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Lila Ammons
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Lila Ammons is a blues and jazz vocalist. Biography Ammons was born in Chicago, Illinois, on 18 May 1958, daughter of Edsel Albert Ammons and June Billingsley. and the niece of tenor saxophonist Gene Ammons. Ammons obtained a Bachelor of Music in Vocal Performance at the University of Michigan, and Europe, as well as doing commercial and film work. along with the 2007 Chicago Blues Festival. At celebrations for her grandfather's centennial in 2007, which she helped convene, In 2008 they issued their first CD, Lady Sings the Boogie Woogie, on the independent label Vagabond Records. One online radio station reviewer described her singing as "one of the most delicate melodical voices with an excellent coloful range", She appeared with the ABC&D of Boogie Woogie on Jools Holland's radio show in 2009, and made further guest appearances with that band in 2012. In 2013, Ammons released a second album, The Nearness of You. |
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