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She performed with the Johnny Otis Show at the Monterey Jazz Festival in 1970. The 1970s and 1980s [ edit ] "With her lubricious, naturally sardonic high vibrato, this modern blues singer is well equipped to carry Dinah Washington 's torch, and a club date with the likes of Chuck Rainey and Cornell Dupree is the perfect place for her ...
A la edad de 14 años, ganó el concurso de talento amateur del año 1949 en el Barrelhouse Club, propiedad de Johnny Otis. Otis estaba tan impresionado que grabó con ella para el sello Modern Records y la incorporó a su traveling revue, The California Rhythm and Blues Caravan, con el nombre de Little Esther.
- Esther Mae Jones
- 7 de agosto de 1984 (48 años), Torrance (Estados Unidos)
8 de ago. de 1984 · The blues singer Esther Phillips, who got her start with Johnny Otis and was acknowledged by the Beatles as a major innovator of rock, died today in U.C.L.A.-Harbor Medical Center in...
Otis reduced the size of his band and hired the singers Mel Walker, Little Esther (born Esther Mae Jones and later known as Esther Phillips) and the Robins (who later became the Coasters). He discovered the teenaged Esther Jones when she won a talent show at the Barrelhouse Club.
Esther Phillips, began her career as an astounding 13-year-old prodigy, singing very adult, saucy blues with the legendary Johnny Otis revue in Los Angeles. Hers was a life filled with both triumphs and tragedy, cut short by the effects of heroin addiction, but less than a year before her death famed critic Leonard Feather hailed her as “the ...
20 de ene. de 2012 · Otis recalled one incident, when he was traveling with the singer Little Esther, now known as Esther Phillips. Phillips, who was only 13, stopped to use a restroom at a gas station.
Over the next decade he played an important role in the development of rhythm and blues, discovering, producing, promoting and performing with artists such as Little Esther Phillips, The Robins, The Coasters, Mel Walker, Etta James, Jackie Wilson, Big Mama Thornton, Little Willie John, and Hank Ballard.
