N'dambi
Sign in to save'''N'Dambi''' (born June 16, 1969) is an American soul/jazz singer from Dallas, Texas.
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- Person
- Gender
- Female
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1970
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The daughter of strict Baptist ministers in Dallas, Texas - only two kinds of music were allowed in N’dambi’s house – gospel and country. Church was the center of the family‟s life in every way and there was no middle ground. Secular music was forbidden, but its irresistible allure eventually trickled into her life and began impacting the maturing young singer. Blessed with a deep contralto, N’dambi became especially enamored with the male <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/N%27Dambi">Read more
Key facts
- Musical artist.name
- N'Dambi
- Musical artist.birth_name
- Chonita N. Gillespie [Gilbert]
- Musical artist.birth_date
- June 16, 1969
- Musical artist.birth_place
- Dallas, Texas, U.S.
- Musical artist.image
- N'Dambi JazzFest Wien2010 b.jpg
- Musical artist.caption
- N'Dambi at the Vienna Jazz Festival 2010
- Musical artist.instrument
- Vocals, Piano
- Musical artist.occupation
- Musician, singer-songwriter
- Musical artist.associated_acts
- Erykah Badu, Snarky Puppy, Lecrae, Keite Young
- Musical artist.label
- Concord Music Group2006–present, Cheeky-I (independent)1998-2019
- Musical artist.website
- NDambiOnline.com
- Musical artist.background
- solo_singer
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- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Dallas
- Occupation
- jazz musician
- Field of work
- music composing
- Genre
- jazz
- Instrument
- voice
- Record label
- Concord
- Official website
- ndambionline.com
- Image
- N'Dambi JazzFest Wien2010 b.jpg
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- N’Dambi
- date of birth
- 1969-06-16
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- 14297
- start of work period
- 1996-00-00
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Early life
- Career
- ''Little Lost Girls Blues''
- ''Tunin' Up & Co-Siginin{{'}}''
- ''A Weird Kind of Wonderful''
- ''Pink Elephant''
- Work with other artists
- Discography
- References
- External links
'''N'Dambi''' (born June 16, 1969) is an American soul/jazz singer from Dallas, Texas.
==Early life== N'Dambi is the ninth of eleven children born to a Baptist minister and missionary. Her name, "N'Dambi" means "most beautiful". Her father was a minister and singer in a quartet group. She got her professional start singing with Gaye Arbuckle, a local gospel singer, touring with Arbuckle for two years (from the ages of 18 to 20). Shortly thereafter she sang as background singer and collaborator with Erykah Badu. In the liner notes for Badu's debut studio album, Baduizm (1997), she thanked N’Dambi for her backing vocals on "Certainly (Flipped It)", calling her by her nickname, "Butterfly".
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