Biography
Dubbed "Britain's queen of the blues'' by no less than Ella Fitzgerald, jazz vocalist Beryl Bryden was born in Norwich, England on May 11, 1920. While working as a shorthand typist, she began her performing career backed by the amateur group the Cambridge Jazz Club, with her robust voice quickly earning a strong local following. Relocating to London during the late 1940s, Bryden aligned herself with the growing trad-jazz movement, singing and pla...Read more