Rachel Gould - The Dancer (Reissue) (1982/1999)

Rachel Gould studied cello and classical singing at Boston University.
She began her professional singing career in the early '70's in the United States, toured Europe (Germany, Holland and Poland) and settled there. She lived in Germany and Switzerland and lives since the end of 1991 in Holland.
She made appearances on German TV and was the featured soloist for radio productions in Germany, France, Luxembourg, Holland, Poland, Switzerland and the USA.
She recorded the LP "All Blues" with Chet Baker in London and her own LP "The Dancer" in Frankfurt. In 1989 she recorded the CD "A Sip Of Your Touch" with Riccardo del Fra on which Art Farmer, David Liebman, Enrico Pieranunzi and Michel Graillier are also featured. In 1991 she recorded the CD "Live In Montreux" with Stephan Kurmann and Strings. Her CD "More Of Me" was released in 1993.
In her career as a singer Rachel has worked and performed with many well known jazz musicians: Chet Baker, Benny Bailey, Lou Blackburn, Billy Brooks, Bobby Burgess, Phillipe Catherine, Hal Graillier, Wolfgang Haffner, Joe Haider, Jake Hanna, Woody Herman, Michel Herr, Bert Joris, Stephan Kurmann, Dennis Luxion, Rita Marcotulli, Sal Nistico, Tom Nicholas, Horace Parlan, Jaques Pelzer, Enrico Pieranunzi, Larry Porter, Ferdinand Povel, Allan Praskin, Ack van Rooyen, Cees Slinger, Mercello Tonnolo, James Woode and many others.
She also worked with arrangers and bandleaders such as Woody Herman, Bill Holman, Erwin Lehn, Horst Jankowski, Peter Herbolzheimer, Silvan Koopman, Rob Pronk, Dieter Reith and René Laanen's Highlight Jazz Orchestra in the Netherlands.
She sang engagements and toured with her own bands as featured soloist in Holland, Belgium, Germany, France, Italy, Switzerland, Austria, Poland and Japan.