Norma Winstone
Norma Ann Winstone (born 23 September 1941, in Bow, East London) is a Briti… Read Full Bio ↴Norma Ann Winstone (born 23 September 1941, in Bow, East London) is a British jazz singer and lyricist. In a career spanning over forty years she is best known for her wordless improvisations.
Winstone began singing in bands around Dagenham in the early 1960s, before joining Michael Garrick's band in 1968. Her first recording came the following year, with Joe Harriott. She recorded one album under her own name in 1972. [1]
Winstone has worked with most of her peers in British jazz including Garrick, Mike Westbrook and her former husband, the pianist John Taylor. With Taylor and trumpeter Kenny Wheeler she has performed and recorded three albums for ECM as a member of the trio Azimuth between 1977 and 1980. In addition she made an album with the American pianist Jimmy Rowles (Well Kept Secret, 1993).
Norma Winstone was awarded the MBE in the Queen's Birthday Honours of 2007 for her services to Music.
Winstone began singing in bands around Dagenham in the early 1960s, before joining Michael Garrick's band in 1968. Her first recording came the following year, with Joe Harriott. She recorded one album under her own name in 1972. [1]
Winstone has worked with most of her peers in British jazz including Garrick, Mike Westbrook and her former husband, the pianist John Taylor. With Taylor and trumpeter Kenny Wheeler she has performed and recorded three albums for ECM as a member of the trio Azimuth between 1977 and 1980. In addition she made an album with the American pianist Jimmy Rowles (Well Kept Secret, 1993).
Norma Winstone was awarded the MBE in the Queen's Birthday Honours of 2007 for her services to Music.
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Norma Winstone Lyrics
Come Sunday Ooh Lord, dear Lord above, God almighty, God of love, pleas…
everybody's song but my own Everyday i hear a Melody Somethings tell me that my own…
Hi Lili Hi Lo On every tree there sits a bird, singing a song…
Joy Spring Joy Spring and felt the breezes A squirrel scampering on the…
Just Sometimes Just sometimes I catch a glimpse of something in the strange…
Prelude to a Kiss If you hear A song in blue Like a flower crying For the…
Where or When It seems we stood and talked like this before We looked…