Barbara Dane
American folk, blues, and jazz singer / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Barbara Dane (born Barbara Jean Spillman; May 12, 1927) is an American folk, blues, and jazz singer, guitarist, record producer, and political activist. She co-founded Paredon Records with Irwin Silber.
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Birth name | Barbara Jean Spillman |
Born | (1927-05-12) May 12, 1927 (age 96) Detroit, Michigan, U.S. |
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Occupation(s) | Singer |
Instrument(s) | Vocals, guitar |
Years active | 1957–present |
Labels | Smithsonian Folkways |
Website | barbaradane |
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"Bessie Smith in stereo," wrote jazz critic Leonard Feather of Dane in the late 1950s. Time wrote of Dane: "The voice is pure, rich ... rare as a 20-carat diamond" and quoted Louis Armstrong's exclamation upon hearing her at the Pasadena jazz festival: "Did you get that chick? She's a gasser!"[1] On the occasion of her 85th birthday, The Boston Globe music critic James Reed called her "one of the true unsung heroes of American music."[2]