[Dixielandjazz] Improving on the originals ( Monk)

[David Richoux]

I won't text the whole file - just click:
http://www.counterpoint-music.com/specialties/interview.html
Jonathan & Darlene Edwards Talk!
> The Edwardses credit their special talent to having roots in  
> Trenton, New Jersey -- removed as it is from the restraining  
> contemporary mainstream -- and to Darlene's late start in show  
> business. While Jonathan had played cocktail-lounge piano for years  
> in their home state and was thoroughly schooled in the nuances of  
> popular music, his wife waited until their children had grown and  
> moved out of the family home before singing professionally. It was  
> no simple matter, of course, for such a unique musical vision as  
> the Edwardses' to endure until discovery, and the Edwardses freely  
> acknowledge that their patrons, Paul Weston and Jo Stafford, share  
> equal credit for their success. The Edwardses, in fact, still  
> reside at the Westons' home in Century City, where we met...

much more follows.

there are many transcriptions of other interviews with Jo Stafford  
and she seems proud of Darlene, but there seems to be much less about  
Cinderella G. Stump...

I have several LPs and that CD reissue and play them on my show every  
once in a while. Audience reaction is usually favorable or confused -  
especially if I also play Jo as Jo or Cinderella.

Dave Richoux
On May 23, 2006, at 4:07 PM, Hal Vickery wrote:

> And the amazing thing to me about Jo Stafford as Darlene Edwards is  
> that she
> sang *sharp*!  I've tried it.  I can't do it.
>
> Hal Vickery
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: dixielandjazz-bounces at ml.islandnet.com
> [mailto:dixielandjazz-bounces at ml.islandnet.com] On Behalf Of Jon  
> Seiger
> Sent: Tuesday, May 23, 2006 12:32 PM
> To: patcooke77 at yahoo.com; Steve barbone; DJML
> Subject: Re: [Dixielandjazz] Improving on the originals ( Monk)
>
> they performed as Darlene and Jonathan Edwards, and did several great
> albums. Really hard to sound that bad :)
> jon
>