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Marilyn Moore
Marilyn Moore
Background information
Birth name	Marilyn Montez Moore
Born	June 16, 1930; Chicago, Illinois, US
Died	March 19, 1992 (aged 61); Fort Lauderdale, Florida, US
Genres	Jazz
Occupation	Singer
Labels	Bethlehem

Marilyn Montez Moore (June 16, 1930 – March 19, 1992) was an American jazz singer during the 1950s.^[2] She recorded one solo album, Moody Marilyn Moore (Bethlehem, 1957). Her vocal style was similar to Billie Holiday's, and according to jazz critic Will Friedwald, Holiday and Moore were friends.^[3] She was the first wife of saxophonist Al Cohn^[2] (who played on Moody Marilyn Moore) and the mother of guitarist Joe Cohn.^[3]^[4]

After Cohn and Moore separated and later divorced, Moore was left to raise her family and never recorded again.^[2]

She died in March 1992, at the age of 61, in Fort Lauderdale.

References

^ Many sources say June 16, 1931.
^ ^a ^b ^c Colin Larkin, ed. (2002). The Virgin Encyclopedia of Fifties Music (Third ed.). Virgin Books. p. 298. ISBN 1-85227-937-0.
^ ^a ^b Friedwald, Will. Jazz Singing: America's Great Voices from Bessie Smith to Bebop and Beyond. p. 483. Da Capo Press, 1996, ISBN 978-0306807121
^ "Marilyn Moore". AllMusic. Retrieved 7 April 2017.