Teri Thornton

 

Artist:  Teri Thornton 

Birth Name:  Shirley Enid Avery

Born:  September 1, 1934.  Detroit, Michigan, USA

Died:  May 2, 2000 (Aged 65).  Englewood, New Jersey, USA

Genre:  Jazz, Vocal Jazz

Occupation:  Singer

Instruments:  Vocals 

Teri Thornton  was an American Jazz Singer from Detroit, Michigan,  her first performed in local Detroit Clubs in the 1950s.  She moved to New York City in the 1960s, where she found work singing for television advertisements, and recorded for several different labels.  In 1998, she won the Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz Vocal Competition in Washington, DC.  She signed with Verve, which released I'll Be Easy To Find.  That same year, she was diagnosed with bladder cancer and died of the disease in 2000.

Title:  Lullaby Of The Leaves (Limited Edition) (2023)

Genre:  Jazz, Vocal Jazz

Label:  Supper Club

Rating:   *****

Format:  LP

Tracks:

Side A:

 1.  Lullaby Of The Leaves (2:45)

 2.  Devil May Care (2:44)

 3.  Detour Ahead (3:09)

 4.  The Song Is You (2:29)

 5.  My Old Flame (3:27)

 6.  What's Your Story, Morning Glory (3:44)

 7.  Mood Indigo (4:35)

Side B:

 1.  Dancing In The Dark (2:28)

 2.  Left Alone (3:25)

 3.  Blue Champagne (3:08)

 4.  I Feel A Song Coming On (2:39)

 5.  What's New? (4:08)

 6.  Blue Skies (2:33)

 7.  You've Got To Have Heart (2:32)

Personnel:

Teri Thornton:  Vocals

Clark Terry:  Trumpet

Britt Woodman:  Trombone

Earl Warren:  Alto Saxophone

Seldon Powell:  Alto Saxophone

Wynton Kelly:  Piano

Freddie Green:  Guitar on Tracks:  A1, 3, 5, B1, 3, 6

Sam Herman:  Guitar on Tracks:  A2, 4, 6, B2, 4, 5

Sam Jones:  Bass

Jimmy Cobb:  Drums

Lullaby Of The Leaves is an album by Teri Thornton, released on June 9, 2023 by Supper Club.  Limited Edition of 650 Copies only, 180 Gram Vinyl.