, or simply the bass, is the largest and lowest-pitched chordophone in the modern symphony orchestra (excluding rare additions such as the octobass).
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Drum kit
A drum kit (also called a drum set, trap set, or simply drums in popular music context) is a collection of drums, cymbals, and sometimes other auxiliary percussion instruments set up to be played by one person.
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Fantasy Studios
Fantasy Studios was a music recording studio in Berkeley, California, at the Zaentz Media Center, known for its recording of award-winning albums including Journey's Escape and Green Day's Dookie.
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Folk music
Folk music is a music genre that includes traditional folk music and the contemporary genre that evolved from the former during the 20th-century folk revival.
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Herb Hall
Herbert L. Hall (March 28, 1907 – March 5, 1996) was an American jazz clarinetist and alto saxophonist.
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Jazz
Jazz is a music genre that originated in the African-American communities of New Orleans, Louisiana, in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, with its roots in blues, ragtime, European harmony and African rhythmic rituals.
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Jazz band
A jazz band (jazz ensemble or jazz combo) is a musical ensemble that plays jazz music.
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Jimmy Cox
James Cox (July 28, 1882 – March 3, 1925) was an American vaudeville performer, and songwriter famous for his Roaring Twenties hit, "Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out", written in 1923.
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Legacy Recordings
Legacy Recordings is an American record label that is a division of Sony Music.
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Leroy Carr
Leroy Carr (March 27, 1904 or 1905 – April 29, 1935) was an American blues singer, songwriter and pianist who developed a laid-back, crooning technique and whose popularity and style influenced such artists as Nat King Cole and Ray Charles.
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Make Me a Pallet on the Floor
"Make Me a Pallet on the Floor" (also "Make Me a Pallet on your Floor", "Make Me a Pallet", or "Pallet on the Floor") is a blues/jazz/folk song.
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New York City
New York, often called New York City (to distinguish it from New York State) or NYC, is the most populous city in the United States.
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Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out
"Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out" is a blues standard written by pianist Jimmie Cox in 1923 and originally performed in a Vaudeville-blues style.
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Odetta
Odetta Holmes (December 31, 1930 – December 2, 2008), known as Odetta, was an American singer, often referred to as "The Voice of the Civil Rights Movement".
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Original Jazz Classics
Original Jazz Classics (or OJC) is a record label that was founded in 1983 as an imprint of Fantasy Records.
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Orrin Keepnews
Orrin Keepnews (March 2, 1923 – March 1, 2015) was an American jazz writer and record producer known for founding Riverside Records and Milestone Records, for freelance work, and for his work at other labels.
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Piano
The piano is a keyboard instrument that produces sound when its keys are depressed, through engagement of an action whose hammers strike strings.
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Riverside Records
Riverside Records was an American jazz record company and label. Odetta and the Blues and Riverside Records are Riverside Records albums.
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Shep Shepherd
Berisford Shepherd, professionally known as Shep Shepherd (January 19, 1917 – November 25, 2018), was an American multi-instrumental jazz musician, composer and singer.
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Singing
Singing is the act of creating musical sounds with the voice.
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Sometimes I Feel Like Cryin'
Sometimes I Feel Like Cryin' is an album by American folk singer Odetta, released in 1962. Odetta and the Blues and Sometimes I Feel Like Cryin' are Odetta albums.
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Trombone
The trombone (Posaune, Italian, French: trombone) is a musical instrument in the brass family.
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Trumpet
The trumpet is a brass instrument commonly used in classical and jazz ensembles.
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Vic Dickenson
Victor Dickenson (August 6, 1906 – November 16, 1984) was an American jazz trombonist.
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See also
Odetta albums
- At the Gate of Horn
- Ballad for Americans and Other American Ballads
- Blues Everywhere I Go
- Christmas Spirituals
- It's a Mighty World
- Looking for a Home (album)
- My Eyes Have Seen
- Odetta (1967 album)
- Odetta Sings
- Odetta Sings Ballads and Blues
- Odetta Sings Dylan
- Odetta Sings Folk Songs
- Odetta Sings of Many Things
- Odetta Sings the Blues
- Odetta and the Blues
- Odetta discography
- One Grain of Sand
- Sometimes I Feel Like Cryin'