Marilyn Moore

For other people named Marilyn Moore, see Marilyn Moore (disambiguation).
Marilyn Moore
Birth nameMarilyn Montez Moore
Born(1930-06-16)June 16, 1930[1]
Chicago, Illinois, US
DiedMarch 19, 1992(1992-03-19) (aged 61)
Fort Lauderdale, Florida, US
GenresJazz
OccupationSinger
InstrumentVocals
LabelsBethlehem

Marilyn Montez Moore (June 16, 1930 – March 19, 1992) was an American jazz singer during the 1950s.[2] She recorded one solo album, Moody Marilyn Moore (Bethlehem, 1957). Her vocal style was similar to Billie Holiday's, and according to jazz critic Will Friedwald, Holiday and Moore were friends.[3] She was the first wife of saxophonist Al Cohn[2] (who played on Moody Marilyn Moore) and the mother of guitarist Joe Cohn.[3][4]

After Cohn and Moore separated and later divorced, Moore was left to raise her family and never recorded again.[2]

She died in March 1992, at the age of 61, in Fort Lauderdale.

  1. ^ Many sources say June 16, 1931.
  2. ^ a b c Colin Larkin, ed. (2002). The Virgin Encyclopedia of Fifties Music (Third ed.). Virgin Books. p. 298. ISBN 1-85227-937-0.
  3. ^ a b Friedwald, Will. Jazz Singing: America's Great Voices from Bessie Smith to Bebop and Beyond. p. 483. Da Capo Press, 1996, ISBN 978-0306807121
  4. ^ "Marilyn Moore". AllMusic. Retrieved 7 April 2017.