Ottilie Patterson

Anna Ottilie Patterson (31 January 1932 – 20 June 2011) was a Northern Irish blues singer best known for her performances and recordings with the Chris Barber Jazz Band in the late 1950s and early 1960s.

Ottilie's name is an Anglicised form of the Latvian name "Ottilja". Both sides of the family were musical, and Ottilie trained as a classical pianist from the age of eleven, but never received any formal training as a singer.In 1951 she began singing with Jimmy Compton's Jazz Band, and in August 1952 she formed the Muskrat Ramblers with Al Watt and Derek Martin.

She joined the Barber band full-time on 28 December 1954, and her first public appearance was at the Royal Festival Hall on 9 January 1955. Between 1955 and 1962 Ottilie toured extensively with the Chris Barber Jazz Band.

From approximately 1963 she began to suffer throat problems and ceased to appear and record regularly with Chris Barber, officially retiring from the band in 1973. During this period she recorded some non-jazz/blues material such as settings of Shakespeare (with Chris Barber) and in 1969 issued a solo LP 3000 years with Ottilie....(Info Edited From Wikipedia) 

A very different Ottilie !.....with words from the New Testament...A 4th Century Elergy..A 16 Century Ballad..Words from the 19 Century..Shakespeare Sonnets. all set to music..and of course her own compositions of words and music !!...this is one of those L/P's that the more you hear it the better it becomes....

1. A Song Of Solomon

2. The Orphan

3. Latin Drinking Song

4. Please Accept My Apologies Mrs Pankhurst

5. Why So Pale And Wan

6. Helen Of Kirkconnell

7. The Sound Of The Door As it Closes

1. Spring Song

2. The Bitterness Of Death

3. Ad Uxorem

4. Hey Ho The Wind And The Rain

5. It Was A Lover And His Lass

6. Sonnet No 8

7. Mrs Pankhurst Returns

     2. The Orphan