THURLOW, JANET
Homebase: Seattle, WA
Stats: b. 1926 - d. 2022
Misc Notes: Jazz singer who began with Bumps Blackwell's band, and in 1951 went on to tour and record with Lionel Hampton. On October 27, 1953 she recorded "Eclipse" with Charles Mingus's octet. [...READ More HERE...]
NOTES:
2004. A French label issued a ten cd package that included the track "Blue Tide" which Janet had recorded in 1953.
Janet Thurlow, Trianon Ballroom, Seattle, December 1949
Newspaper clipping, December 2, 1949
The Seattle Times, December 12, 1950.
MISC NOTES:
B-Side: "Cool" Train" by Lionel Hampton and his Orchestra
LOCATION: Hollywood, CA?
RECORDING PERSONNEL: Janet Thurlow [vocal: A-side]; Lionel Hampton and his Orchestra [instrumental]
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FORMAT: disc
SIZE: 7" & 10"
SPEED: 45 rpm & 78 rpm
DISC NOTES:
Disc # as printed on labels:
7") K10979
10") 10979
A-SIDE MATRIX:
7") K10979-A
10") 10979-A
A-SIDE STAMPER CODE:
7") K10979A (stamped)
10") B 10979A (stamped)
A-SIDE COMPOSER: Gaskill-McHugh
A-SIDE PUBLISHER: No Listing
MISC NOTES: This song first appeared in 1953 as side one, track #2 on the Debut label's 4-song EP titled Charles Mingus Octet.In 1955 Debut released Autobiography In Jazz compilation album featuring numerous jazz artists, including Thurlow's "Eclipse" (Side A, track #2). In the liner notes jazz critic Nat Hentoff wrote: "Janet Sings with difficult vocal of the sociological Eclipse with sensitive musicianship." Decades later, Debut reissued that Autobiography In Jazz LP (Debut - 198) with "Eclipse" (Side B, track #4).
LOCATION: New York (Recorded 10/27/1953)
RECORDING PERSONNEL: Janet Thurlow [vocal]; Charles Mingus [bass]; Teo Macero [tenor]; Jackson Wiley [cello]; Eddie Cane [alto]; Danny Bank [baritone] Willie Dennis [trombone]; John Lewis [piano]; Kenny Clarke [drums].
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FORMAT: disc
SIZE: 12"
SPEED:33 1/3 rpm
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"Eclipse" Album Reissues:
1977. Side 1, track #5 on Mirage (New World Records NW - 216) compilation album
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A-SIDE COMPOSER: Mingus