Ben Black
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Ben Black
- Genres: Jazz
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Ben Black is a promising but obscure jazz vocalist who frequently performed around Seattle in the 1990s. Like Jimmy Scott, Black has been influenced by female singers to the point that he often sounds like he could be one himself. Scott is among Black's main influences, as are Billie Holiday and Dinah Washington. There are also traces of Mel Torme in his subtle phrasing. Black was born at the U.S. Army Hospital at Ford Ord in Monterey, CA, but he would end up living in the Seattle Area. In 1995 and 1996, a 29-year-old Black recorded the material heard on his debut album, In A Mellow Tone, which Seattle pianist Barney McClure released on his MNOP label a few years later. ~ Alex Henderson, RoviWikipedia on Answers.com:
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Ben Black
Ben Black (11 December 1889 – 26 December 1950) was an English composer of popular song and an impresario.
Born in Dudley, England, Black worked as music director in Paramount Pictures' cinemas across the US, before moving on to theatrical production in his own right. He became a member of the American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers in 1926.
Famous works
- Hold Me (1919, with Art Hickman)
- Moonlight And Roses (1925, by Edwin Lemare: Ben Black and Neil Moret added the words without Lemare's permission)
- Tears
- You and I
- Don't Sing Aloha When I Go
External links
- Ben Black at the Internet Movie Database
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