Complex sentence: Norman Mapp, b. John Norman Mapp, (1928--1988) was a jazz vocalist, composer and recording artist, born and raised in Corona/East Elmhurst neighborhood of Queens, New York.
Split into simpler sentences: Norman Mapp, b. John Norman Mapp, (1928--1988) was a jazz vocalist, composer and recording artist. Mapp was born and raised in Corona/East Elmhurst neighborhood of Queens, New York.