Cool jazz musicians

Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 29. Chapters: Cool jazz arrangers, Cool jazz singers, West Coast jazz musicians, Sarah Vaughan, Morgana King, Gerry Mulligan, Stan Kenton, Chris Connor, Chet Baker, June Christy, Gil Evans, Don Elliott, Michelle Walker, Gary McFarland, Stan Freeman, List of cool jazz and West Coast jazz musicians, Jack Montrose, Lanny Morgan. Excerpt: Morgana King (also known as 'Mo' or 'Moe') is an American singer and actress. She is a noted jazz singer, who is regarded as a "musician's singer." The musical oeuvre of her stylized vocal artistry spans a period of more than four decades and has an "appeal that bridges generations, tastes and life styles". "She is, like all great singers, first and foremost an interpreter, a sensitive actress... a classic vocal instrument." - Charles A. Pomerantz A sometime actress, she is well known for her appearance in the role of Carmela Corleone in The Godfather (1972) and The Godfather Part II (1974). Morgana King (née Maria Grazia Morgana Messina on June 4, 1930) was born in Pleasantville, New York. Her parents were of Sicilian descent "from Fiumefreddo di Sicilia, Province de Catania, Sicily." Her mother and father were the only members of their respective families to immigrate to the United States. The name DeBerardini(s) has been misidentified with her birth name. The name, DeBerardini(s), is actually from her second marriage to jazz trombonist Willie Dennis (William DeBerardinis (1926-1965)). She grew up in New York City, at 145th and Amsterdam, along with five siblings in an artistically talented family. Her father, who owned a coal and ice business, played the piano and guitar by ear and a sister performed in the Italian Theater. The family experienced a difficult financial period when her "mother was widowed" early. The experience left a lasting impression with Morgana King that carried into adulthood. Around the age of thirteen, she studied acting from a member of the Shubert theatre family. It was during this period that her vocal gift was recognized when she was overheard singing the aria "I'll See You Again" from Noël Coward's operetta Bitter Sweet. This began her strong determination to become a singer and a scholarship to the Metropolitan School of Music soon followed. While still in her teens, there was a career choice change, but only in respect to the music genr