Nancy Wilson

There Is More Than One Artist With This Name 1 Nancy Sue Wilson - Jazz Diva Best Known For Her 60s Standards Recordings. 2 Nancy Lamoureaux Wilson - Singer Songwriter And Guitarist And Member Of The Group Heart. -- -- 1 Nancy Sue Wilson Born February 20 1937 In Chillicothe OH United States – December 13 2018 In Pioneertown CA United States Was A Jazz Diva Famous For Recording American Standards In The 60s. She 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. 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 Recorded 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. Wilson Died From A Long-Illness On December 13 2018 At Her Home In Pioneertown California At The Age Of 81. 2 Nancy Lamoureux Wilson Born March 16 1954 San Francisco CA United States More Popularly Known As Nancy Wilson Is An American Singer Guitarist And Songwriter. Along With Her Older Sister Ann Wilson She Is Part Of The Seattle/Vancouver Rock Band Heart. She Is Married To Film Director And Screenwriter Cameron Crowe And Has Composed And Performed Music For Most Of Crowe's Movies Including Jerry Maguire Almost Famous Vanilla Sky And Elizabethtown. While Ann Is The Lead Singer On Most Of The Heart Recordings Nancy Is The Lead Vocalist On Treat Me Well These Dreams Stranded There's The Girl And Will You Be There In The Morning And Frequently Performs Background Vocals. She Is Also The Band's Rhythm And Lead Guitarist. In 1999 She Released A Live Solo Album Live At McCabe's Guitar Shop. Solo Albums
1999 - Live At McCabes Guitar Shop
2005 - Elizabethtown
2009 - Baby Guitars
2016 - Undercover Guitar With Julie Bergman 2021 - You And Me read less