recommend female jazz singers please
Suttlaw
Does anyone have recommendations on the best of the new generation of
female vocalists? I enjoy Carmen McRae, Ella, Billie, but know nothing of
the new singers. I'd like to learn.
SAS
ssch...@smartworld.net
In article <19970515145...@ladder02.news.aol.com>,
I don't know how "new" she is, but I certainly enjoy listening to Dee Dee
Bridgewater.
-------------------==== Posted via Deja News ====-----------------------
http://www.dejanews.com/ Search, Read, Post to Usenet
Harley.Davidson
Suttlaw wrote:
>
> Does anyone have recommendations on the best of the new generation of
> female vocalists? I enjoy Carmen McRae, Ella, Billie, but know nothing
> of the new singers. I'd like to learn.
I would recommend Cassandra Wilson. She gets lots of good press.
Maybe Diana Krall, she does the piano/voice thing.
-Nils
Rod Furlott
> >
> > Does anyone have recommendations on the best of the new generation of
> > female vocalists? I enjoy Carmen McRae, Ella, Billie, but know nothing of
> > the new singers. I'd like to learn.
> >
>
> I don't know how "new" she is, but I certainly enjoy listening to Dee Dee
> Bridgewater.
Nancy King and Rebecca Kilgore are two artists who are worthy of wider
recognition, IMO.
--
Rod Furlott fur...@gte.net
http://home1.gte.net/furlott/index.htm
Dennis S. Klein
Suttlaw wrote:
>
> Does anyone have recommendations on the best of the new generation of
> female vocalists? I enjoy Carmen McRae, Ella, Billie, but know nothing of
> the new singers. I'd like to learn.
>
> SAS
Try Claire Martin or Christy Brown. Both have recent CDs that deserve
listening.
Joe Berg
On 15 May 1997 20:54:49 GMT, nch...@mail.sas.upenn.edu (Nate Chinen)
wrote:
>> Does anyone have recommendations on the best of the new generation of
>> female vocalists? I enjoy Carmen McRae, Ella, Billie, but know nothing of
>> the new singers. I'd like to learn.
> Diana Krall is playing here in
>Philly this weekend -- she's also a pianist.
Two west-coasters - Kristin Korb and Mary Stallings ( who's been
around a bit longer.)
I highly recommend Korb's debut album with the Ray Brown Trio
("Introducing Kristin Korb," Telarc CD83386). She does one mean "Night
In Tunisia," a cover of Hendricks' "Yeh, Yeh" that will make you
swear you're hearing Annie Ross, and a sultry ballad version "A
Train."
As for Stallings, try either "Manhattan Moods" (Concord Jazz CCD
4750-2) or "Spectrum"(CCD 4689).
Joe Berg
joe...@voicenet.com
Morrice
Try Marilyn Scott, she has a wonderful voice.
- Morrice
http://execpc.com/~morrice/Jazz.htm
Suttlaw <sut...@aol.com> wrote in article
<19970515145...@ladder02.news.aol.com>...
> Does anyone have recommendations on the best of the new generation of
> female vocalists? I enjoy Carmen McRae, Ella, Billie, but know nothing
of
> the new singers. I'd like to learn.
>
> SAS
>
Richard Tabnik
Hi
Some of my favorite female vocalists include:
Bille Holiday [check out her earlier work, esp. w/Lester Young!]
Sheila Jordan
Liz Gorrill [also a masterful pianist]
Connie Crothers [also a masterful pianist]
They may be heard on Jazz Records:
write for a catalog to
Jazz Records
POBox 30273
NY, NY 10011-0103
[tell them I said 'hi'.]
~and~
New Artists Records
P.O.Box 549
NY, NY 10018
[tell them I said 'hi'']
Carol Liebowitz is also on New Artists and is an amazingly original pianist as well.
BTW, for male vocalists I dig Louis Armstrong, Roy Eldridge, Nat Cole, Frank Sinatra,
and currently Bob Casanova [also on New Artists Records]! Prez also sang nice and Slim
Gaillard is fun!
Note: Although I am a part of New Artists Records, I make no money whatsoever on
the sale of any CD's but my own. I just really dig these people's music!
