Rosa King (March 14, 1939 [1] – December 12, 2000) was an American jazz and blues saxophonist and singer who made her fame in Amsterdam.
Rosa King (March 14, 1939 [1] – December 12, 2000) was an American jazz and blues saxophonist and singer who made her fame in Amsterdam.
King was born in Macon, Georgia, United States. [2] During her career, she worked with Ben E. King, Cab Calloway, Eric Burdon, and Sly Hampton. Her reputation was boosted by a tenor sax battle with Stan Getz at the North Sea Jazz Festival in 1978. She appeared on the TV show Sesame Street and in European television shows, as well as the cult film Comeback by Eric Burdon. Many careers were launched in her band, including those of Candy Dulfer, Saskia Laroo, and Alex Britti. She died from a heart attack in Italy shortly after a televised performance with Alex Britti in December 2000.
Although King was popular in Europe, she had little exposure in America except for brief periods when she lived in New York City, maintaining an apartment there for many years even while living in Amsterdam. The year before she died, she returned to Georgia to perform with a band under the name Rosa King and the Looters. Band members included J. Lyon Layden on guitar, Eric Layden on bass, Kristina Train on vocals and violin, Jeff Evans on drums, and Dan Walker on keyboards. During the same year, she performed at a jazz festival in South Africa and several dates in the Netherlands. Her last performance in Italy was a reunion with guitarist Alex Britti in a nationwide televised concert with nearly 100,000 people in attendance. Although she had suffered several heart attacks the week before, she performed in a wheelchair. Twelve hours later she died. A Rosa King Foundation was established in the Netherlands to help young female artists, and a memorial concert was conducted at the Melkweg concert house in Amsterdam.
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Rosa King & Upside Down [3]
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Vrouwenfestival 1979 - Live at the Melkweg
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So Far To Go [4]
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Too Busy [5]
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Rosa King's Favourite Blues Live [6]
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Under The Cover [7]
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Jazz out of Harlem
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"Who's Playing A Joke On Who?" [8]
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It Just Happened Live Cafe Alto [9]
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Cheating on Me
live recording in Le Duc des Lombards, Parijs on 23/24 June 1992 with guest the American guitarist Luther Allison |
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The Best of Rosa King & Upside Down
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25 Years Still Going Strong [10]
okt 1996 Recorded at Studio 88 Hilversum |
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Rosa King & Up Side Down: "Do You Wanne" [11]
Maybe never official released. Misspelling in the title (Wanne) is on sleeve and record. Rosa King And Upside Down on this single without the crowd sound that appears on the LP that Frans Peters recorded in 1974. |
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Rosa King & Up Side Down: "Baby, I Didn't Know" [12]
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Summertime [13]
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King went to school with Richard Penniman (Little Richard). [14]
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