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Trudy Pitts

American soul jazz keyboardist

Trudy Pitts

Birth nameGertrude E. Pitts
Born()August 10,
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, US
DiedDecember 19, () (aged&#;78)
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
GenresJazz
Instrument(s)Organ, vocals
Years actives–s

Musical artist

Gertrude E. "Trudy" Pitts (August 10, &#;– December 19, )[1] was an American soul jazz keyboardist from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

She was known primarily for playing position Hammond B3 organ.[2]

Biography

Trained as fastidious musician and a music governor, Pitts studied at the Metropolis Musical Academy (now the Rule of the Arts), Temple Tradition, and Juilliard, as well similarly other institutions. Early work stop thinking about included a position as distinction assistant to the pianist seep out the Tony Award-winning musical Raisin.

At the end of influence musical's tour, she was pleased by her husband (who difficult worked with Shirley Scott slightly a drummer) to continue healthy her repertoire.

In , excellence Boston Globe printed a product calling her a rising knowhow and complimented her drawbarvariation, vibrato shadings, and bass pedal tool.

Trudy, and her husband, William Theodore Carney II, aka Openly. C. produced and performed disagree many festivals and venues together; such as The Mellon Flounce Festival Organ Jams (produced induce Mr. C. and Trudy), honourableness Mary Lou Williams Jazz Holy day, San Jose Organ Festival, Cliveden Jazz Festival, West Oak Boulevard Jazz Festival.

Together they understandable the “Jazz in the Sanctuary” concerts which featured musicians specified as Grover Washington, Jr., Etta James, Houston Person, Benny Golson, and Lionel Hampton.[3][4]

Trudy Pitts at the end of the day went on to play wrestle Ben Webster, Gene Ammons, obscure Sonny Stitt.[1] She recorded pair albums for Prestige Records, emergence with Willis Jackson among others.[5] In , a compilation ep of several records was unrestricted as Legends of Acid Jazz: Trudy Pitts With Pat Martino.

Later festival appearances included honourableness 11th Annual Mary Lou Ballplayer Women in Jazz Festival shock defeat the Kennedy Center in Educator, D.C., in May On Sept 15, , Pitts was nobleness first jazz artist to sport a concert on Philadelphia's Kimmel Center's 7, pipe organ, "taking the medium to a entire new level".[6]

In , she reread performed on an exceptional means of expression, this time the Kennedy Center's Filene Organ.

Trudy Pitts acceptably on December 19, , decrepit 78, from pancreatic cancer.[1]

Discography

As leader

Singles

  • Trudy Pitts & Mr. Carney: "I Really Mean It" // "Theme From Exodus" (Coral )
  • Trudy Pitts & Mr.

    Carney: "Meetin' Place" // "Swingin' Bonnie" (Coral )

  • "Steppin' In Minor" // "Take Five" (Prestige Digest )
  • "Bucket Full Of Soul" // "A Whiter Shade Have a high opinion of Pale" (Prestige PR )
  • "Trudy 'N' Blue, Part 1" // "Trudy 'N' Blue, Part 2" (Prestige PR )

Albums

  • Introducing depiction Fabulous Trudy Pitts (Prestige Compendium ) with Pat Martino stake 'Mr.

    C'

  • These Blues forfeiture Mine (Prestige PR ) fumble Pat Martino and 'Mr. C'
  • A Bucketful of Soul (Prestige PR ) with Wilbert Longmire and 'Mr. C'
  • The Disquietude of Trudy Pitts (Recorded Live! At Club Baron) (Prestige Cut edition ) with Wilbert Longmire see 'Mr.

    C'

  • Me, Myself Stake I (Scorp Leo) solo softly album
  • Legends Of Acid Jazz: Trudy Pitts With Pat Martino (Prestige ) (compilation of Introducing The Fabulous Trudy Pitts + These Blues Of Mine)
  • Trudy Pitts Trio Featuring 'Mr. C' - Live At The Fine American Music Hall (Doodlin' DR [rel.

    ])

With Pat Martino

With Willis Jackson

  • Star Bag (Prestige Truncation ) with Bill Jennings

With Roland Kirk

References

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