Description: We combine shipping on all purchased items. It is now automatically calculated and discounted based on your location. Ethel Waters (October 31, 1896 – September 1, 1977) was an American singer and actress. Waters frequently performed jazz, swing and pop music on the Broadway stage and in concerts. She began her career in the 1920s singing blues. She first recorded for Columbia in 1925, achieving a hit with "Dinah". With Earl Dancer, she joined what was called the Keith Vaudeville Circuit, a vaudeville circuit performing for white audiences and combined with screenings of silent movies. In 1929, Waters and Wright arranged the unreleased Harry Akst song "Am I Blue?", which was used in the movie On with the Show and became a hit and her signature song. She became the highest-paid performer on Broadway. Despite this status, she had difficulty finding work. She moved to Los Angeles to appear in the 1942 film Cairo. During the same year, she reprised her starring stage role as Petunia in the all-black film musical Cabin in the Sky directed by Vincent Minnelli, and starring Lena Horne as the ingénue. In her later years, Waters often toured with the preacher Billy Graham on his crusades. Waters died on September 1, 1977, aged 80, from uterine cancer, kidney failure, and other ailments, in Chatsworth, California. The 4 CD series includes the majority of her recordings made at the peak of her career. Famous jazz musicians are her accompaniment on several sides. James P. Johnson, Joe Smith , Pearl Wright, Clarence Williams, Lorene Faulkner and Fletcher Henderson on piano. Her unique singing style is very expressive and dramatic. All selections have been digitally restored by Vintage Recordings. Several Items will have a symbol next to a song. You can listen to a sound clip with the windows media player. Ethel Waters (Jazz Songs and Blues) Encore 2 (1926 - 1931) 01 I'm Coming Virginia 1926 02 Tell 'Em About Me 1926 03 Take What You Want 1926 04 Some of These Days 1927 05 Take Your Black Bottom Outside 1927 06 Lonesome Swallow 1928 07 Get Up Off Your Knees 1928 08 My Handyman 1928 Your browser does not support the audio element. 09 Organ Grinder Blues 1928 10 West End Blues 1928 11 Do What You Did Last Night 1928 12 My Baby Sure Knows How To Love 1928 13 Guess Who's In Town 1928 14 Second Handed Man 1929 15 Better Keep Your Eye On Your Man 1929 16 Birmingham Bertha 1929 Your browser does not support the audio element. 17 Long Lean Lanky Mama 1929 18 Three Little Words 1930 19 I Got Rhythm 1930 20 Shine On Harvest Moon 1931 21 River, Stay Away From My Door 1931
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Artist: Jazz Vocals, Jazz Singer, Torch Singer, Blues Singer, Ethel Waters
Format: CD
Release Title: Ethel Waters Jazz Songs and Blues
Sub-Genre: Vocal Jazz
Style: 1920's Jazz, 1930's Jazz, Minstrel, Ragtime, Traditional Jazz
Genre: Big Band, 1920's Jazz Singer, 1920's Blues Singer, Scat Singing, Blues, Jazz
