Lucy Reed – Jazz Singer
Lucy Reed was a jazz singer from the 1940s through the 1990s. A small town midwest girl, she started with a radio show in her teens, sang in local clubs and joined touring bands including Woody Herman and Charlie Ventura. She eventually landed in Chicago while enjoying a stretch of time in the 1950s playing top jazz clubs in NYC. Aside from smaller earlier recordings on the Chance label, she recorded two albums with Fantasy Records in the 1950s and another on Universal in 1992. Known for her sultry torch songs, her playful swing singing and sensitive and often obscure ballads, she recorded and performed with some of the greatest musicians, band leaders and arrangers of her day. Sadly she is no longer with us, but her music and timeless interpretations continue to live on.