Here's another cut from the great Morgana King. Her rendition of "A Taste of Honey" is classic. This was frequently played on the Rivers Family stereo. It is a delicious treat for the ears. Treat yourself and listen.
Wednesday, August 15, 2018
Jazz Great, Morgana King
When I was growing up on 124th and Central Avenue in South Central L.A., Sundays were always music days in our household. Mom and Dad would play albums on the family hi-fi in the living room. The artists I grew up hearing on our Jazz Sundays were Sarah Vaughan, Carmen McRae, Joe Williams, Chet Baker, Dinah Washington, Lena Horne and Morgana King.
Today, many folks are probably more likely to mention Michael Bublé or Diana Krall when asked to name jazz singers. King was not a mainstream jazz singer. She was not mentioned as widely as the artists I listed in the opening paragraph but she was greatly respected within the jazz community. The millions of moviegoers who saw Morgana King as Mama Corleone in THE GODFATHER didn't know that she had an exquisite jazz voice.
News broke today that the acclaimed jazz singer passed away at age 87. She was stricken with a non-Hodgkin's lymphoma according to a report in The Washington Post. Her death was kept private news apparently. She died in March but her passing was just recently made public by a longtime dear friend who posted a tender farewell to her on Facebook.
Morgana King died in Palm Springs, California. If you didn't know that "Mama Corleone" was an extraordinary jazz singer, just play this:
Here's another cut from the great Morgana King. Her rendition of "A Taste of Honey" is classic. This was frequently played on the Rivers Family stereo. It is a delicious treat for the ears. Treat yourself and listen.
Here's another cut from the great Morgana King. Her rendition of "A Taste of Honey" is classic. This was frequently played on the Rivers Family stereo. It is a delicious treat for the ears. Treat yourself and listen.
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