[Dixielandjazz] Cleo Laine

[James Kashishian]

Jerry wrote:
>When she started singing she had a nice voice but in my opinion it has
been 
>buggered up by her husband's musical direction which seems to have put
the 
>emphasis on vocal gymnastics rather than trying to sing. 

Granted, Jerry, there was a good bit of that, but she really showed her
stuff on the Hoagy medley I spoke of in an earlier post.  The lady can
sing, and she did just that on the medley that lasted about 8 minutes.
Hubby stayed in the background, interfering a tiny bit with his
arrangements on a few bits, but overall it was a masterpiece of a
medley.

Jim