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(translated from German) Elsie Bianchi Brunner Elsie Bianchi Brunner (* November 5th 1930 in Zurich as Elsie Brunner) is a Swiss jazz musician (accordion, piano, vocals), who worked as a sports goods factory technician to her musical career in the United States. Life and work Bianchi Brunner played first - along with her siblings - accordion before switching to piano at age ten. Occasionally, she worked as a pianist with the saxophone in band of Harry Pfister, while she made a commercial apprenticeship. On the Zurich Jazz Festival, she performed with great success from 1951 to 1954 as a pianist,...

Elsie Carlisle (28 January 1896 – November 1977) was a popular English female singer during the British dance band era of the 1920s and 1930s. Originally from Manchester, Elsie recorded with many of the big dance bands of the time, as well as solo. She recorded very little after the beginning of the Second World War, and retired from the entertainment industry after about 1946. Her business interests included ballroom dancing venues in south London, a company manufacturing bar accessories, a pub in central London and a hotel/pub in Berkshire. She lived from 1939 until her death in November 1977...

The little available information I have on Elsie – taken from their rather sparse website – tells me that this Polish band originally formed way back in 1988, but following little success went on hiatus in 1995 before deciding to give it another go as an instrumental unit in 2005. Apart from an appearance on a compilation many years ago, this EP is their first release. A long time to wait for 26-odd minutes of material! Obviously however its not the quantity but the quality that’s important, and on that score this EP is somewhat hit and miss. If me...

She was a singer who released a single in 1966 produced by James Brown on King Records. She is the black woman shown in photograph. .