fantastic name he used there
― calzino, Wednesday, 12 May 2021 18:56 (two years ago) link
some top class scatting as well.
― calzino, Wednesday, 12 May 2021 21:52 (two years ago) link
Also of much related interest, covering a lot of ground: RFI: Vocal jazz songform
― dow, Wednesday, 12 May 2021 22:27 (two years ago) link
Oh yeah, and this is cool---can imagiene it as basis of a movie---from the teeming trove of Night Lights archives---stream, download:https://indianapublicmedia.org/wpimages/nightlights/2011/01/Dick-and-Kiz-Harp.jpg
Dick and Kiz Harp were a husband-and-wife, piano-and-vocals duo who ran their own nightclub (converted from a warehouse and called "The 90th Floor," after a lesser-known Cole Porter song they performed) in Dallas, Texas at the end of the 1950s. They‘ve developed a cult following among jazz-vocal aficionados on the basis of two obscure LPs. The Harps, influenced by artists such as Sylvia Sims, Anita O‘Day, and Dick Marx‘s Chicago trio, came up with their own sound--a blend of cabaret, torch song, and Midwestern camp--riding strongly on Kiz Harp‘s magnetic stage presence and slightly hoarse, soulful voice (a listener described her as "Jeri Southern smoking two packs a day"). Their career ended suddenly and tragically in 1960. We‘ll hear music from both of their albums (available again at 90th Floor Records) and we‘ll talk with Bruce Collier, the founder and owner of 90th Floor Records, who recorded both Harp LPs.
https://indianapublicmedia.org/nightlights/dick-and-kiz-harp-down-at-the-90th-floor.php
― dow, Wednesday, 12 May 2021 22:39 (two years ago) link
This young singer I saw in the Birdland Theater last night is pretty amazing, she’s like the second coming of Anita O’Day or something.
― A Kestrel for a Neve (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 27 December 2022 12:50 (one year ago) link
Name, please?
― Three Rings for the Elven Bishop (Dan Peterson), Tuesday, 27 December 2022 14:38 (one year ago) link
Anaïs Reno
― A Kestrel for a Neve (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 27 December 2022 14:41 (one year ago) link
My friend thought she sounded a little too studied in a video I sent him. I know where he is coming from but she has time to develop, she just turned nineteen, and she sounded great last night.
― A Kestrel for a Neve (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 27 December 2022 14:42 (one year ago) link
Will check her out, thx
― Three Rings for the Elven Bishop (Dan Peterson), Tuesday, 27 December 2022 15:30 (one year ago) link
Enjoyed a randomly purchased compilation of Sarah Vaughan over the last week . Great voice melismatic and all like that so I think I need to know more about her. This was a set of material from mid 50s to early 60s called Her Finest Hour. Pretty divine
― Stevolende, Tuesday, 27 December 2022 15:31 (one year ago) link
Steveolende, check out Live at Mister Kelly's.Dan, check out her Ellington & Strayhorn album, Lovesome Thing.
― A Kestrel for a Neve (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 27 December 2022 15:49 (one year ago) link
Or the new album, which is here:https://m.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_kDZ_ZYYbOm_iEJGrOinviQN3qCOQUyh28
― A Kestrel for a Neve (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 29 December 2022 03:49 (one year ago) link
First song here:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cL20ZIlqJ54
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YaH3wuAUGs0
― The Windows of the URL (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 10 February 2023 22:00 (one year ago) link
live at mister Kelley’s is so damn good, there was something in the air that night
― not too strange just bad audio (brimstead), Friday, 10 February 2023 22:26 (one year ago) link
^maybe too inside baseball and not great sound but still, some sort of slice of history. (xp)
― The Windows of the URL (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 10 February 2023 22:27 (one year ago) link
And yes, that album is special
― The Windows of the URL (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 10 February 2023 22:28 (one year ago) link
Enji is a Mongolian jazz vocalist singer who sounds as if she has listened to some classic Brazilian music
She’s gotten some luv from Bandcamp daily and Chr&s R@chards at Washington Post
― curmudgeon, Friday, 20 October 2023 14:56 (six months ago) link
Thanks!
