Elizabeth McComb (born December 1, 1952) is an American
gospel
Gospel originally meant the Christian message ("the gospel"), but in the 2nd century it came to be used also for the books in which the message was set out. In this sense a gospel can be defined as a loose-knit, episodic narrative of the words an ...
and
blues
Blues is a music genre and musical form which originated in the Deep South of the United States around the 1860s. Blues incorporated spirituals, work songs, field hollers, shouts, chants, and rhymed simple narrative ballads from the Afr ...
singer, songwriter and pianist.
Biography
The sixth of seven children, Elizabeth McComb grew up in
Cleveland
Cleveland ( ), officially the City of Cleveland, is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the county seat of Cuyahoga County. Located in the northeastern part of the state, it is situated along the southern shore of Lake Erie, across the U.S. ...
in an African-American family that originally came from Mississippi. Her father, a factory worker, died when she was very young. Her mother was a preacher and the pastor of a Pentecostal church.
Liz McComb Biography by Linda Seida.
allmusic.com 2011. Retrieved June 21, 2011. Three of her sisters formed a vocal group called The Daughters of Zion that performed in local churches. Years later, they would sometimes accompany McComb during her concerts. McComb started singing at the early age of three.
McComb began with violin but decided to switch to the piano. While still young, she joined the Karamu House Theater school and then the cultural center's theater company.
McComb went to New York and started auditioning for shows and musicals. With the support of her cousin, Annie Moss, she toured in Europe as part of the itinerant "Roots of Rock'n’Roll" show. She regularly performed in Europe, traveling back to the United States several times a year.
Discography
* ''Acoustic Woman'', 1992, (Back to Blues/GVE) distribution EMI
* ''Rock my Soul'', 1993, (Back to Blues/GVE) distribution EMI
* ''Live'', 1994, (Back to Blues/GVE/licence Sony) distribution EMI
* ''Trilogy Coffret 3 CDs'', (Back to Blues/GVE) épuisé
* ''Time is Now'', 1996, (Back to Blues/GVE) distribution EMI
* ''Live à l'Olympia'', 1998, (Back to Blues/GVE) distribution EMI
* ''Le Meilleur de Liz McComb'', 1998, (Back to Blues/GVE/licence TF1 musique)
* ''The Spirit of New Orleans'', 2001, (Back to Blues/GVE) distribution EMI
* ''L'Essentiel/FIRE'', 2001, (Back to Blues/GVE) distribution EMI
* ''Soul, Peace & Love'', 2007, (Back to Blues/GVE) distribution EMI
* ''The Sacred Concert'', 19 Mai 2009, (GVE) distribution Naïve
Videography
* ''Saint-Augustin'' – (solo & duo) Paris
* ''Olympia'' – Paris – DVD distribution EMI
* ''Vienne Jazz Festival'' – 1999 and 2002
* ''Parc Floral Jazz Festival'' – Paris
* ''Eglise de La Madeleine'' – Paris 1995 and 1996
* ''Basilique Sainte-Clotilde'' – Paris
* ''Eglise des Invalides'' – Paris
* ''Eglise Saint-Sulpice'' 2002 – Paris
* ''Opéra de Lyon'' 1994
* ''Athènes'' (Acropole)
* ''Festival de Fes'' avec l'ARC gospel choir
* ''Vittoria Jazz festival''
* ''Quai du Blues/Nouvel Obs Event'' – Paris
* ''Bethléem'' 24-12-99
* ''Music Mania'' with 3 pianos ensemble
* ''Palais des Sports de Paris'', HD (feb 2007)
* ''Festival de Coutances'', HD (May 2007)
References
External links
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American gospel singers
Living people
1952 births
Musicians from Cleveland