Best wishes for a happy life in a peaceful world.
Sincerely,
Richard Tabnik, Jazz Alto Saxophonist
e-mail: <rcta...@inch.com>
WWW Page: <http://www.inch.com/~rctabnik>
"The Jazz Musician's function is to feel."-Lennie Tristano
ss
Rod Furlott wrote:
>
> ssch...@smartworld.net wrote:
> >
> > In article <19970515145...@ladder02.news.aol.com>,
> > sut...@aol.com (Suttlaw) wrote:
> > >
> > > female vocalists? I enjoy Carmen McRae, Ella, Billie, but know nothing of
> > > the new singers. I'd like to learn.
> > >
> > > SAS
> >
> > Bridgewater.
>
> Nancy King and Rebecca Kilgore are two artists who are worthy of wider
> recognition, IMO.
>
> --
> Rod Furlott fur...@gte.net
> http://home1.gte.net/furlott/index.htm
In Britain we have a few good female singers of the newer generation.
Claire Martin (with a new CD on Linn who is more 'mainstream'),
Christine Tobin (more in the Cassandra Wilson approach, though
originally from Ireland, and who we've brought out on Babel) and Jacqui
Dankworth (daughter of John D. and Cleo Laine and has a great band
called 'Field of Blue')
Oliver Weindling
ba...@easynet.co.uk
http://www.babel.offworld.co.uk
LessKnow
She isn't part of a new generation, but has been a well kept secret:
Marlene Ver Planck (four CDs available thru Tower Records, try "A Quiet
Storm" if you choose only one).
Z4w
Try these: Cassandra Wilson, Dianne Krall, Madeline Peyroux,Jeanie Bryson.
2 jazz pagans
David Berk wrote:
>...give Sue Raney a listen.
Maybe somebody can help me with this one. We have a couple of Sue
Raney's fairly recent albums, but I'm almost sure that she had a top-40
hit a bunch of years ago. Not jazz at all. Am I making this up? If not,
what was it?
Thanks,
- JRB
David Berk
lifetime achievement award for keeping the art of jazz/cabaret
vocalizing alive and burning: Joyce Breach, Teddi King , Johnny Hartman,
Margaret Whiting, Chris Connor, Richard Rodney Bennett--the list goes on
& on.
Less, please give Sue Raney a listen. Also, buried in the Savoy/Denon
catalog is one of Marlene's early efforts titles simply "Marlene." They
never give you her last name!
Three "new" jazz vocalists that should be heard include:Nancy Marano
(usually heard with Eddie Monteiro on Denon), Connie Evingson (Minnehaha
Music) and Sherri Roberts (Brownstone).
Lest I offend any RMBers,may I add that although Welia Whitfield may not
be a "jazz" vocalist---she is a gas. Dave
Kimberley Berry
z...@aol.com (Z4w) wrote:
>Try these: Cassandra Wilson, Dianne Krall, Madeline Peyroux,Jeanie Bryson.
Another addition: Shawnn Montiero. She has a cd "Visit Me" on Monad
Records.
David Berk
Imagination" from" Willie Wonka & The Chocalate Factory."This was from
her "Ridin' High" LP.
AHW
Suttlaw wrote:
>
> Does anyone have recommendations on the best of the new generation of
> female vocalists? I enjoy Carmen McRae, Ella, Billie, but know nothing of
> the new singers. I'd like to learn.
>
> SAS
I'm pretty new here but I've never seen any remarks on my super favorite
and to my mind the *BEST*right now,Sheila Jordan! Check out her work
with Harvey Swartz on Muse and M.A. or The Blue Note Portrait of
Sheila. This woman has to be the most underrated singer of our time!
Albert Wessel
ILBa...@worldnet.att.net
Give a listen to Gabrielle Goodman, formerly of jMT. I second the
nominatio of Cassandra Wilson and J. Bryson. Also Valerie Capers.
2 jazz pagans
Just a couple of notes on Kellye, having had her first album for a few
years and having seen her at Yoshi's a while back. She used to be in the
SF Bay area, but I don't know if she still is, although I'm pretty sure
she will be on the faculty of the California Jazz Camp this summer.
She's originally from Texas, which is where the albums were recorded.
