Odetta Holmes

Odetta
Odetta 1961.
FödelsenamnOdetta Holmes
Pseudonym(er)Odetta Gordon
Född31 december 1930
Birmingham, Alabama, USA
Död2 december 2008 (77 år)
New York City, USA
GenrerFolk, blues, spirituals
RollSångare
År som aktiv1944 – 2008
SkivbolagFantasy Records, Tradition Records, Vanguard Records, RCA Records, Original Blues Classics
ArtistsamarbetenLead Belly, Janis Joplin, The Staple Singers, Bessie Smith, Bob Dylan, Joan Baez, Bonnie Raitt, Harry Belafonte
Utmärkelser
Library of Congress Living Legend[1]
War Resisters League Peace Award
National Medal of Arts

Odetta Holmes, känd som Odetta, född 31 december 1930 i Birmingham, Alabama, död 2 december 2008 i New York, var en amerikansk sångare, skådespelare, gitarrist, låtskrivare och aktivist för mänskliga rättigheter. Hennes musikaliska repertoar sträckte sig från amerikansk folkmusik till blues, jazz och andlig musik. Under 1950- och 1960-talet var hon en av de stora på den amerikanska folkmusik-scenen och hon inspirerade under den epoken stora artister som Bob Dylan, Joan Baez, Mavis Staples och Janis Joplin.

Studioalbum

  • 1954 The Tin Angel (med Larry Mohr)
  • 1956 Odetta Sings Ballads and Blues
  • 1957 At the Gate of Horn
  • 1959 My Eyes Have Seen
  • 1960 Ballad For Americans and Other American Ballads
  • 1960 Christmas Spirituals
  • 1962 Odetta and The Blues
  • 1962 Sometimes I Feel Like Cryin'
  • 1963 One Grain of Sand
  • 1963 Odetta and Larry
  • 1963 Odetta Sings Folk Songs
  • 1964 It's a Mighty World
  • 1964 Odetta Sings of Many Things
  • 1965 Odetta Sings Dylan
  • 1967 Odetta
  • 1970 Odetta Sings
  • 1987 Movin' It On
  • 1988 Christmas Spirituals (new recording)
  • 1999 Blues Everywhere I Go **
  • 2001 Looking For a Home

Livealbum

  • 1960 Odetta at Carnegie Hall
  • 1962 Town Hall
  • 1966 Odetta in Japan
  • 1973 The Essential Odetta
  • 1976 Odetta at the Best of Harlem[2]
  • 1998 To Ella
  • 2002 Women in (E)motion
  • 2005 Gonna Let It Shine

Samlingsalbum

  • 1963 Odetta
  • 1967 The Best of Odetta
  • 1973 The Essential Odetta (live)
  • 1994 The Best of Odetta: Ballads and Blues
  • 1999 The Best of the Vanguard Years
  • 2000 Livin' with the Blues
  • 2000 Absolutely the Best
  • 2002 The Tradition Masters
  • 2003 American Folk Pioneer
  • 2006 Best of the M.C. Records Years 1999-2005
  • 2007 Vanguard Visionaries

Uppträdanden

Odetta 2006.
Odetta (Burg Waldeck-Festival, Tyskland), 1968.
  • 1959 Newport Folk Festival
  • 1960 Belafonte Returns To Carnegie Hall (Harry Belafonte)[3]
    Tracks: "I've Been Driving On Bald Mountain", "Water Boy", "There's a hole in the bucket"
  • 1960 Folk Festival At Newport Vol. 2
  • 1962 Folk Song and Minstrelsy
  • 1963 Jimmy Witherspoon
    Track: duet on "Lonesome Road."
  • 1964 We Shall Overcome: The March on Washington ***
    Tracks: "Freedom Trilogy": "I'm on My Way", "Come and Go with Me" & "Oh Freedom".
  • 1968 A Tribute To Woodie Guthrie Vol. 1 **
    Track:"This Land Is Your Land/Narration" (with Arlo Guthrie & co. and Will Geer)
  • 1969 The Original Hits Of Right Now Plus Some Heavies From The Motion Picture "Easy Rider"
    Track:"Ballad of Easy Rider"
  • 1970 A Tribute To Woodie Guthrie Vol. 2, "Pastures of Plenty"
  • 1972 Greatest Songs of Woody Guthrie
  • 1976 Aftertones (Janis Ian)
  • 1987 Songs of the Working People
  • 1987 Greatest Folksingers of the 'Sixties **
    Track:"John Henry"
  • 1988 Greenwich Folk Festival
  • 1993 Other Voices, Other Rooms (Nanci Griffith) **
  • 1993 Rare, Live and Classic (Joan Baez)
  • 1994 Freedom is a Constant Struggle
  • 1995 Scenes from a Scene: Greenwich Village
  • 1995 A Folksinger's Christmas
  • 1995 Assassins in the Kingdom (Michael Jonathan)
  • 1996 At Home/Around the World (David Amram & Friends)
  • 1997 Mojo Club: V.4 Light My Fire
  • 1998 Other Voices TOO (Nanci Griffith)
  • 1998 Miriam Makeba-Odetta (Harry Belafonte)
  • 1998 Giants of Folk: Leadbelly/Guthrie/Odetta[4]
  • 1998 Where Have All the Flowers Gone
  • 1998 Original Seeds: Songs that Inspired Nick Cave
  • 1998 Folk Hits of the 1960s
  • 2000 Sounds of a Better World
  • 2000 The Ballad of Ramblin' Jack **
  • 2000 Hyacinths and Thistles (the 6ths)
    Track: "Waltzing Me All The Way Home"
  • 2000 Women of Silverworlf
  • 2000 Rollin' Into Memphis: Songs of John Hiatt
  • 2000 Gospel
  • 2000 Route 50: Driving New Routes
  • 2000 Queens of the Blues
  • 2001 Roger McGuinn: Treasures from the Folk Den **
  • 2001 Washington Square Memories
  • 2001 Jazz Ladies
  • 2001 Say Yo' Business
  • 2001 Philadelphia Folk Festival: 40th Anniversary
  • 2001 Say It Out Loud
  • 2001 Folk Music
  • 2001 Sounds of a Better World (Small Voices Calling)[5]
  • 2002 Blues Treasures
  • 2002 This Land Is Your Land
  • 2002 Soul & Inspiration
  • 2003 Broken Hearted Blues
  • 2003 Blues Had a Baby & It's Rock 'n Roll
  • 2003 In the Wind
  • 2003 Beginner's Guide to Folk Music
  • 2003 Seeds: The Songs of Pete Seeger
  • 2003 Respond II[6]
  • 2003 The Prestige Blues Sampler
  • 2003 Corner of Bleeker and Blues
  • 2003 Best of M.C. Records 1996-2002
  • 2003 Let Freedom Sing
  • 2003 Best of Kerrville Festival
  • 2003 Patriot's Songbook
  • 2003 Blue Box of Blues
  • 2003 Shout Sister Shout: Rosetta Tharpe Tribute
  • 2004 Baby Don't Tear My Clothes (James Cotton)
  • 2004 Ladies Man (Pinetop Perkins) **
  • 2004 My Country Awake: Freedom Compilation
  • 2004 Eric Bibb & Friends
  • 2004 Salute to the Blues: Listening in the Bottle
  • 2005 Folk: The Life, Times & Music Series

