Soul — and jazz— singer Fontella Bass RIP
Most of the world knows Fontella Bass as the soul singer who gave the world (and Chess Records) the million-seller “Rescue Me.” Yet to the jazz world, Fontella Bass, who died on the evening of December 26 at age 72, was more than a one-hit wonder. Spouse of trumpeter Lester Bowie of the Art Ensemble of Chicago, Bass sang on two of the Art Ensemble’s records — “Art Ensemble of Chicago with Fontella Bass” and the soundtrack to the French film “Les Stances A Sophie.” Here, Bass and the Art Ensemble wail behind this clip from that 1970 film.
Nick Moy
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