(Tomato Kiss, although newly released, was recorded in 1992, as I
recall.) One player on both dates is pianist Dave Catney, to whom she
dedicates the new album--he died of AIDS a couple of years ago.
Kellye has a very powerful voice--sometimes a little scary, because she
can be *very* intense--but it's fun to see, considering that she's not a
large woman at all. The one familiar sound I hear--not being, I confess,
a Betty/Cassandra listener--is a touch of Cleo Laine. She has a way of
getting around a sound and really enveloping it. It's more noticeable on
the first album.
If you can catch her, she's worth seeing, if elusive.
And yes, let's put in a good word for songs by Tommy Wolf and Fran
Landesman. (They also wrote "Ballad of the Sad Young Men.") If you get a
chance, listen to the album "Bogie," by Jackie Cain and Roy Kral.
There's a wonderfully weird song called "Peter Lorre," with music by Roy
and lyrics by Fran Landesman.
- JRB
tomb...@jhunix.hcf.jhu.edu wrote:
>
> One new singer I've listened a lot to lately is Kellye Gray.
> She has two albums out--Standards and Tomato Kiss. There
> are no name players on the date. It seems to be her working
> band and so there's a looseness/tightness that only comes
> from that kind of situation.
>
> This woman is not one those whispery mumbly singers who
> hopes that her cute personality makes up for her lack
> of technique. This musician has SERIOUS voice chops. But
> they are always under control. She does not display technique
> for the sake of showing off like so many gospel-derived
> singers do. She will push the intensity level to the
> limit but always pulls it back in before you get annoyed.
> And the technique is always in service of a musical conception
> rather than stemming from the need to squeeze in a great lick.
> Gray herself is not gospel-derived except in her intensity of
> conception. Her improvisation is more timbral and motivic
> rather than melismatic.
>
> What does she sound like? This is weird for me. She seems to
> combine Nancy Wilson, Betty Carter, maybe some Cassandra
> Wilson. It's weird for me because all of those influences
> have annoying mannerisms that sometimes make them all but
> unlistenable to me, so it's strange that I would like
> someone who sounds like that. I think the reason I like
> Gray is because she has so much more technique than the
> influences and so doesn't need to fall back on those
> habits that annoy me.
>
> Her intonation is perfect, much better than Betty Carter's.
> She also is willing to actually sing the song's melody
> on the head, unlike Carter and Cassandra. Singers who
> improvise on the head drive me crazy, because the
> notes they come up with are never as good as the
> notes that were written. But when Gray gets to
> the scat chorus, it's good. I have high standards
> for scatting, and few singers meet them. Basically,
> I hold singers to the same standards of invention
> and musicianship that I hold instrumentalists, and so
> I think most singers who scat really should not.
>
> Gray should. She can do it, and has an original conception.
> She does not copy Ella or Sarah like everyone else
> does. She does stem from Carter, like everyone else,
> but I think she improves on Carter. She certainly has
> more self-restraint than Carter, and does not bleat
> on past the limits of what she can pull off. Plus she gets
> an amazingly trumpet-like tone on All Blues. The
> first time you hear that track you don't even
> realize it's a voice solo until partway through
> unless you're listening really closely.
>
> So it's a somewhat obscure rec, but I like her.
> Take a chance. You can always sell it back.
> And Tomato Kiss contains "I've Got A Small
> Day Tomorrow", which is by Tommy Wolfe and
> Fran Landesman, who wrote "Spring Can Really
> Hang You Up The Most" and a score of other
> equally great and equally obscure songs.
> Small Day Tomorrow is equally hip.
2 jazz pagans
One singer I've liked recently is Vanessa Rubin. Her album "Vanessa
Rubin Sings" (Novus) mixes standards with jazz tunes, and even two by
Sting (one of them is one of the best tunes on the album) and even "It's
Not Easy Being Green!"
- JRB
Marc Sabatella
>One new singer I've listened a lot to lately is Kellye Gray.
>She has two albums out--Standards and Tomato Kiss. There
>are no name players on the date. It seems to be her working
>band and so there's a looseness/tightness that only comes
>from that kind of situation.
