Barbara Lea

A fantastic singer who was simply associated with golf swing and Dixieland, Barbara Lea hardly ever broke through with everyone, but she recorded a number of valuable albums. She sang with Detroit dance orchestras while in college, performed with the faculty jazz music group (the Crimson Stompers) at Harvard, and done the East Coastline in the 1950s. She documented for Riverside (1955) and Prestige (1956-1957), using such sidemen as trumpeter Johnny Windhurst and pianists Billy Taylor and Dick Hyman. In the 1960s, Lea proved helpful being a stage celebrity and trained. In the 1970s, she sang with Dick Sudhalter and Ed Polcer and documented in the 1980s for Audiophile, including a tribute to her idol and impact, Lee Wiley. She continuing to execute and record in to the 21st hundred years, and passed away of Alzheimer’s disease in Dec 2011 at age group 82.