Ida Goodson
| Ida Goodson | |
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| Background information | |
| Born |
November 23, 1909 Pensacola, Florida, United States |
| Died | January 5, 2000 (aged 90) Pensacola, Florida, United States |
| Genres | Classic female blues, jazz |
| Occupation(s) | Singer, pianist |
| Instruments | Vocals, piano |
| Years active | 1920s–2000 |
| Associated acts | Billie Pierce |
Ida Goodson (November 23, 1909 – January 5, 2000) was an American classic female blues and jazz singer and pianist.
Goodson was born in Pensacola, Florida, the youngest of seven sisters, six of whom survived to adulthood. Her father and mother both played the piano. Her father was a deacon at Mount Olive Baptist Church in Pensacola.
All of the daughters in her family received musical training, with the sole intention that they would perform in church. Goodson noted that the blues were banned in her house. However, Ida and her sisters Mabel, Della, Sadie, Edna, and Wilhemina (better as Billie Pierce), all subsequently had careers in blues or jazz. The Preservation Hall Jazz Band often had one of the Goodson sisters playing keyboards. Goodson played the piano accompanying silent films and at dances.
The Florida Folk Archive released a recording made at the Florida Folk Festival in 1980, containing a duet between Ida and Sadie Goodson. Ida Goodson received a Florida Folk Heritage Award in 1987.
A 2002 stage show, The Goodson Sisters: Pensacola's Greatest Gift to Jazz, focused on Ida, Wilhemia, and Sadie Goodson. The PBS video Wild Women Don't Have the Blues includes rare footage of Bessie Smith and her one-time accompanist, Goodson. The music journalist Chris Heim wrote in the Chicago Tribune that "Sprightly blues and gospel performer Ida Goodson—the scene stealer of the film—gives a stunning exhibition of the intimate connection between gospel and blues when she takes the song "Precious Lord" from a rich, slow gospel opening to a rollicking boogie-woogie conclusion."
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