Jazz singer Nancy Wilson dies at 81; she turned songs into stories
Friday, 14 December 2018 Nancy Wilson, whose skilled and flexible approach to singing provided a key bridge between the sophisticated jazz-pop vocalists of the 1950s and the powerhouse pop-soul singers of the 1960s and ‘70s, died Thursday at her home in Pioneertown, California. She was 81. Wilson’s death, which came after a long illness, was confirmed by her manager, […]
Jazz singer Nancy Wilson. Jazz singer Nancy Wilson. Photo: Frank Franklin II, AP LOS ANGELES (AP) — Nancy Wilson, the Grammy-winning "song stylist" and torch singer whose polished pop-jazz vocals made her a platinum artist and top concert performer, has died.