Lucille Hegamin

Lucille Nelson

b. November 29th, 1894 in Macon (Georgia)

d. March 1st, 1970 in New York (New York)

COMPLETE RECORDED WORKS

Document

Volume 1 (November 1920 - April 1922)

Volume 2 (July 1922 - October 1923)

Volume 3 (October 1923 - September 1926 / March 1932)

Volume 4 (November 1920 - February 1926)

Fille de John et Minnie Nelson, elle commence à chanter à l'église. Jeune adolescente, elle tourne avec un minstrel show dans le sud. Lucille s'installe à Chicago en 1914 et cotoie notamment le jazzman Jelly Roll Morton. Elle se marie avec le pianiste Bill Hegamin (ils divorcent en 1923). Ils habitent quelques temps à Los Angeles avant de s'installer définitivement à New York en 1918. A partir de novembre 1920, elle enregistre ses premiers morceaux pour Arto : "Jazz me blues", "Everybody's blues", "Arkansas blues". Lucille possède une belle voix et ses morceaux entre Jazz et vaudeville obtiennent un bon succès en particulier "He may be your man but he comes to see me sometimes". Dès juillet 1922, elle enregistre substantiellement pour le label Cameo des titres intéressants comme "Can't get lovin' blues", "Aggravatin' papa", "Syncopatin' mama", "Down hearted blues", "Land of cotton blues". Lucille cesse une première fois d'enregistrer en 1926 mais fera un bref retour en 1932 pour deux morceaux chez Okeh. Elle devient ensuite infirmière. Ces quatre CD édités par la firme autrichienne Document reprennent l'intégralité de ses enregistrements. A noter que le quatrième CD est consacré à des prises alternatives.

The daughter of John and Minnie Nelson, she began singing in church. As a young teenager, she toured the South with a minstrel show. Lucille moved to Chicago in 1914 and became acquainted with jazzman Jelly Roll Morton. She married pianist Bill Hegamin (they divorced in 1923). They lived for a time in Los Angeles before settling permanently in New York in 1918. Starting in november 1920, she recorded her first songs for Arto : "Jazz me blues", "Everybody's blues", "Arkansas blues". Lucille possessed a nice voice, and her songs, a blend of jazz and vaudeville, were quite successful, particularly "He may be your man but he comes to see me sometimes". From july 1922, she recorded extensively for the Cameo label including interesting tracks such as "Can't get lovin' blues", "Aggravatin' papa", "Syncopatin' mama", "Down hearted blues", "Land of cotton blues". Lucille stopped recording for the first time in 1926 but made a brief return in 1932 for two tracks on the Okeh label. She then became a nurse. These four CDs released by the austrian company Document contain all of her recordings. Note that the fourth CD is devoted to alternate takes.

SONGS WE TAUGHT YOUR MOTHER

Prestige - Bluesville

August 1961

C'est le producteur Chris Albertson qui réunit ces trois chanteuses qui avaient abandonné les studios depuis longtemps pour de nouveaux enregistrements. Lucille chante sur quatre morceaux en particulier une belle reprise du standard "Saint Louis blues" mais aussi son succès "Arkansas blues".

It was producer Chris Albertson who brought these three singers together, who had long since left the recording studio, for new recordings. Lucille sings on four tracks notably a nice cover of the standard "Saint Louis blues" as well as her hit "Arkansas blues".

A BASKET OF BLUES

Spivey

June 1962