Jazz pianist and saxophonist (1914-1989); leader of the Billy Tipton Trio (later Quartet). Probably best known for the discovery after his death that he was born Dorothy and had been a woman living as a man for all of his adult life. While the cross-dressing probably began as a way to get work as a jazz musician, he later married several times and had three adopted sons, none of whom knew he was really a woman.
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Suits Me: The Double Life of Billy Tipton
Biography by Diane Middlebrook. Excerpt from the book, timeline with photos, and audio files of his music and voice.
Jerry Jazz Musician: Billy Tipton
Biographer Diane Wood Middlebrook talks about the cross dressing jazz musician in an interview.
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Billy Tipton - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
URL : en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Tipton
... school student, Tipton became interested in music, especially jazz, and went by ... After the albums' success, the Billy Tipton Trio was offered a position ...[2009/01/03]
Billy Tipton
URL : billytipton.blogspot.com
... low-key life story of Billy Tipton -- an obscure jazz pianist who worked out of ... 9;"Billy Tipton Biography," Duke University Music Department jazz archive ...[2008/05/17]
Jazz/Jerry Jazz Musician/Billy Tipton biographer Diane Wood Middlebrook ...
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Billy Tipton biographer Diane Wood Middlebrook talks about cross dressing jazz musician in Jerry ... Jazz musician Billy Tipton grew up as Dorothy Tipton but ...[2003/07/25]
Billy Tipton: Self-Made Man
URL : www.stanford.edu/dept/news/stanfordtoday/ed/9705/9705fea601.shtml
... she began researching the life of jazz musician Billy Tipton for her coming book. ... But jazz fever died out as Tipton grew older, and he spent his last ...[2008/12/27]
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Yahoo! reviewed these sites and found them related to Jazz Saxophone > Billy Tipton (1914-1989) ... Jazz Saxophone > Billy Tipton (1914-1989) Tipton, Billy ...[2008/12/26]
Amazon.com: Suits Me: The Double Life of Billy Tipton: Diane Wood ...
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... Suits Me: The Double Life of Billy Tipton: Diane Wood Middlebrook: Books ... Billy Tipton was a jazz performer who played in clubs throughout the Midwest for ...[2008/12/27]
Billy Tipton's Life as a Man
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The Double Life of Billy Tipton By Diane Wood Middlebrook Houghton Mifflin; ... How is it possible that jazz musician Billy Tipton passed as a man for more than ...[2008/12/20]
Tipton, Billy: T at Canadian Content
URL : canadiancontent.net/dir/Top/Arts/Music/Styles/Jazz/.../T/Tipton,_Billy
... Tipton, Billy. Includes free listings and information about Tipton, Billy from ... Tipton, Billy Sites: Duke Jazz Archive: Billy Tipton. Profile with photos. ...[2008/12/07]
Billy Tipton's Life as a Man
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How is it possible that jazz musician Billy Tipton passed as a man for more than ... SUITS ME The Double Life of Billy Tipton By Diane Wood Middlebrook Houghton ...[2009/01/03]
BILLY TIPTON : NPR
URL : www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=1007107
Jacki speaks to Diane Wood Middlebrook, about the life of jazz musician Billy Tipton. Tipton was a bandleader, husband, father, and as discovered after his death, a ...[2008/12/30]
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