Barbara Donald
Barbara Kay Donald (September 2, 1942 – March 23, 2013)[1] was an American jazz trumpeter and bandleader.
Life and career
She was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States.[2] Donald began playing trumpet aged eight in Minnesota, and her family relocated to California when she was a teenager.[2] Beginning in the early 1960s, she began touring with both rhythm and blues and jazz ensembles throughout the US, and played with John Coltrane, Stanley Cowell, Richard Davis, Dexter Gordon, Roland Kirk, Prince Lasha, and Sonny Simmons.[2] In 1964, Donald and Simmons married;[2] one of their children, Zarak Simmons, became a percussionist. Starting in 1978, she began recording with her own ensembles, while living in Washington, for the label Cadence Jazz.[2] Her sidemen at one time included her son Zarak, Gary Peacock, Carter Jefferson and Rahn Burton.[2]
After experiencing a series of strokes rendering her unable to actively play live, Donald lived in an assisted care facility in Olympia, Washington, from 1998 until her death in 2013.[1]
Discography
As leader
- Olympia Live (Cadence Jazz, 1982)
- The Past and Tomorrows (Cadence Jazz, 1983)
With Sonny Simmons
- Staying on the Watch (ESP-Disk, 1966)
- Music from the Spheres (ESP-Disk, 1968)
- Manhattan Egos (Arhoolie, 1969)
- Rumasuma (Contemporary, 1970)
- Burning Spirits (Contemporary, 1971)
- Reincarnation (Arhoolie, 2015)
References
- ^ a b Paul de Barros (March 30, 2013). "Olympia jazz-trumpet legend Barbara Donald dies". The Seattle Times. Retrieved August 24, 2021.
- ^ a b c d e f Colin Larkin, ed. (1992). The Guinness Encyclopedia of Popular Music (First ed.). Guinness Publishing. p. 716. ISBN 0-85112-939-0.
Bibliography
- "Barbara Donald". The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz. Second edition, ed. Barry Kernfeld. ISBN 9780333632314
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