[Dixielandjazz] "Chick" Singers / change gender

[Ingemar Wågerman]

Hello Judy,

Of course you are  right  - I have met male "singers" who  insisted on 
sitting in with less successful result. The thread reminds me of an old 
joke (thanks, Ash in Melbourne):

A persistent and wretched singer keeps haunting a bandleader to let her 
(or him) sit in again so he eventually relents.
_Singer_: Can we do "Body and Soul"?
_Leader_: OK, but let's do it this way. You'll sing the 9 and a half bar 
intro in C, then do the first 11 in E, second 10 in D. For the middle 6 
we'll go to G and then you can sing it out in G flat with a 5 and a half 
bar tag in A.
_Singer_: I can't sing it like that!
_Leader_: WHY NOT? YOU DID LAST TIME!

Ingemar in Gothenburg, Sweden




Judy Eames skrev:
>  On 09/08/2010 16:07, alevy at alevy.com wrote:
>> Judy wrote:<snipped>
>> You know it's not just the girls who mess up songs....
>> =================
>> Al wrote
>> Granted , but I thought we were talking about certain song titles.
>
> You might have been Al, but the thread was degenerating if you 
> reread.  Besides I should get points for changing the subject line :-)
>
> My post was a grumpy, only had one cup of coffee, moan.  If I'd been 
> fully awake I'd /never/ have implied that only the men play 
> instruments.  However none of the female instumentalists I work with 
> chooses to sing.  There's one notable exception; drummer Debbie 
> Arthurs; she has a lovely gentle voice great phrasing and is in great 
> demand as a drummer and as a singer.
>
> Jude
>
> www.judyeames.co.uk
>
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