Nancy Wilson
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Nancy Wilson Biography
Diva Nancy Wilson was among contemporary music's most stylish
and sultry vocalists; while often crossing over into the pop and
R&B markets -- and even hosting her own television variety program
-- she remained best known as a jazz performer, renowned for her work
alongside figures including Cannonball Adderley and George Shearing.
Born February 20, 1937, in Chillicothe, OH, Wilson first attracted
notice performing the club circuit in nearby Columbus; she quickly
earned a growing reputation among jazz players and fans, and she was
recording regularly by the late '50s, eventually signing to Capitol and
issuing LPs including 1959's Like in Love and Nancy Wilson with Billy
May's Orchestra. Her dates with Shearing, including 1960's The
Swingin's Mutual, solidified her standing as a talent on the rise, and
her subsequent work with Adderley -- arguably her finest recordings --
further cemented her growing fame and reputation.
In the years to follow, however, Wilson often moved away from jazz,
much to the chagrin of purists; she made numerous albums, many of them
properly categorized as pop and R&B outings, and toured
extensively, appearing with everyone from Nat King Cole and Sarah
Vaughan to Ruth Brown and LaVern Baker. She even hosted her own
Emmy-winning variety series for NBC, The Nancy Wilson Show, and was a
frequent guest performer on other programs; hits of the period included
Tell Me the Truth, How Glad I Am, Peace of Mind, and Now, I'm a
Woman. Regardless of how far afield she traveled, Wilson always
maintained her connections to the jazz world, and in the 1980s, she
returned to the music with a vengeance, working closely with performers
including Hank Jones, Art Farmer, Ramsey Lewis, and Benny Golson. By
the 1990s, she was a favorite among the new adult contemporary
market, her style ideally suited to the format's penchant for lush,
romantic ballads; she also hosted the Jazz Profiles series on National
Public Radio.
In the early 2000s, Wilson returned to jazz, recording two albums with
Ramsey Lewis for Narada (2002's Meant to Be and 2003's Simple
Pleasures). Her 2004 album R.S.V.P. (Rare Songs, Very Personal) was a
blend of straight-ahead jazz and ballads, similar to her next record,
2006's Turned to Blue, which, like R.S.V.P., used a different
instrumentalist for each track. In 2005, Capitol released a three-part
series to pay tribute to Wilson's contributions to music in the '50s
and '60s: Guess Who I Saw Today: Nancy Wilson Sings Songs of Lost Love,
Save Your Love for Me: Nancy Wilson Sings the Great Blues Ballads, and
The Great American Songbook. ~ Jason Ankeny, All Music Guide
Written by Jason Ankeny