Lena Horne: Jazz-Legende

Lena Horne is one of the most popular singers and jazz legend African Americans. Lena Horne Calhoun of Mary in New York City born in 1917. She played with many great jazz musicians such as Duke Ellington and Artie Shaw. Now lives in New York City, and does not appear in the public eye. Lena is known for the film stormy weather, where he sang the title song, in 1940. In contrast to what starts usually his musical career developed Lena to an elite family. She lived in a black middle class area in Brooklyn, New York.



His father Edwin left her horns when he was three years old. His mother, Edna Scottron, was the daughter of inventor, was an actress with a group of black theatre and travelled has. Lena's grandparents raised her. Although she said that part of the Black elite, the racial discrimination still exists. Lena Horne and his friend Paul Robeson continuing efforts made to the struggle for civil rights.



In fact, she took seriously the civil rights movement so until there to refuse the offer to run a separate audience or audiences, where black people were there only white people to serve. Lena Horne was part of the March on Washington, only for the purpose of well deserved treat white people the same. In addition, Lena obliges Horne himself with execution for the NAACP, the National Council for Negro Women talk and help former first lady Eleanor Roosevelt lynching in the US Congress to pass law.



Even with all those serious concern found time to one of the most memorable jazz singers in history. She played at the Café society, to present a club imitation of European cabaret, the talents of unknown African Americans, who brought to fruition by Lena Horne, Paul Robeson, Big Joe Turner, Ella Fitzgerald, Lester Young, Hazel Scott, Sarah Vaughn, Josh White, Pete Johnson, and Mary Lou Williams.



From 1947 to 1971, Lena Horne married a Jewish man with Lennie Hayton, a conductor and arranger for MGM him married Studios after admission in his autobiography titled "Lena" by author Richard Schickel, to help his career. Nevertheless, the interracial couple like always faced pressure is not the same race couples, but stayed with him until he died. Lena Horne was in many Broadway musicals and won an award for his 1958 in Calypso titled "Jamaica". Lena Horne won a Tony Award for a one-woman show titled "Lena Horne: the Lady and her music".



Success has to her credit the longest solo performance in history, more than the usual best time run. Agreed Lena Horne in great humility do not accept many musical projects, yet a recording with Frank Sinatra and Quincy Jones as producer, which was not the case. However, Lena Horne worked on a solo record, the duets with Sammy Davis and Joe Williams called "The Men In My Life" in 1988. The following year he gained his list a Grammy for life time achievement award successful claims, he has learned in his career. In his eighties, won in 1994 continues to record albums titled "we are together again" live album of 1995 she a Grammy Award for best jazz vocal album. 1998 ", for me." Finally he got with a chance of an album to sing Frank Sinatra on the song "Embraceable You".



In 2000, he took his vocals to give a "classic Ellington" recording another album. Lena Horne is a member of the Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, and since 1995 the label Blue note of records.



In 2005, Oprah Winfrey, said that Alicia Keys, the part of the Lena Horne in a movie playing ask the musician can.