Valerie Capers

Valerie Capers

Long Tail Jazz Classical African-american classical

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Top Valerie Capers songs

Billie's Song
Billie's Song Valerie Capers & Edith Widayani
C:6 Mr "Satchmo" (from Portraits in Jazz)
C:6 Mr "Satchmo" (from Portraits in Jazz) Valerie Capers & Nikki Iles
C:6 Ella Scats the Little Lamb (No. 1 from Portraits in Jazz)
C:6 Ella Scats the Little Lamb (No. 1 from Portraits in Jazz) Valerie Capers & Robert Thompson
Sweet Mister Jelly Roll
Sweet Mister Jelly Roll Valerie Capers & William Chapman Nyaho
Hey Stuff!
Hey Stuff! Valerie Capers

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About Valerie Capers

Although her 1995 Columbia recording Come on Home was released in a Legendary Pioneers of Jazz series, Valerie Capers is much too obscure and under-recorded to be a legend, and not old enough to be a pioneer. She picked out songs on the piano as a child before losing her sight at the age of six. Her blindness did not stop her from learning to read music in Braille and becoming the first blind graduate from the Juilliard School of Music. Although a classical player at the time, she was attracted to jazz, and was soon working with Mongo Santamaria. In 1965, Capers recorded for Atlantic; 17 ye...