[Dixielandjazz] Jazz or Ballad singers?

[Patrick Cooke]

>>>Anyway Pat what have you got against ballad singers?<<

  Nothing against ballad singers, I just don't consider them to be jazz
singers.  There are some who are good at both, and there are a lot who can
do nothing but sing the straight original melody.....no matter how jazzy the
accompaniment.
Pat C.


----- Original Message -----
From: <Jazzjerry at aol.com>
To: <dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com>
Sent: Wednesday, February 05, 2003 4:38 PM
Subject: Re: [Dixielandjazz] Jazz or Ballad singers?


>
> In a message dated 5/2/03 2:24:51 PM, patcooke at cox.net writes:
>
> << I haven't heard any on the list of Brit singers you mentioned, Jerry,
so
>
> I can't say about them. >>
>
> Hi Pat,
>
> As you have probably noticed I have been corrected over the national
origin
> of two of the young ladies I mentioned but a true Brit to watch in the
future
> is Clare Teal. Don't just take my word but let me quote from the review of
> her latest album in this month's Jazz Journal International. "An
> exceptionally good set from a singer who has risen from the pack to become
a
> front runner, and who must now be giving some of her fellow jazz singers
some
> pause for thought. Her approach to her interpretation of these songs,
mostly
> standards but with a few nice originals, is completely assured. Her vocal
> sound is strong yet warm and she displays a wonderful grasp of the dynamic
> needs of of the material.........have no doubts, teal is no pretender, she
is
> a real jazz singer. Anyone wanting a splendid and joyous musical
experience
> need do nothing more than buy this strongly recommended and very well
> recorded CD." (Bruce Crowther)
>
> I fully concur with these sentiments and understand that she has just
> recorded a concert for BBC radio accompanied by the all-star John
Dankworth
> Big Band which will be aired in March sometime.
>
> I am presenting Clare at my club venue at the end of May but with her
regular
> backing sextet which feautres Martin Litton (a super pianist) Trevor
Whiting
> on reeds and Nils Solberg on Guitar.
>
> A real jazz singer on the way up!
>
> Anyway Pat what have you got against ballad singers?
>
> Cheers,
>
> Jerry,
> Norwich,
> U.K.
>
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