Well, at least Sebastian Whittaker went on to become something of a
name, but he wasn't when these were recorded. And Dave Catney became
somewhat known as a producer of sorts, before dying of AIDS a year or
two ago.
So, what else can you say about Tomato Kiss? I loved her first,
"Standards" - probably my favorite album by a female jazz singer,
period. I've liked what little I've heard of Tomato Kiss on the radio
thus far, but I've been led to believe it is a collection of outtakes
from the same session that produced the first, and so I wonder if the
material is strong the whole way through.
Oh, BTW, "Speak Low" is on the radio now - sounds like her.
>What does she sound like? This is weird for me. She seems to
>combine Nancy Wilson, Betty Carter, maybe some Cassandra
>Wilson.
When I first heard her version of "Good Morning Heartache" on the radio,
I was thinking maybe Sarah Vaughn, but she doesn't like that on the
other tunes.
Anyhow, serious second on the recommendation from me; not the first time
I've gushed about her here, though, so I hadn't bothered resonding to
this thread until now.
--
Marc Sabatella
--
ma...@outsideshore.com
http://www.outsideshore.com/
Loudon Briggs
2 jazz pagans <#gal...@ix.netcom.com> wrote: (snip)
>And yes, let's put in a good word for songs by Tommy Wolf and Fran
>Landesman. (They also wrote "Ballad of the Sad Young Men.") If you get a
>chance, listen to the album "Bogie," by Jackie Cain and Roy Kral.
>There's a wonderfully weird song called "Peter Lorre," with music by Roy
>and lyrics by Fran Landesman.
>
>- JRB
Seeing this post reminds me that a name missing from this thread is
Roy Kral's sister, Irene. This was a very fine jazz singer, Her old LP
The Band and I, with the Herb Pomeroy band is really powerful.
--
Loudon Briggs (lar...@indirect.com Phoenix, Arizona, USA)
tomb...@jhunix.hcf.jhu.edu
One new singer I've listened a lot to lately is Kellye Gray.
She has two albums out--Standards and Tomato Kiss. There
are no name players on the date. It seems to be her working
band and so there's a looseness/tightness that only comes
from that kind of situation.
This woman is not one those whispery mumbly singers who
hopes that her cute personality makes up for her lack
of technique. This musician has SERIOUS voice chops. But
they are always under control. She does not display technique
for the sake of showing off like so many gospel-derived
singers do. She will push the intensity level to the
limit but always pulls it back in before you get annoyed.
And the technique is always in service of a musical conception
rather than stemming from the need to squeeze in a great lick.
Gray herself is not gospel-derived except in her intensity of
conception. Her improvisation is more timbral and motivic
rather than melismatic.
What does she sound like? This is weird for me. She seems to
combine Nancy Wilson, Betty Carter, maybe some Cassandra
Chris DuPre
marc sabatella wrote:
> I've liked what little I've heard of Tomato Kiss on the radio
> thus far, but I've been led to believe it is a collection of outtakes from the same session that produced the first, and so I wonder if the material is strong the whole way through.
Gosh, if it IS made up of outtakes, that first record might be the best
vocal album of the last two decades! I have not heard the first, and do
not have the info about whether the laterst came from the same session,
but I REALLY like Tomato Kiss. I was pretty skeptical on popping it
open, what with the cutesy Magritte-inspired cover and all, but the
woman has an instrument and knows what to do with it. I think her scat
line on "Billie's Bounce," in which she goes from a trumpet tone into
full-powered solo lines driving to the grainy edge a la Ella before the
mannerisms took hold, is just about the most exciting vocal thing I've
heard in ages. "Speak Low" is a treat, and, as mentioned before in this
thread, "Small Day Tomorrow" is a real keeper. (We've got to tell our
vol DJs to lay off it a bit; we're almost sounding Top 40 they like it
so much.) Can't recall any real dog cuts, either.
Cool Car!
In article <19970515145...@ladder02.news.aol.com>,
sut...@aol.com (Suttlaw) wrote:
>Does anyone have recommendations on the best of the new generation of
>female vocalists? I enjoy Carmen McRae, Ella, Billie, but know nothing of
>the new singers. I'd like to learn.
