Ellen Christi (born March 7, 1958,
Chicago
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) is an American
jazz
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singer.
Christi studied music formally in New York City with
Jaki Byard
John Arthur "Jaki" Byard (; June 15, 1922 – February 11, 1999) was an American jazz multi-instrumentalist, composer, and arranger. Mainly a pianist, he also played tenor and alto saxophones, among several other instruments. He was known for h ...
,
Jeanne Lee
Jeanne Lee (January 29, 1939 – October 25, 2000) was an American jazz singer, poet and composer. Best known for a wide range of vocal styles she mastered, Lee collaborated with numerous distinguished composers and performers who included Gunte ...
, and
Metropolitan Opera
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coloratura singer
Galli Campi. She was a founding member of the
New York City Artists' Collective in 1975. Working primarily in New York in the 1980s, she played with
Jemeel Moondoc
Jemeel Moondoc (August 5, 1946 – August 29, 2021) was a jazz saxophonist who played alto saxophone. He was a proponent of a highly improvisational style.
He was born in Chicago, Illinois, United States, and studied clarinet and piano before set ...
,
Rahn Burton,
Tom Bruno,
William Parker, and
Lisa Sokolov. In the late 1980s and 1990s she began working increasingly in Europe, with
Hans Koch,
Carlo Actis Dato,
Enrico Fazio,
Guido Mazzon
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, and
Claudio Lodati.
Discography
* ''The Sounds of Life'' (N.Y.C.A.C., 1976)
* ''And You Ain't Ready For This One Either'' (N.Y.C.A.C., 1979)
* ''New York City Artists' Collective Plays Butch Morris'' (N.Y.C.A.C., 1984)
* ''Live at Irving Plaza'' (Soul Note, 1985)
* ''Star of Destiny'' (N.Y.C.A.C., 1987)
* ''Senza Parole'' (Splasc(h), 1990)
* ''Dreamers'' with Claudio Lodati (Splasc(h), 1990)
* ''A Piece of the Rock'' (Splasc(h), 1992)
* ''Better World'' (Unit, 1992)
* ''Vocal Desires'' with Claudio Lodati (C.M.C., 1994)
* ''Instant Reality'' (Network, 1995)
* ''Reconstruction of Sound'' (Network, 1996)
* ''Alienstalk'' (Sargasso, 1998)
* ''Tribute to Paradise'' with Gary Hassay (Drimala, 2004)
References
*"Ellen Christi". ''
The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz''. 2nd edition, ed.
Barry Kernfeld
Barry Dean Kernfeld (born August 11, 1950) is an American musicologist and jazz saxophonist who has researched and published extensively about the history of jazz and the biographies of its musicians.
Education
In 1968, Kernfeld enrolled at ...
.
Ellen Christi Improvisations ''
The New York Times
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'', December 7, 1989.
American jazz singers
American women jazz singers
American women singers
Jazz musicians from Chicago
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