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Billie Lorraine Feather (born September 10, 1948〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Lorraine Feather at All About Jazz )〕) is a singer, lyricist, and songwriter. ==History== Lorraine Feather was born in Manhattan. Her parents were jazz writer Leonard Feather and Jane, a former big band singer and ex-roommate of singer Peggy Lee's. Feather's parents named her Billie Jane Lee Lorraine after her godmother Billie Holiday, her mother Jane, Jane's friend Peggy Lee, and the song "Sweet Lorraine." Her husband is Tony Morales, formerly a drummer for artists such as The Rippingtons, David Benoit and Rickie Lee Jones. The couple moved from Los Angeles to Half Moon Bay, CA at the beginning of this period. In 2007 they relocated to the San Juan Islands in Washington State. Feather began working in television as a lyricist in 1992 and has received seven Emmy nominations. Her lyrics for children include Disney’s ''Dinosaurs'' series on ABC and the MGM films ''Babes In Toyland'' and An ''All Dogs Christmas''; Feather and composer Mark Watters wrote the themes for MGM’s TV shows ''All Dogs Go to Heaven'' and ''The Lionhearts''; they also created the piece “Faster, Higher, Stronger” for Jessye Norman to sing in the opening ceremonies of the 1996 Olympics. Feather and composer Larry Grossman wrote the song that Julie Andrews performed in ''The Princess Diaries 2''. Feather has also created lyrics for Disney’s feature film ''The Jungle Book 2'' (with Australian jazz musician Paul Grabowsky), and for ''Pooh’s Heffalump Halloween'', the PBS series ''Make Way for Noddy'', and the ''Candy Land'' and ''My Little Pony'' films for Hasbro Toys. Feather’s work has been heard on numerous records, in films and on television. Her songs have been covered extensively by artists such as Phyllis Hyman, Kenny Rankin, Patti Austin, Diane Schuur and Cleo Laine. Many of her own solo CDs have featured contemporary lyrics to formerly instrumental pieces written by Duke Ellington, Fats Waller and other pre-bop composers. Feather’s recordings have received glowing reviews in every major jazz magazine. ''Down Beat'' has called her work “deliciously savvy”; ''Jazz Times'' referred to her as “a lyrical Dorothy Parker” and her lyrical reinventions as “pure genius.” In 2005, Feather began working as lyricist on Canum Entertainment’s theatrical project ''The Thief'', based on the Oscar-nominated Russian film and featuring the music of Russian composer Vladimir Shainskiy; ''The Thief'' debuted at LA’s El Portal Theatre in the summer of 2007. Soon after, she started work on Canum’s next musical, ''Pest Control'', with co-lyricist Scott de Turk. She was also commissioned to write lyrics for a musical production of Tom Wolfe’s ''The Bonfire of the Vanities'' (music by New York neo-classical composer Stefania de Kenessey). American Opera Projects has presented excerpts from this work, and it was featured at the annual Derriere Guard concert in New York in October 2007, with Tom Wolfe as keynote speaker. Feather has released 12 albums, three in the 1980s with the vocal trio Full Swing. The albums she has done since 2001 have received the widest radio airplay and most press. Two of these were Fats Waller and Duke Ellington projects with her added lyrics. More recently, her CDs have featured original compositions written with such jazz composers as Eddie Arkin, Shelly Berg and Russell Ferrante. Feather's 2010 release, ''Ages'', received a Grammy nomination for Best Jazz Vocal Album, as did 2012's ''Tales of the Unusual'', nominated for Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s) for the tune "Out There," arranged by Shelly Berg. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Lorraine Feather」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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