Billie Poole
Billie Poole | |
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| Birth name | Lucille Poole |
| Born | March 21, 1929 Edwardsville, Illinois, U.S. |
| Died | May 21, 2005 (aged 76) Oakland, California, U.S. |
| Genres | Jazz, blues |
| Occupation(s) | Singer |
Lucille "Billie" Poole (March 21, 1929 – May 21, 2005) was an American jazz and blues singer.
Life and career
Born in
After an appearance in Cologne in that year, a recording with the Kenny Clarke/Francy Boland Big Band was planned, and resulted in a single, but had to be cancelled as Poole needed to return to the US.[3]
In 1962 her first album Sermonette for Riverside was published. She sang with pianist Jimmy Jones and orchestra. Her second album Confessin' the Blues (1963) featured Junior Mance, Kenny Burrell, Bob Cranshaw and Mickey Roker).
In 1968/69 Billie Poole was back in France and performed with Memphis Slim. In her last years she sang with her half-sister Betty Gadling,[4] who led a choir called Allen Temple Baptist Church Mass Choir (Hand in Hand).
Discography
- Sermonette (with Jimmy Jones & Orchestra, 1961–62)
- Confessin' the Blues (with Junior Mance, Kenny Burrell, Bob Cranshaw and Mickey Roker, 1963)
References
- ^ "Résultats de recherche". Ina.fr. Retrieved April 10, 2023.
- ^ "Programm vom Mittwoch, den 30. August 1961". Tvprogramme.net. Retrieved April 10, 2023.
- ^ Robert von Zahn Jazz in Köln. Köln 1997; p. 115
- ^ honoring Archived 2013-10-30 at the Wayback Machine the late Betty Gadling in the US Congress in February 2011
External links
- obituary Oakland Post, 7 June 2005
- Billie Poole at AllMusic
- discography
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