Ella Jenkins

Ella Jenkins est une chanteuse de musique folk et enseignante américaine née le 6 août 1924 à Saint-Louis (Missouri, États-Unis). Elle a été désignée “The First Lady of the Children’s Folk Song” par le Wisconsin State Journal et est une des interprètes principales de chansons pour enfants en anglais depuis près de cinquante ans^[1].

Récompenses

• GRAMMY Association Lifetime Achievement Award (2004)
• GRAMMY Nomination for Best Musical Album for Children for Sharing Cultures with Ella Jenkins (2005)
• GRAMMY Award for Best Musical Album for Children for cELLAbration: A Tribute to Ella Jenkins (2005)
• GRAMMY Nomination for Best Musical Album for Children for Ella Jenkins and a Union of Friends Pulling Together (2000)
• GRAMMY Nomination for Best Musical Album for Children for Ella Jenkins and a Union of Friends (1999)
• Lifetime Achievement Award from the American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers Foundation (First recipient in the field of Children's Music and the first woman selected for the honor) (1999)
• Honorary Doctorate of Human Letters from the Erikson Institute (2004)
• Award from the Music Educators National Conference “in appreciation of her support for music education and the National Association for Music Education” (2000)
• Inducted into the San Francisco State University Alumni Hall of Fame (2004)
• Voted 2005 Chicagoan of the year by Chicago Magazine

Discographie

• 1957: Call-and-Response Rhythmic Group Singing (1990) Reissue of FW7638 from 1957. SFW45030 (LP, Cassette, CD).
• 1959: Adventures in Rhythm (1989) Reissue of FW7682 from 1959. SFW45007 (LP, Cassette, CD).
• 1960: African-American Folk Songs & Rhythms (1990) Reissue of Negro Folk Rhythms FW7654 from 1960. SFW45003 (Cassette, CD).
• 1961: This-a-Way-That-a-Way (1989) Reissue of FW7652 from 1961. SFW45002 (Cassette, CD).
• 1961: This is Rhythm (1990) Reissue of FW7652 from 1961. SFW45028 (LP, Cassette, CD).
• 1964: Rhythm & Game Songs for Little Ones (1991) Reissue of FW7680 from 1964. SFW45027 (Cassette, CD).
• 1964: Songs and Rhythms From Near and Far (1997) Reissue of FW7655 from 1964. SFW45033 (Cassette, CD).
• 1966: You’ll Sing a Song and I’ll Sing a Song (1989) Reissue of FW7664 from 1966. SFW45010 (LP, Cassette, CD).
• 1968: Play Your Instruments & Make a Pretty Sound (1990) Reissue of FW7665 from 1968. SFW45018 (LP, Cassette, CD).
• 1969: Counting Games & Rhythms for the Little Ones (1997) Reissue of FW7679 from 1969. SFW45029 (LP, Cassette, CD).
• 1969: A Long Time to Freedom (1992) Reissue of FW7754 from 1969. SFW45034 (Cassette, CD).
• 1970: Rhythms of Childhood (1989) Reissue of FW7653 from 1963. SFW45008 (LP, Cassette, CD).
• 1970: Seasons for Singing (1990) Reissue of FW7656 from 1970. SFW45031 (Cassette, CD).
• 1971: And One And Two & Other Songs for Pre-School and Primary Children (1990) Reissue of FW7544 from 1971. SFW45016 (LP, Cassette, CD).
• 1971: My Street Begins at My House (1989) Reissue of FW7543 from 1971. SFW45005 (LP, Cassette, CD).
• 1972: Little Johnny Brown (1990) Reissue FW7631 from 1972. SFW45026 (Cassette, CD).
• 1974: Nursery Rhymes (1991) Reissue of FW7660 from 1974. SFW45019 (LP, Cassette, CD).
• 1974: Jambo and Other Call and Response Songs and Chants (1990) Reissue of FW7661 from 1974. SFW 45017 (LP, Cassette, CD).
• 1976: Growing Up With Ella Jenkins (1990) Reissue of FW7662 from 1976. SFW45032 (Cassette, CD).
• 1977: Songs, Rhythms And Chants for the Dance (1992) Reissue of FW7000AB from 1977. SFW45004 (Cassette, CD).
• 1979: Travelin' - A Bilingual Journey (1989) Reissue of FW7640 from 1979. SFW45009 (LP, Cassette, CD).
• 1982: Early Early Childhood Songs (1990) Reissue of FW7630 from 1982. SFW45015 (LP, Cassette, CD).
• 1990: We Are America's Children (1990) Reissue of FW7666. SFW45006 (LP, Cassette, CD).
• 1991: Live at the Smithsonian (1991) SFW48001 (VHS, DVD).
• 1991: Come Dance by the Ocean (1991) SFW45014 (LP, Cassette, CD).
• 1991: For the Family (1991) SFW48002 (VHS, DVD).
• 1995: Multicultural Children's Songs (1995) SFW45045 (LP, Cassette, CD).
• 1996: Holiday Times (1996) SFW45041 (Cassette, CD).
• 1996: Songs Children Love To Sing (1996) SFW45042 (Cassette, CD).
• 1999: Ella Jenkins and A Union of Friends (1999) SFW45046 (LP, Cassette, CD).
• 2003: Sharing Cultures With Ella Jenkins (2003) SFW45058 (CD).
• 2004: cELLAbration (2004) SFW45059 (CD).
• 2007: cELLAbration Live! A Tribute to Ella Jenkins (2007) SFW48007 (DVD).

Liens externes

• Site officiel
• Folkways Records
• Freight Train Blues

Références

• Portail de la musique
• Portail des États-Unis