>
>SAS
Right now I'm in a "Janis Seigel is The Man" kind of phase. She is the
female lead in the Manhatten Transfer. They often do pop but her singing
is unimpeachable. Listen to the "Vocalese" record. On "Extensions" they do
"birdland" and she sings the Jaco Pastorious part, the Wayne Shorter
tennor sax break and the Joe Zawinul solo at the end. On the other hand I,
and many others, are of the opinion that Betty Carter is kind of the
current dean of female singers; Carmen probably shares that too. I've also
heard Anne Hampton Calloway (sings the theme from "The Nanny") and she
BLEW me away. I still have to get her CD but what I heard on the radio was
fantastic. Good Luck. Lots of good music out there!
JC
JoeBrandy
In article <CoolCar-2005...@col-as4s07.erols.com>,
Coo...@Here.Now (Cool Car!) writes:
>Right now I'm in a "Janis Seigel is The Man" kind of phase. She is the
>female lead in the Manhatten Transfer.
She also had at least two solo titles out more than a couple of years ago.
On one she sang "Small Day Tommorrow".
Joe Bair
xx54...@anon.penet.fi
In article <337FAD...@worldnet.att.net>, AHW says...
>
>Suttlaw wrote:
>>
>> Does anyone have recommendations on the best of the new generation of
>> female vocalists? I enjoy Carmen McRae, Ella, Billie, but know nothing of
>> the new singers. I'd like to learn.
Judy Niemack has recorded with many fine musicians--Cedar Walton, Kenny Barron, and others.
Reese
Nina Simone...I can't tell you too much about her (I'm a trumpet man;),
but I've heard nothing but good things.
Ron
PRProf
I'll add some more favorites from over the years: Bev Kelly (rather
obscure, but did some wonderful Riverside things in the late 50's, early
60's); Meredith d'Ambrosio, perhaps the most under-rated and clever singer
around today. On the Sunnyside label; married to piano legend, Eddie
Higgins; still sings occasionally around South Florida; big up north in
the summer. Re-invents tunes and puts new chords, words to them on her
albums. I'll also add my vote for Diana Krall of recent singers; but
don't leave out the classics such as Helen Merrill (she made some
wonderful duet sides with great musicians).
Bill Adams
Steve Campbell
I'm listening to the Ella Fitgerald sings the Duke Ellington songbook
album right now at it is a masterpiece esp disc no. 2.
Also check out Ella singing the Cole Porter songbook.
-Steve
lyl...@idt.net
I too enjoy Carmen McRae, Ella, Billie, Sarah Vaughan and many others who
have been around a long time or are gone now.
Some new jazz singers I enjoy are: Diane Schuur, Diana Krall, Dianne
Reeves (lots of Diane’s, huh) and Cassandra Wilson. I also found, a few
years ago, Shirley Horn, who has been around for a number of years and
seems at her prime. These are all very good and well-known.
-------------------==== Posted via Deja News ====-----------------------
http://www.dejanews.com/ Search, Read, Post to Usenet
ra...@mail.hartingdale.com.au
lyl...@idt.net wrote:
> =
> I too enjoy Carmen McRae, Ella, Billie, Sarah Vaughan and many others w=
ho
> have been around a long time or are gone now.
> =
> Some new jazz singers I enjoy are: Diane Schuur, Diana Krall, Dianne
> Reeves (lots of Diane=EDs, huh) and Cassandra Wilson. I also found, a f=
ew
> years ago, Shirley Horn, who has been around for a number of years and
> seems at her prime. These are all very good and well-known.
Don't forget Dinah Washington.
Razz
Laurie Tvedt
And don't leave out my current favorite vocalist (in addition to Abbey
Lincoln, Carmen MacRae, Betty Carter and the other reigning divas) are
Madeline Eastman and Kitty Margolis. They've got their own label "Madkat
Records" and a cool web site [
http://www.madelineeastman.com/madkat.html ]. I love Madeline's "Art
Attack" -- she's a great musician with a sense of humor.
