Annette Hanshaw

[Durium]

When I first heard the rather childlike voice of Annette Hanshaw and I saw her pictures I fell in love ........... and I still am. My first acquaintance must have been one of those Fountain / Retrieval albums released in the 1980s thanks to the research of discographer and record collector Brian Rust. He located her late 1950s in New York as Mrs. Annette Rose, a widow working as a stenographer in a firm of lawyers. She was exactly as charming, shy and somewhat bewildered as might have been expected, Brian remembered. Enough reasons to spotlight her .....

Annette Hanshaw - a great vocalist remembered

Durium

Edited December 10, 2010 by Durium

[AllenLowe]

she was actually found and interviewed in NYC, and at one time it was posted on the internet, though I've been unable to find it - also, somewhere there are informal recordings she made iin the 1950s in which her voice sounds even better than it did in the 1930s.

[Durium]

she was actually found and interviewed in NYC, and at one time it was posted on the internet, though I've been unable to find it - also, somewhere there are informal recordings she made iin the 1950s in which her voice sounds even better than it did in the 1930s.

I have used some info from that interview and I will use these private recordings in the second part: Annette Hanshaw: I Hated Those Records

later next week ......

Durium

Edited December 9, 2010 by Durium

[AllenLowe]

just found the radio interview with her from 1972:

http://www.jazzage19...haw/bio/bio.php

Edited December 9, 2010 by AllenLowe

[Durium]

Annette Hanshaw's career had a brief recording span for almost eight years. When she started her career in 1926 she was 25 years old, but she was billed as a young 16 year flapper girl. Even decades later, when she spoke to Brian Rust late 1950s she preserved up to be born in 1910. Maybe she wanted to keep up the myth of her eternal youth or she was ruled by a selective memory. Well never mind - her great voice and charisma is still fascinating numerous (aged) jazz fans.

Annette Hanshaw: I hated those records

Durium

[medjuck]

I have about 25 Henshaw recordings on my computer but no documentation. Is she the piano player on any of the recordings besides the tests?

[Durium]

I have about 25 Henshaw recordings on my computer but no documentation. Is she the piano player on any of the recordings besides the tests?

No, normally she only sang.

Durium