Charmaine Neville
{{short description|American singer}}
{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Charmaine Neville
| image = NOMG07CharmaineNevilleFace.jpg
| caption = Neville on Mardi Gras Day 2007
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| birth_name = Charmaine Neville
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1956|3|31}}
| origin = United States
| instrument = Vocals
| occupation = Singer
| years_active =
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| associated_acts = The Neville Brothers
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Charmaine Neville (born March 31, 1956) is a New Orleans-based jazz singer.{{cite web|work=Editor & Publisher|url=http://www.editorandpublisher.com/news/charmaine-neville-s-new-orleans-story-horror-and-heroism/|title=Charmaine Neville's New Orleans Story: Horror and Heroism|date=September 7, 2005|author-link=Greg Mitchell|first=Greg|last=Mitchell}}
Biography
Raised Catholic, she is the daughter of Charles Neville of The Neville Brothers.{{cite web|archive-date=March 6, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160306184159/https://www.nytimes.com/movies/person/499468/Charmaine-Neville|url=https://www.nytimes.com/movies/person/499468/Charmaine-Neville|url-status=dead|department=Movies & TV Dept.|work=The New York Times|date=2016|title=Charmaine Neville}}
She is the lead singer of the Charmaine Neville Band, a jazz and funk band based in New Orleans.{{cite web|url=https://www.axs.com/charmaine-neville-band-performing-at-new-orleans-jazz-and-heritage-fes-10018|title=Charmaine Neville Band performing at New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival|publisher=axs.com|date=March 24, 2014|access-date=July 9, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161027003841/https://www.axs.com/charmaine-neville-band-performing-at-new-orleans-jazz-and-heritage-fes-10018|archive-date=October 27, 2016|url-status=live}} Other musicians in the Charmaine Neville Band include Amasa Miller, Detroit Brooks, Gerald French and Jesse Boyd.
Neville was in the news due to the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina,{{cite web|publisher=NPR|url=https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5063796|title=More Stories Emerge of Rapes in Post-Katrina Chaos|date=December 21, 2005|first=John|last=Burnett}} when the failure of the Federal levees swamped the city of New Orleans. Media reported her tale of witnessing cannibalism, alligator attacks, rape and eventual escape via a commandeered transit bus.{{cite video|title=A Survivor's Story|work=Spike.com|date=September 7, 2005|url=http://www.spike.com/video-clips/uf2siv/a-survivors-story|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924124957/http://www.spike.com/video-clips/uf2siv/a-survivors-story|archivedate=September 24, 2015}}{{cite web|work=9 News Extra|first=Donna|last=Britt|title=Charmaine Neville Stands by Story of Rapes, Alligator Attacks during Katrina|date=28 April 2006 |url=http://www.wafb.com/story/4830934/charmaine-neville-stands-by-story-of-rapes-alligator-attacks-during-katrina}}
Solo albums
- (1992) It's About Time
- (1992) All the Way Live at Snug Harbor
- (1996) Up Up Up
- (1996) Live at Bourbon Street Music Club (aka Live in Brazil)
- (1998) Queen of the Mardi Gras
- (2007) Jazz Fest Live 2007
Album contributions
- (1981) The Neville Brothers "Fiyo On The Bayou"
- (1988) "New New Orleans Music: Jump Jazz" with Ramsay McLean and the Survivors
- (1992) The Reggie Houston – Amasa Miller Trio "The Gazebo Sessions"
- (1992) "Christmas In New Orleans – R&B, Jazz and Gospel"
- (1996) Andrei Codrescu "Valley of Christmas"
- (2000) "New Prohibition" compilation
- (2000) Marva Wright "Marva"
- (2001) Freddy Omar "Latin Party in New Orleans"
- (2006) Nils Lofgren and Joe Sample "Creole Love Call"
- (2006) Mitch Woods "Big Easy Boogie"
- (2007) James "12" Andrews and The Crescent City Allstars "People Get Ready Now"
References
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External links
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- {{official website|http://www.charmainenevilleband.com}}
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20150924124957/http://www.spike.com/video-clips/uf2siv/a-survivors-story A Survivor's Story: New Orleans resident and Jazz musician Charmaine Neville recalls the horror of surviving Hurricane Katrina]
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Category:20th-century American women singers
Category:20th-century American singers
Category:American funk singers
Category:American jazz singers
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Category:Rhythm and blues musicians from New Orleans
Category:Singers from Louisiana
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