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Growing up she began singing gospel music in church choirs and traveled throughout the Midwest with a traveling Baptist a cappella group. Later, when she entered the Chicago club circuit, she became a regular performer at venues like the Brass Rail and the Cloister Inn.
Lorez Alexandria (b. August 14, 1929 in Chicago, Illinois – d. May 22, 2001 in Los Angeles, California) was an American jazz and gospel singer. She began as a singer in churches and spent numerous years as part of an a cappella choir.
May 22, 2001 · Lorez Alexandria, born Dolorez Alexandria Turner (August 14, 1929 – May 22, 2001), was an American jazz and gospel singer, described as "one of the most gifted and underrated jazz singers of the twentieth century".
Dolorez Alexandria-Turner was born August 14, 1929, in Chicago, IL. In 1978, Lorez was interviewed by Terry Gross, where she discussed her early life singing in the church along with a local...
Sep 27, 2024 · Vocalist Lorez Alexandria was a great interpreter of jazz and American popular song. She sang with deeply felt presentation of the lyrics and a style of improvisational freedom and swing. While originally from the church and informed by that soul, she was not a “shouter” or gospel singer.
She sang gospel music with her family at churches starting in the mid-'40s and worked in Chicago nightclubs in the 1950s. With the release of several albums for King during 1957-1959, Alexandria became popular beyond her hometown, and by the early '60s she was living and working in Los Angeles.
Mar 5, 2005 · Recorded back in '64 with an all-star supporting cast of Jimmy Cobb, Al McKibbon, Victor Feldman, and Wynton Kelly, Lorez Alexandria displays her husky, gospel-influenced voice like a Dutch masterwork ... Lorez Alexandria was a superb singer in the Sarah Vaughan mold.
