Teri Thornton
Teri Thornton | |
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Birth name | Shirley Enid Avery |
Born | Detroit, Michigan, U.S. | September 1, 1934
Died | May 2, 2000 Englewood, New Jersey, U.S. | (aged 65)
Genres | Jazz |
Occupation(s) | Singer |
Labels | Preview |
Teri Thornton, born Shirley Enid Avery (September 1, 1934 – May 2, 2000) was an American jazz singer.
Thornton first performed in local Detroit clubs in the 1950s. She moved to
Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz Vocal Competition in Washington, DC. (Singers Jane Monheit, Tierney Sutton and Roberta Gambarini were runners-up in the same competition.) Thornton signed with Verve, which released I'll Be Easy to Find.[2] That same year, she was diagnosed with bladder cancer and died of the disease in 2000.[3]
Discography
- Devil May Care (Riverside, 1961)
- Open Highway (Columbia, 1963)
- Somewhere in the Night (Dauntless, 1963)
- I'll Be Easy to Find (Verve, 1999)
References
- ^ Ratliff, Ben. "Teri Thornton Is Dead at 65; Jazz Singer Had Hits in 1960's", The New York Times, May 7, 2000. Accessed February 23, 2008.
- ^ The Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz Archived 2011-02-03 at the Wayback Machine
- Allmusic