Lorraine Feather
American singer-songwriter (born 1948)
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Birth name | Billie Jane Lee Lorraine Feather |
Born | (1948-09-10) September 10, 1948 (age 75) Manhattan, New York, U.S. |
Genres | Jazz |
Occupation(s) | Singer, lyricist, songwriter |
Instrument | Vocals |
Years active | 1967–present |
Labels | Concord Jazz, Sanctuary, Rhombus, Jazzed Media |
Website | lorrainefeather |
Musical artist
Lorraine Feather (born Billie Jane Lee Lorraine Feather; September 10, 1948) is an American singer, lyricist, and songwriter.
Early life
A native of Manhattan, she was born to jazz writer Leonard Feather and his wife Jane, a former big band singer. She was named Billie Jane Lee Lorraine for her godmother Billie Holiday, her mother's former roommate Peggy Lee, and for the song "Sweet Lorraine".[1]
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Three of her albums have been nominated for Grammy Awards in the Best Jazz Vocal Album category: Ages (2010), Attachments (2013), and Flirting with Disaster (2015).[2]
Discography
- Joanne Grauer Introducing Lorraine Feather (MPS, 1978)
- Sweet Lorraine (Concord Jazz, 1978)
- The Body Remembers (Bean Bag, 1996)
- New York City Drag (Rhombus, 2000)
- Such Sweet Thunder (Sanctuary, 2003)
- Cafe Society (Sanctuary, 2003)
- Dooji Wooji (Sanctuary, 2005)
- Language (Jazzed Media, 2008)
- Ages (Jazzed Media, 2010)
- Tales of the Unusual (Jazzed Media, 2012)
- Attachments (Jazzed Media, 2013)
- Flirting with Disaster (Jazzed Media, 2015)
- Math Camp (Relarion, 2018)
References
External links
- Official site
- Ages review (Michael G. Nastos), AllMusic
- Tales of the Unusual review (Ken Dryden), AllMusic
- Dooji Wooji review (Christopher Loudon), JazzTimes 2005
- Language feature (Susan Stamberg), NPR 2008
- Live review, Lorraine Feather/Shelly Berg (Stephen Holden), The New York Times 2008
- Flirting with Disaster review (Brenda Hillegas), Elmore magazine 2015
- Math Camp review (Christopher Loudon), JazzTimes 2018