[Dixielandjazz] Yma Sumac

[Larry Walton Entertainment - St. Louis]

They did a tribute to her on PBS radio several days ago.  What an amazing 
range especially to those of us who are limited to the same three or four 
notes.  Her range was from Baritone to above the normal Soprano.  They noted 
that her real name, age and origin were uncertain.  Her name may have been 
Amy Camus (Yma Sumac spelled backwards).  I think they said she was from 
Peru but may not really have been from there at all.

Apparently this was a woman who reinvented herself from time to time. 
True???
Larry
St. L
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Stephen G Barbone" <barbonestreet at earthlink.net>
To: "Larry Walton" <larrys.bands at charter.net>
Cc: "Dixieland Jazz Mailing List" <dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com>
Sent: Tuesday, November 04, 2008 1:50 PM
Subject: [Dixielandjazz] Yma Sumac


> David Richoux tubaman at tubatoast,com wrote (polite snip)
>
> >Yma Sumac had a real "thing" going on with the young wannabe
> hipsters in the >San Francisco area - I had many requests for her  songs 
> during my radio show in >the last 10 years.
>
> She was immensely popular in NYC during the late 1950s-60s. It was a  time 
> of jazz musical exploration  there. In those years, middle  eastern/far 
> eastern music music was also being explored along with her  Peruvian 
> warbles. For example, clarinetist Tony Scott, looking to be  different 
> from Goodman and Buddy DeFranco, played and recorded a lot  of middle 
> eastern styled music. (before he went avant garde)
>
> My wife, reminded me of that a year or two ago when I was playing a  Tony 
> Scott CD re-issue from the late 50s which was mostly his  experimental 
> middle eastern jazz. She heard it and said, "Remember  those years in NYC 
> with all that "new" jazz?" Like Yma's obit, it  brought back memories of a 
> wonderful era.
>
> Cheers,
> Steve Barbone
> www.myspace.com/barbonestreetjazzband
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