Ottilie Patterson | 3000 Years With Ottilie | CD

Ottilie Patterson was a Northern Irish blues and jazz singer, born on 31 January 1932 in Comber, County Down, and she died on 20 June 2011 in Ayr, Scotland. She was best known for her work with Chris Barber's Jazz Band in the late 1950s and early 1960s, and she was trained as a classical pianist from the age of 11 but never formally trained as a singer. She began to suffer throat problems in 1963 and officially retired from the band in 1973. In 1969 she issued a solo LP, 3000 Years with Ottilie.

3000 Years With Ottilie is a one disc CD album reissue by Ottilie Patterson, released on 9 June 2023 by Sunbeam Records. The original release came out in July 1969 and was produced by Giorgio Gomelsky and Richard Hill. Richard Hill orchestrated and adapted the arrangements, which include strings from the London Symphony Orchestra.

Track List

1. Song of Solomon
2. The Orphan
3. Latin Drinking Song
4. Please Accept My Apologies, Mrs. Pankhurst
5. Why So Pale and Wan
6. Helen of Kirkconnell
7. The Sound of the Door As It Closes
8. Spring Song
9. The Bitterness of Death
10. Ad Uxorem
11. Hey, Ho, the Wind and the Rain
12. It Was a Lover and His Lass
13. Sonnet No. 8
14. Mrs. Pankhurst Returns
15. Bitterness of Death (45 Version)
16. Make Me Or Break Me (Unreleased Demo)