Rebecca Parris, Jazz Singer, Is Dead At 66

ANDREW R. CHOW, New York Times: Obituaries
Fri, 06/22/2018 - 2:43pm

In a four-decade career, Ms. Parris, hailed as Boston’s first lady of jazz, recorded 10 albums and performed with Dizzy Gillespie and Gary Burton.

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