JazzJo
I agree with all of this thread and would like to add one more. I just
heard and the immediately bought (at retail - my friends know what a big
deal this is) "To Ella With Love" by Ann Hampton Calloway (three great
names for a Jazz singer) and it is easily one of the best records I've
heard in years. She sings, scats, vocaleses (verb) and, while sounding like
she has paid close attention to all the Divas (Betty Carter, Sarah Vaughn,
Ella, Carmen, maybe even Annie Ross), she sounds completely original. A
wonderful tribute and fine renditions of tunes that, while great, have been
done a zillion times. Get the record soon as it is on a small label (After
9) and there may not have been many copies made. Worth retail.
Alex Merck
You should probably add Carmen Cuesta to the list - a good
contemporary jazz singer from Spain, living in the US. She has her
first album out on a label called "Beanbag" featuring mainly fusion
players like Chuck loeb, Nelson Rangell etc..
--
Alex Merck (Lipstick & Jazzline Rec.)
tomb...@jhunix.hcf.jhu.edu
In article <338612...@tiac.net> Laurie Tvedt <ltv...@tiac.net> writes:
>And don't leave out my current favorite vocalist (in addition to Abbey
>Lincoln, Carmen MacRae, Betty Carter and the other reigning divas)
Sorry to say that Carmen is no longer current or reigning,
having squeezed the frog a few years back.
Harley.Davidson
Croak!
(a quote from the annals of female jazz singer history)
tomb...@jhunix.hcf.jhu.edu
>In article <CoolCar-2005...@col-as4s07.erols.com>,
>Coo...@Here.Now (Cool Car!) writes:
>
>>Right now I'm in a "Janis Seigel is The Man" kind of phase. She is the
>>female lead in the Manhatten Transfer.
I seem to recall her doing a nice album with Fred Hersch on piano,
but I haven't heard it since it came out.
Jonathan Linko
In article <5ml39n$n...@news.jhu.edu>,
tomb...@jhunix.hcf.jhu.edu () wrote:
Everyonee, and I mean Everyone, needs to check out Diana Krall. Her latest
album "A Tribute to the Nat King Cole Trio" just swings. Both her piano
playing and singing are extraordinary!!! Her last album "Only Trust Your
Heart" is also worth a good look!!
Jonathan Linko
Michael Margulis
tomb...@jhunix.hcf.jhu.edu wrote:
>
> >In article <CoolCar-2005...@col-as4s07.erols.com>,
> >Coo...@Here.Now (Cool Car!) writes:
> >
> >>Right now I'm in a "Janis Seigel is The Man" kind of phase. She is the
> >>female lead in the Manhatten Transfer.
>
> I seem to recall her doing a nice album with Fred Hersch on piano,
> but I haven't heard it since it came out.
Listen to Kitty Margolis she's great !
EDWARD HAWKINS
>
> >>In article <CoolCar-2005...@col-as4s07.erols.com>,
> >>Coo...@Here.Now (Cool Car!) writes:
> >>
> >>>Right now I'm in a "Janis Seigel is The Man" kind of phase. She is the
> >>>female lead in the Manhatten Transfer.
> >
> >I seem to recall her doing a nice album with Fred Hersch on piano,
> >but I haven't heard it since it came out.
> >
> >
>
> album "A Tribute to the Nat King Cole Trio" just swings. Both her piano
> playing and singing are extraordinary!!! Her last album "Only Trust Your
> Heart" is also worth a good look!!
> Jonathan Linko
I wholheartedly agree with you about Diana Krall; her singing just gets
better and better. She sings two numbers on Mark Whitfield's new album,
and one of them, "Some Other Time", is the highlight of the set. I only
hope she doesn't go the way of Nat King Cole and others: great
instrumentalists who let their instrumental playing slide a little when
they achieved vocal success.
I would also strongly urge that you listen to Sheila Jordan: her 1990
album "Lost and Found", featuring backing from the estimable Keeny
Barron trio, is a really brilliant example of inventive, yet still
swinging jazz singing.
Shirley Horn, although an acquired taste, is certainly someone worth
sampling."The Main Ingredient", her second-to-most-recent album,
features work from Elvin Jones and Joe Henderson, amongst others, and
has great cover art to boot.
Ed. Hawkins
John Marcille
Sheila Jordan is wonderful, and long been underappreciated. But she's not a
new singer. She knew Bird! Shirley Horn also goes back a few decades
(remember "L.A. Breakdown"?)
