Odetta Holmes, känd som Odetta, född 31 december 1930 i Birmingham, Alabama, död 2 december 2008 i New York, var en amerikansk sångare, skådespelare, gitarrist, låtskrivare och aktivist för mänskliga rättigheter. Hennes musikaliska repertoar sträckte sig från amerikansk folkmusik till blues, jazz och andlig musik. Under 1950- och 1960-talet var hon en av de stora på den amerikanska folkmusik-scenen och hon inspirerade under den epoken stora artister som Bob Dylan, Joan Baez, Mavis Staples och Janis Joplin.
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Diskografi
Studioalbum 1954 The Tin Angel (med Larry Mohr) 1956 Odetta Sings Ballads and Blues 1957 At the Gate of Horn 1959 My Eyes Have Seen 1960 Ballad For Americans and Other American Ballads 1960 Christmas Spirituals 1962 Odetta and The Blues 1962 Sometimes I Feel Like Cryin' 1963 One Grain of Sand 1963 Odetta and Larry 1963 Odetta Sings Folk Songs 1964 It's a Mighty World 1964 Odetta Sings of Many Things 1965 Odetta Sings Dylan 1967 Odetta 1970 Odetta Sings 1987 Movin' It On 1988 Christmas Spirituals (new recording) 1999 Blues Everywhere I Go ** 2001 Looking For a Home
Livealbum 1960 Odetta at Carnegie Hall 1962 Town Hall 1966 Odetta in Japan 1973 The Essential Odetta 1976 Odetta at the Best of Harlem 1998 To Ella 2002 Women in (E)motion 2005 Gonna Let It Shine
Samlingsalbum 1963 Odetta 1967 The Best of Odetta 1973 The Essential Odetta (live) 1994 The Best of Odetta: Ballads and Blues 1999 The Best of the Vanguard Years 2000 Livin' with the Blues 2000 Absolutely the Best 2002 The Tradition Masters 2003 American Folk Pioneer 2006 Best of the M.C. Records Years 1999-2005 2007 Vanguard Visionaries
Uppträdanden (urval) thumb|200px|Odetta 2006. thumb|right|200px|Odetta (Burg Waldeck-Festival, Tyskland), 1968. 1959 Newport Folk Festival 1960 Belafonte Returns To Carnegie Hall (Harry Belafonte)Tracks: "I've Been Driving On Bald Mountain", "Water Boy", "There's a hole in the bucket" 1960 Folk Festival At Newport Vol. 2 1962 Folk Song and Minstrelsy 1963 Jimmy WitherspoonTrack: duet on "Lonesome Road." 1964 We Shall Overcome: The March on Washington ***Tracks: "Freedom Trilogy": "I'm on My Way", "Come and Go with Me" & "Oh Freedom". 1968 A Tribute To Woodie Guthrie Vol. 1 **Track:"This Land Is Your Land/Narration" (with Arlo Guthrie & co. and Will Geer) 1969 The Original Hits Of Right Now Plus Some Heavies From The Motion Picture "Easy Rider"Track:"Ballad of Easy Rider" 1970 A Tribute To Woodie Guthrie Vol. 2, "Pastures of Plenty" 1972 Greatest Songs of Woody Guthrie 1976 Aftertones (Janis Ian) 1987 Songs of the Working People 1987 Greatest Folksingers of the 'Sixties **Track:"John Henry" 1988 Greenwich Folk Festival 1993 Other Voices, Other Rooms (Nanci Griffith) ** 1993 Rare, Live and Classic (Joan Baez) 1994 Freedom is a Constant Struggle 1995 Scenes from a Scene: Greenwich Village 1995 A Folksinger's Christmas 1995 Assassins in the Kingdom (Michael Jonathan) 1996 At Home/Around the World (David Amram & Friends) 1997 Mojo Club: V.4 Light My Fire 1998 Other Voices TOO (Nanci Griffith) 1998 Miriam Makeba-Odetta (Harry Belafonte) 1998 Giants of Folk: Leadbelly/Guthrie/Odettacduniverse 1998 Where Have All the Flowers Gone 1998 Original Seeds: Songs that Inspired Nick Cave 1998 Folk Hits of the 1960s 2000 Sounds of a Better World 2000 The Ballad of Ramblin' Jack ** 2000 Hyacinths and Thistles (the 6ths)Track: "Waltzing Me All The Way Home" 2000 Women of Silverworlf 2000 Rollin' Into Memphis: Songs of John Hiatt 2000 Gospel 2000 Route 50: Driving New Routes 2000 Queens of the Blues 2001 Roger McGuinn: Treasures from the Folk Den ** 2001 Washington Square Memories 2001 Jazz Ladies 2001 Say Yo' Business 2001 Philadelphia Folk Festival: 40th Anniversary 