Marlena Shaw - Lovin' You Was Like A Party （Live In Japan 2013）

Marlena Shaw was born in New Rochelle NY in 1942.Her uncle Jimmy Burgess, a Jazz trumpeter, introduced her to music and took her on stage at age 10 , at The Apollo. she started singing in clubs from 1963 and in 1966 signed with Chess Records.In 1973 she moved to Blue Note and then to Columbia in 1977. She produced many albums and toured Japan. She is a Jazz, Soul, Blues and Disco multi genre singer. She performed at North Sea Jazz in 2007 and is still active today. This clip is from a 2013 tour of Japan. She looks and sounds great here at age 71! The supporting musicians are also great. She married and had five children and still lives in the house she has occupied since 1970 in Northwestern Las Vegas.