Norma Winstone
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English jazz singer
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- Person
- Gender
- Female
- Origin
- United Kingdom
- Active from
- 1941
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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 Ga
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- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Norma
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Place of birth
- Bow
- Occupation
- songwriter
- Employer
- Royal Academy of Music
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Field of work
- jazz
- Genre
- jazz
- Instrument
- voice
- Official website
- www.normawinstone.com
- Image
- Norma-Winstone DSC05272.jpg
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- Norma Winstone
- date of birth
- 1941-00-00
- start of work period
- 1960-00-00
- birth name
- Norma Ann Short
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