Wikio - Ida Cox

Jazz Pioneer Reitz Dies (Contactmusic Ltd)

Mon, 17 Nov 2008 16:46:12 GMT

... lost music and supervised the remastering of damaged recordings including works by Bessie Smith, Ida Cox and Ma Rainey.In addition to completing 17 albums through the label, she also produced concerts by longtime female blues singers for the Newport Jazz Festival, Carnegie Hall and the Hollywood Bowl.Reitz is survived by three daughters - Rebecca, of Manhattan, Robin Reitz of Tucson, and...

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Explore : Artists, Bessie Smith, Blues, Entertainment, Music

Earl Palmer, legendary rock 'n' roll drummer, dies at 83 (LA Times)

Sun, 21 Sep 2008 07:00:00 GMT

Born in New Orleans on Oct. 25, 1924, Earl Cyril Palmer was tap-dancing by age 5 on the black vaudeville circuit, touring with his mother, a singer, in Ida Cox's jazz and blues revue. He didn't learn to play drums until after serving in Europe with the Army in World War II. He returned to New Orleans and attended the Gruenwald School of Music on the GI Bill. He studied piano and percussion and...

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Heroes of Memphis Soul Music (Article Archive)

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 22:12:53 GMT

When talking about Memphis soul music, there are many names that you should definitely mention. People like W.C. Handy, Frank Stokes, Willie Nix, Furry Lewis, Sleepy John Estes, Junior Parker, Ida Cox, Memphis Minnie, Rosco Gordon, Howlin Wolf, Robert Wilkins, Big Mama Thornton and Bobby Sowell have all worked together to create, shape and define what Memphis soul music is and should always be.

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American Field Recording Trips (Havering On)

Fri, 21 Mar 2008 07:54:00 GMT

In the early 1920s most of the major record companies recorded the women Blues singers in New York, during the periods that artists lincluding Bessie Smith, Ma Rainy, Ethel Waters and Ida Cox worked the city's theatres. It was OKeh, an independent label started in 1918, that released Mamie Smith’s Crazy Blues (OKeh 4169) in November 1920; rather than one of the big two labels, Columbia and Victor.

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Explore : Artists, Bessie Smith, Blind Lemon Jefferson, Blues, Music

Paramount Records - the Great Pre-War Blues Label. (Havering On)

Sun, 03 Feb 2008 12:46:00 GMT

... a number of 'Classic Blues singers' and soon Paramount was releasing records by Alberta Hunter, Ida Cox and May Rainey. Williams wanted to find a male singer and went to Maxwell Street in Chicago wher e he came across Papa Charlie Jackson and his 6-string banjo. Jackson's success led to the company looking for other male talent and it was not long before Blind Lemon Jefferson and Blind Blake...

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Minstrel troupe gets blues marker (Everything And Nothing)

Wed, 10 Oct 2007 20:01:00 GMT

... the most famous touring company in the South, featuring musicians as varied as Ma and Pa Rainey , Ida Cox, Bessie Smith, Louis Jordan and Rufus Thomas.

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Hines, Payne, Woods and Ivory Sing Blues in the Night, a 25th Anniversary Revival (PlayBill)

Thu, 09 Aug 2007 07:56:35 GMT

... George W. Thomas, Gordon Jenkins, Grand Clarke, H. Grey, Harold Arlen, Harry Akst, Harry Revel, Ida Cox, Jimmy Cox, Jimmy Davis, Jimmy Sherman, John Latouche, Johnny Mercer, Leola Wilson, Mack David, Mack Gordon, Roger "Ram" Ramirez, Ted Fetter, Ted Koehler, Vernon Duke, Wesley Wilson and Willard Robinson.The creative team includes costume designer Dana Woods and scenic and lighting designer...

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Hines, Payne, Woods and Ivory to Sing Epps' Blues in the Night in San Francisco (PlayBill)

Wed, 27 Jun 2007 19:54:33 GMT

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