[Dixielandjazz] FW: SO THAT'S WHAT ALL THE FUSS WAS ABOUT

[Daniel Barrett]

From: danpbarrett at hotmail.com
To: jobriant at garlic.com
Subject: RE: [Dixielandjazz] SO THAT'S WHAT ALL THE FUSS WAS ABOUT
Date: Sat, 7 Aug 2010 16:00:53 -0700




Dear Jim,
 
Thanks very much for the kind words.  What you said regarding lead sheets is right on the money.
Speaking of great singers, I guess you know by now that Ivie Anderson was from Gilroy, CA? So, it's not only garlic that makes your town famous...
 
Best,
 
--Dan Barrett
Costa Mesa, CA (down south)
 
> From: jobriant at garlic.com
> Date: Sat, 7 Aug 2010 07:25:15 -0700
> Subject: Re: [Dixielandjazz] SO THAT'S WHAT ALL THE FUSS WAS ABOUT
> CC: dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com
> To: danpbarrett at hotmail.com
> 
> Dan Barrett wrote, in part:
> 
> > [Rebecca Kilgore] not only knows each and every key of 
> > each and every song she sings, but she even prepares her own 
> > lead sheets! 
> 
> A true professional is more interested in giving a good performance than in
> having the world revolve around him/her, and this is one way to ensure a
> good performance. I've been in open jam sets with amateur players & singers,
> where a singer will want to do a given song in a non-standard key, but
> hasn't bothered to bring lead sheets in that key -- but the amateur players
> aren't always able to transpose the way top professionals usually can.)
> 
> > ... many great musicians who know her often say "she's a great 
> > MUSICIAN" before they say "she's a great SINGER." Naturally, 
> > they think she's a great singer, but the title of "musician" 
> > trumps "singer" ... 
> 
> And on top of all this, Rebecca is a VERY nice person, too -- as is Dan
> Barrett.
> 
> Jim O'Briant
> Gilroy, CA
> 
> 
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