Geraldine Bey

American jazz singer and concert organizer

Geraldine Bey de Haas
Birth name	Geraldine Bey
Born	1935 (age 88–89) Newark, New Jersey, U.S.
Genres	Jazz
Occupation(s)	Musician, singer, concert organizer
Years active	1964–present
Labels	Prestige
Spouse	Eddie de Haas

Musical artist

Geraldine Bey de Haas (born 1935) is an American jazz singer and concert organizer.

Bey performed with the vocal trio Andy and the Bey Sisters with brother Andy Bey and sister Salome Bey in the 1960s. Then she married Eddie de Haas, with whom she settled in Chicago in 1968.^[1]

In 1974, she created the Duke Ellington Celebration in Grant Park there, from which the Chicago Jazz Festival developed. She also organized other concerts and performance opportunities for young musicians and founded the jazz festival at the South Shore Cultural Center in 1981. Between 1959 and 1965, she was involved in seven recordings.^[2]

With her husband, bassist Eddie de Haas, she has two children, Aisha and Darius, both singers. Darius has also performed on Broadway musicals.^{[citation needed]}

Discography

Andy and the Bey Sisters Now! Hear! (Prestige, 1964) with Jerome Richardson, Kenny Burrell
Andy and the Bey Sisters Round Midnight (Prestige, 1965) with Kenny Burrell, Milt Hinton, Osie Johnson
Frank D'Rone and Geraldine DeHaas with Bob Perna and Persistance Finally Together (Nor-AM 1996)