Lorez Alexandria

Lorez Alexandria (Dolorez Turner) is an American singer, born with Chicago (Illinois) the August 14th 1929, died the May 22nd 2001 with Gardena, in California.

Course

Any young person, it bathes in the sermons of his Pasteur of father and the exubérance of the choral societies religieuses.

Quite naturally, it is from the start, at fifteen years, a vocalist of Gospel in its birthplace. But, at the same time, she sings profane songs in a group has cappella, in Midwest, and until Washington.

She records its first disc in 1957 and continues an active career in various orchestras, but records only under its name, first of all accompanied by members by the orchestra by Count Basie (Joe Newman, Al Grey, Frank Wess, Frank Foster, Freddie Green), then by beboppers and hardboppers.

In 1964, it follows her recent husband Dave Nelson to California, where the meetings of recording still become more and regular, alternating with many appearances on television, in concert and in clubs.

Vicime of an brain attack, it does not record any more after 1993.

One distinguishes in his vocal register “hot” the influence of the Gospel, but also of singers much more profane, mainstream and especially bebop (Sarah Vaughan, Carmen McRae, Dinah Washington, Ella Fitzgerald, Frank Sinatra, and even of prestigious instrumentalists: To ballast Young or Charlie Parker.

Discography

“ This is Lorez Alexandria”, “Lorez Alexandria sings Near”, “Early in the morning”, “Sing No sad songs”, “Deep roots”, “The great Lorez Alexandria”, “More off the great”, “Talk Cozy butt”, “Didn' T we”, “In has different bag”, “From Broadway to Hollywood”, “How will I remember you? ”, “has woman knows”, “The songs off Johnny Mercer”, Harlem butterfly- Lorez Alexandria sings the songs off Johnny Mercer Vol II" , “Tangerine-Lorez Alexandria sings the songs off Johnny Mercer”, “Dear to my heart”, “My one and only Coils”, “May I as in”, “I' L never stop lovin' you ”

Lorez Alexandria recorded exclusively under its own name.

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