2001 Say It Out Loud 2001 Folk Music 2001 Sounds of a Better World (Small Voices Calling)amazon 2002 Blues Treasures 2002 This Land Is Your Land 2002 Soul & Inspiration 2003 Broken Hearted Blues 2003 Blues Had a Baby & It's Rock 'n Roll 2003 In the Wind 2003 Beginner's Guide to Folk Music 2003 Seeds: The Songs of Pete Seeger 2003 Respond IIrespondproject 2003 The Prestige Blues Sampler 2003 Corner of Bleeker and Blues 2003 Best of M.C. Records 1996-2002 2003 Let Freedom Sing 2003 Best of Kerrville Festival 2003 Patriot's Songbook 2003 Blue Box of Blues 2003 Shout Sister Shout: Rosetta Tharpe Tribute 2004 Baby Don't Tear My Clothes (James Cotton) 2004 Ladies Man (Pinetop Perkins) ** 2004 My Country Awake: Freedom Compilation 2004 Eric Bibb & Friends 2004 Salute to the Blues: Listening in the Bottle 2005 Folk: The Life, Times & Music Series
Filmografi Film/program titel Information År Cinerama Holiday Film 1955 Lamp Onto My Feet TV 1956 Tonight with Belafonte TV/Musikal (Emmy Award) 1959 Toast of the Town TVimdb 1960 Sanctuary Dramafilmimdb 1961 Have Gun – Will Travel<small>episod 159/226: "The Hanging of Aaron Gibbs"</small> TV dramaimdb 1961 Les Crane Show TV/Pratshow 1965 Festival dokumentärfilmimdb 1967 Live from the Bitter End TV - konsert 1967 Clown Townstarring Odetta & Bobby Vinton NBC Music Special 1968 The Dick Cavett Show TV/pratshow 1969 The Johnny Cash Show TV/musikal 1969 The Virginia Graham Show TVimdb 1971 The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman TV-film 1974 Soundstage: Just Folkswith Odetta, Tom Paxton, Josh White, Jr. and Bob Gibson TV - Concert Special 1980 Ramblin': with Odetta TV - Concert Special 1981 Chords of Fame doc.imdb 1984 Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade 1989 Boston Popswith Odetta, Shirley Verrett and Boys Choir of Harlem TV - konsert 1991 Tommy Makem & Friends TV - konsert 1992 The Fire Next Time TV filmimdb 1993 TurnaboutThe Story of the Yale Puppeteers dokumentärfilmimdb 1993 Odetta: Woman In (E)motion German TV - Concert Special 1995 Peter, Paul and Mary: Lifelines TVimdb 1996 National Medal of Arts and Humanities Presentations C-Span TV 1999 The Ballad of Ramblin' Jack Dramafilmimdb 2000 21st Annual W.C. Handy Blues Awards Awards ceremonyimdb 2000 Songs for a Better World TV - konsert 2000 Later... with Jools Hollandwith Odetta och Bill Wyman & His Rhythm Kings BBC-TV 2001 Politically Incorrect with Bill Maher TV pratshow 2001 Late Night with David Letterman TV pratshow 2001 Pure Oxygen TV - pratshow 2002 Newport Folk Festival TV - Concert Special 2002 Janis Joplin: Pieces of My Heart BBC-TV biografi 2002 Get Up, Stand Up:The Story of Pop and Protest doc.imdb 2003 Tennessee Ernie Ford Show TV musikal (Re-Broadcast) 2003 Ralph Bunch: An American Odyssey PBS-TV biografi 2003 Brother Outsider: The Life of Bayard Rustin PBS-TV biografi 2003 Visionary Awards Presentation PBS-TV Award Presentation 2004 Lightning in a Bottle - Salute to the Blues doc. 2004 No Direction Home doc. 2005 Talking Bob Dylan Blues BBC-TV konsert 2005 Odetta: Blues Diva PBS-TV konsert 2005 Odetta: Viss Notiek Latvian TV Weekly Journal 2006 A Tribute to the Teachers of America PBS-TV Special: Concert at The Town Hall, New York, New York Odetta sings a children’s song medley of "Rock Island Line/Here We Go Looptie-Lou/Bring Me Little Water Sylvie" 2007 The Tavis Smiley Show PBS-TV Discussion and performance of the song "Keep on Movin' It On" 25 Jan 2008 Mountain Stage HD: John Hammond, Odetta, and Jorma Kaukonen PBS-TV Concert Special 2008 Odetta Remembers BBC Four intervju och konsertmontage, 30 min 23 Feb 2009 6 Feb 2009 The Yellow Bittern A Biopic of Liam Clancy of The Clancy Brothers 2009
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