Monday, August 22, 2011

Victoria Spivey on Queen Vee




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Victoria SPIVEY, Vocal and piano
Eddie Barefield Alto Sax - Pat Wilson Drums

From Broadway to 7th Ave.

Victoria Spivey -piano solo
Playing with The Keys

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Victoria SPIVEY, Vocal and piano
Eddie Barefield Alto Sax - Pat Wilson Drums

Turpentine
Buddy Tate

Queen Vee EP 101

Brooklyn New York

1962

Recorded in February and March 1962 in New York City.

Victoria Spivey (b 15 Oct. '06, Houston TX; d 3 Oct. '76, NYC) Blues singer, pianist. Grew up in Dallas, played piano locally at age eleven; recorded prolifically for OKeh '26--9, Victor '29--30, Vocalion '31, Decca '36, Vocalion '36-- 7 ...

Spivey returned to music with the revival of the blues in the 1960s. In 1961, with her companion Leonard Kunstadt, she formed Queen Vee Records, changing the name to Spivey records the following year.

Leonard Kunstadt (1925- April 24, 1996) was a scholar of jazz and blues music, and a record label manager.

Len Kunstadt was born and raised in Brownsville, Brooklyn. After serving in the U.S. Air Force in World War II, Lenny graduated from New York University and began his prolific study of jazz and blues music.

Also known as “Kazoo Papa," Len Kunstadt was the editor and publisher of 'Record Research' magazine, which he founded in the late 1950s,



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