(source: wikipedia)Patty Waters (March 11, 1946 – June 29, 2024) was an American jazz vocalist best known for her free jazz recordings in the 1960s for the ESP-Disk label.
Waters was born in Iowa on March 11, 1946. She started singing semi-professionally in high school. After school, she sang for the Jerry Gray Hotel Jazz Band. Her family moved to Denver and she started listening to Billie Holiday, whose life and singing had a profound influence on her.[ | accessdate... more]