Krall is the real goods. Seigel can be interesting but I'm not sure she's a
jazz singer (let's not start a thread on this). More of a contemporary
cabaret singer in spirit.
Also check out Sue Raney (OK, she's been around awhile too) and Stephanie
Nakasian.
In article <33931D...@silas.unsw.edu.au>, EDWARD HAWKINS
lcds...@sprynet.com
In article ,
si...@usa.net wrote:
>
> tomb...@jhunix.hcf.jhu.edu wrote:
> >
> > >In article ,
> > >Coo...@Here.Now (Cool Car!) writes:
> > >
> > >>Right now I'm in a "Janis Seigel is The Man" kind of phase. She is the
> > >>female lead in the Manhatten Transfer.
> >
> > I seem to recall her doing a nice album with Fred Hersch on piano,
> > but I haven't heard it since it came out.
>
Kitty Margolis is the hottest young singer out there in my opinion.
Went to her packed CD release party/concert at the Great American Music
Hall in San Francisco and she and the band were positively lifting
off. She is a great band leader and musician as well as 'just' a singer
and can hold her own improvising with any instrumentalist.
I bought her brand new CD "Straight Up With a Twist"...ordered it from
her website at www.kittymargolis.com.
Gotta say, it is some cutting edge, hip stuff. She's got Roy Hargrove
and Charles Brown with her on 'The In Crowd' and tons of other hard
groovin'and also beautiful tracks.
Charles Vedrene
Ummm.... Cassandra Wilson is a great place to start. Check out "New Moon
Daughter". And her traveling band right now is deadly ... I mean deadly.
Especially the lady on drums. If you miss her tour you have missed
history, this lady is at the top of her game.
I'm not a new jazz listener. My dad had taken me to professional dates
since I was ,9 21 years ago. I play sax and go to 20 to 30 concerts a year.
And I am a female vocal fanatic. Although historically instrumental, the
voice still reigns supreme, and always will.
Nneena Freelon is tough. Abbey Lincoln is really saying a lot. Shirley
Horn is always perfect. Her trio hasn't changed in the last 5 years. If
anyone can stick together in jazz, its a big and rare blessing for us
listeners. Check her out. Your parents will dig it to.
Nany Wilson is beautiful and has been for the last 30 years. Madeleine
Peyroux (forgive my spelling Miss Peyroux if you're lurking), although
unfairly compared to Billie Holiday is a great vocalist. Do not be swayed
by the color of her skin or her looks. Listen and love. She opened for
Cassandra last month in NY. I get goose bumps remembering.
Dee Dee Bridgewater is slammin the mic. Check our her, Madeleine, and Nancy
in Montreal last week in June. That festival is a female vocalist lovers
candy store. I can't wait.
There are a few ladies who only sing a few tracks on a *big* name CD's.
Check out "How do you keep the music playing." from George Benson's Big
Boss Band CD. And the lady with Julian Joseph on "Wonderful One" on his CD
Juian Joseph. These ladies bring tears to my eyes. If only they would
produce a CD themselves.
This is a wonderful question with wonderful answers. Don't forget Billie
Holiday, Nina Simone, Betty Carter, Ella Fitgerald, Carmen McCrae, Morgana
King, Etta James (be careful here...blues is often Etta), Dinah Washington,
Cleo Laine, Diane Schur, Astrud Gilberto, Tania Maria, Gal Costa and Sarah
Vaughn, not necessarily in order.
These are the greats. I've seen most of them live before they past away.
Do yourself a favor and enjoy these women live. You'll never forget or
regret it. And you'll enjoy the recorded music that much more. I would
always recommend seeing someone live first, then buying there music, as you
see them making the music for you, and not for the guys in the sound booth.
Happy listening.
Charles
"Life - 10% what happens to you. 90% how you deal with it."
lcds...@sprynet.com wrote in article <8656620...@dejanews.com>...
Jazzvox
Check out Valeria Proano...
She is an amazing Latin/Brazilian vocalist who is one of those unknown
gems.
I have some of her demo stuff if you need some mp3's...
Just let me know and I can sens some to you via email!
Oh, of course Jane Monheit, Diana Krall, Julie Dollison