Filmografi

Film/program titelInformationÅr
Cinerama HolidayFilm1955
Lamp Onto My FeetTV1956
Tonight with BelafonteTV/Musikal (Emmy Award)1959
Toast of the TownTV[7]1960
SanctuaryDramafilm[8]1961
Have Gun – Will Travel
episod 159/226: "The Hanging of Aaron Gibbs"
TV drama[9]1961
Les Crane ShowTV/Pratshow1965
Festivaldokumentärfilm[10]1967
Live from the Bitter EndTV - konsert1967
Clown Town
starring Odetta & Bobby Vinton
NBC Music Special1968
The Dick Cavett ShowTV/pratshow1969
The Johnny Cash ShowTV/musikal1969
The Virginia Graham ShowTV[11]1971
The Autobiography of Miss Jane PittmanTV-film1974
Soundstage: Just Folks
with Odetta, Tom Paxton, Josh White, Jr. and Bob Gibson
TV - Concert Special1980
Ramblin': with OdettaTV - Concert Special1981
Chords of Famedoc.[12]1984
Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade1989
Boston Pops
with Odetta, Shirley Verrett and Boys Choir of Harlem
TV - konsert1991
Tommy Makem & FriendsTV - konsert1992
The Fire Next TimeTV film[13]1993
Turnabout
The Story of the Yale Puppeteers
dokumentärfilm[14]1993
Odetta: Woman In (E)motionGerman TV - Concert Special1995
Peter, Paul and Mary: LifelinesTV[15]1996
National Medal of Arts and Humanities PresentationsC-Span TV1999
The Ballad of Ramblin' JackDramafilm[16]2000
21st Annual W.C. Handy Blues AwardsAwards ceremony[17]2000
Songs for a Better WorldTV - konsert2000
Later... with Jools Holland
with Odetta och Bill Wyman & His Rhythm Kings
BBC-TV2001
Politically Incorrect with Bill MaherTV pratshow2001
Late Night with David LettermanTV pratshow2001
Pure OxygenTV - pratshow2002
Newport Folk FestivalTV - Concert Special2002
Janis Joplin: Pieces of My HeartBBC-TV biografi2002
Get Up, Stand Up:
The Story of Pop and Protest
doc.[18]2003
Tennessee Ernie Ford ShowTV musikal (Re-Broadcast)2003
Ralph Bunch: An American OdysseyPBS-TV biografi2003
Brother Outsider: The Life of Bayard RustinPBS-TV biografi2003
Visionary Awards PresentationPBS-TV Award Presentation2004
Lightning in a Bottle - Salute to the Bluesdoc.2004
No Direction Homedoc.2005
Talking Bob Dylan BluesBBC-TV konsert2005
Odetta: Blues DivaPBS-TV konsert2005
Odetta: Viss NotiekLatvian TV Weekly Journal2006
A Tribute to the Teachers of AmericaPBS-TV Special: Concert at The Town Hall, New York, New York
Odetta sings a children’s song medley of "Rock Island Line/Here We Go Looptie-Lou/Bring Me Little Water Sylvie"
2007
The Tavis Smiley ShowPBS-TV Discussion and performance of the song "Keep on Movin' It On"25 Jan 2008
Mountain Stage HD: John Hammond, Odetta, and Jorma KaukonenPBS-TV Concert Special2008
Odetta RemembersBBC Four intervju och konsertmontage, 30 min[19]6 Feb 2009
The Yellow BitternA Biopic of Liam Clancy of The Clancy Brothers2009

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