Honi gordon biography of albert
Honi gordon biography of albert
Honi gordon biography of albert lea.
Honi Gordon
American jazz musician
Honi Gordon (sometimes Honey Gordon) was a jazz vocalist.
Career
Honi Gordon sang as a member of the Gordons (with her father and two brothers) in the early 1950s.[1] Her first recordings, in 1953, were with them and Hank Jones (piano), Charles Mingus (bass), and Max Roach (drums).[2] They were released on Debut Records' Autobiography in Jazz.[2] The Gordons also appeared on recordings led by Lionel Hampton in 1956, and on the album Dizzy Gillespie and Stuff Smith in 1957.[2]
Gordon herself sang on a few tracks led by Eddie Jefferson in 1959.[2] In 1962 she recorded, as a leader, the album Honi Gordon Sings, for Prestige Records.[1] This included well-known jazz musicians – Makanda Ken McIntyre (alto sax, flute), Wally Richardson (guitar), Jaki Byard (piano), George Duvivier (bass), and Ed Shaughnessy (drums).[1][2] This was her only album as leader.