A little more hype for a recent fave, as posted on the swinging moldy figs thread:
Best jazz vocal I've heard in a while---lots of folks have the chops and spirit, but there's a world in here, for now:Kate Kortum - Dreamsville
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=btQNuSQZxWM
― dow, Friday, 20 October 2023 17:28 (six months ago) link
Anita O'Day, "Early Autumn"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zf5DThAr-_A
― dow, Friday, 20 October 2023 17:31 (six months ago) link
Grammys nominees for Feb 2024 awards
30. Best Jazz Vocal Album
For albums containing greater than 75% playing time of new vocal jazz recordings.
For Ella 2Patti Austin Featuring Gordon Goodwin's Big Phat Band
Alive At The Village VanguardFred Hersch & Esperanza Spalding
Lean InGretchen Parlato & Lionel Loueke
MélusineCécile McLorin Salvant
How Love BeginsNicole Zuraitis
― curmudgeon, Monday, 13 November 2023 03:03 (five months ago) link
Last night I was livestreaming the St. Peter’s tribute to drummer Jackie Williams who passed away recently and saw a vocalist performing I think I should be paying more attention to.
― Shifty Henry’s Swing Club (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 14 November 2023 14:45 (five months ago) link
Also wow that Nicole Zuraitis got a Grammy nomination. She always seems really nice when I’ve crossed her path but I haven’t listened to any of her recordings.
― Shifty Henry’s Swing Club (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 14 November 2023 14:46 (five months ago) link
Sonica, that is the project I have seen her in, with Thana Alexa and Julia Adamy.
― Shifty Henry’s Swing Club (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 14 November 2023 14:50 (five months ago) link
From 2011, but just recently heard for first time: a really distinctive presentation of "Weightless," title track of album by the Becca Stevens Band (she's recently done something w Jacob Collier):https://beccastevensband.bandcamp.com/album/weightless
― dow, Tuesday, 14 November 2023 18:43 (five months ago) link
a video, even:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qk_qfA9YIxg
― dow, Tuesday, 14 November 2023 18:45 (five months ago) link
Singer I was talking about was Marty Elkins.
― Shifty Henry’s Swing Club (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 14 November 2023 19:01 (five months ago) link
X post - Have not heard Nicole Zuraitis , Grammy nominee, yet either
― curmudgeon, Tuesday, 14 November 2023 19:36 (five months ago) link
https://hullworks.net/jazzpoll/23/totals-vocal.php
2023 Totals: Vocal JazzCritics were asked to name one album apiece, with no point system.
Cécile McLorin Salvant, Mélusine (Nonesuch) 27Jo Lawry, Acrobats (Whirlwind) 11Gretchen Parlato & Lionel Loueke, Lean In (Edition) 10Fred Hersch & Esperanza Spalding, Alive at the Village Vanguard (Palmetto) 9Arooj Aftab-Vijay Iyer-Shahzad Ismaily, Love in Exile (Verve) 5Matana Roberts, Coin Coin Chapter Five: In the Garden (Constellation) 4Fay Victor, Blackity Black Black Is Beautiful (Northern Spy) 4Kurt Elling & Charlie Hunter, SuperBlue: The Iridescent Spree (Edition) 3Irreversible Entanglements, Protect Your Light (Impulse!) 3John Pizzarelli, Stage & Screen (Palmetto) 3Michael Bisio & Timothy Hill, Inside Voice/Outside Voice (Origin) 2Samara Joy, Linger Awhile (Verve '22) 2Karina Kozhevnikova & Krugly Band, Polyphonic Circle (Leo) 2Astghik Martirosyan, Distance (Astghik Music) 2Joshua Redman, Where Are We (Blue Note) 2Säje, Säje (Säjevoices) 2Sara Serpa & André Matos, Night Birds (Robalo Music) 2Luciana Souza & Trio Corrente, Cometa (Sunnyside) 2Susanna, Baudelaire & Orchestra (SusannaSonata) 2Libby York, Dreamland (OA2) 2
― curmudgeon, Thursday, 4 January 2024 06:34 (three months ago) link