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28 kwi 2016 · Prince’s mother, Mattie Shaw, was a jazz singer, and a transplant from Louisiana whose voice resembled the great Billie Holiday. She joined Nelson’s group, the Prince Rogers Trio, and the ...
15 lut 2020 · Mattie had been an aspiring jazz singer when she met John L. Nelson at a concert in 1956. They got together both romantically and artistically, with Mattie as lead vocalist in Nelson’s Prince Rogers Trio.
6 wrz 2024 · Over 14K music fans have voted on the 115 Best Female Jazz Singers Of All Time. Current Top 3: Ella Fitzgerald, Billie Holiday, Sarah Vaughan
3 mar 2022 · His mother, Mattie Della Shaw, was a well-respected jazz singer, while his father, John Lewis Nelson, had made a significant impact as a pianist, performing under the name Prince Rogers in a famous trio (per Becoming Prince).
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2 kwi 2014 · His parents were John Nelson, a musician whose stage name was Prince Rogers, and Mattie Shaw, a jazz singer who performed with the Prince Rogers Band.
Prince Rogers Nelson was born in Minneapolis on June 7, 1958, the son of jazz singer Mattie Della (née Shaw) and pianist and songwriter John Lewis Nelson. [24] All four of his grandparents were from Louisiana. [25] His grand-aunt was the black nationalist Mittie Maude Lena Gordon, who established the Peace Movement of Ethiopia and advocated emigration to West Africa in response to American ...
