Takesha Meshé Kizart [SEP] voice type
Takesha Meshé Kizart
Takesha Meshé Kizart (born Chicago, 1982) is an American operatic soprano. She is a grand-niece of Muddy Waters on her mother’s side and a distant relative of Tina Turner.
Discography.
- Puccini "La bohème" Takesha Meshé Kizart (Mimì), Ji-Min Park (Rodolfo), conducted Lü Shao-chia. Opera Australia CD and DVD
- Ottorino Respighi: "Marie Victoire", Takesha Meshé Kizart (title role) conducted Michail Jurowski, CPO 2012
and reformed the Kings of Rhythm with a new line-up.
Career 1950s: St. Louis.
In 1955, Turner took the reformed version of Kings of Rhythm north to St. Louis, including Kizart, Sims, O'Neal, Jessie Knight, Jr. and Turner's then wife Annie Mae Wilson on piano and vocals. It was at this time that Turner moved over to playing guitar to accommodate Annie Mae, taking lessons from Willie Kizart to improve.
Turner maintained strict discipline over the band, insisting they lived in a