[Dixielandjazz] viva la difference ( re Mildred Bailey - Spokesman Review)

[Robert Ringwald]

    Tim Shaw wrote regarding Ella:
I agree with Bob - there are few really great Jazz vocalists (and more female than male greats)
My favourite is Billie - but mainly on the basis of her 30s Teddy Wilson recordings. She had Lester and the cream of the NY musos as backing.
Later, she sounded like a parody of hersels (as did Lester)
I find Ella *too* technically perfect. 
(snip)
When someone makes a statement such as that, it always amazes me. Like, “Someone is too good!”  
Someone may prefer a certain singer to another. But to say that a singer, or a musician is too perfect...  
On a recent Jazz festival, I won’t say where to protect the innocent, one of the really good musicians in a really top band was told by a listener that he’d rather hear the “jammers” then the recording quality band.” In other words, he’d rather hear bad starts, out of tune playing, bad notes, poor solos, musicians playing who don’t know their part in an ensemble, and terrible endings..  
No wonder the music business has gone to hell. Most people have no idea what good music is.  
--Bob Ringwald

Dixielandjazz mailing list
Dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com


WARNING: This message originated from outside the Northern/Melbourne/Western Health e-mail network. The sender cannot be validated. Caution is advised. Contact IT Services (+61 3 ) 9342 8888 for more information.