Geraldine Bey de Haas (born 1935) is an American jazz singer and concert organizer. Bey performed with the vocal trio Andy and the Bey Sisters with brother

Andy Bey Andrew W. Bey (born October 28, 1939) is an American jazz singer and pianist. Bey has a wide vocal range, with a four-octave baritone voice. Raised in Newark, New Jersey,Adler, David R"Andy Bey" ''JazzTimes'', April 25, 2019. Accessed December ...

and sister

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in the 1960s. Then she married Eddie de Haas, with whom she settled in Chicago in 1968. In 1974, she created the Duke Ellington Celebration in Grant Park there, from which the

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developed. She also organized other concerts and performance opportunities for young musicians and founded the jazz festival at the South Shore Cultural Center in 1981. Between 1959 and 1965, she was involved in seven recordings.vgl
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With de Haas, she has two children, Aisha and Darius, both singers; Darius has also performed on Broadway musicals.

Discography

* Andy and the Bey Sisters ''Now! Hear!'' (

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, 1964) with

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* Andy and the Bey Sisters ''Round Midnight'' (Prestige, 1965) with Kenny Burrell,

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* Frank D’Rone and Geraldine DeHaas with Bob Perna and Persistance ''Finally Together'' (Nor-AM 1996)

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Bey, Geraldine 1935 births Living people Musicians from Newark, New Jersey 20th-century African-American women singers American women jazz singers American jazz singers Prestige Records artists 21st-century African-American people 21st-century African-American women