tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3759353.post116371814262619456..comments2023-08-29T02:42:23.063-05:00Comments on ¡Bemsha SWING!: Jonathanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09371893596402673898noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3759353.post-1165030205180260782006-12-01T21:30:00.000-06:002006-12-01T21:30:00.000-06:00EARTHA KITT!EARTHA KITT!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3759353.post-1164812757145894362006-11-29T09:05:00.000-06:002006-11-29T09:05:00.000-06:00Mose Alison. Not to everybody's taste & maybe more...Mose Alison. Not to everybody's taste & maybe more blues than jazz, but I like him. "Ain't got Nothin' but the Blues" is pretty fine.Joseph Duemerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07650314132179290321noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3759353.post-1164052272038572962006-11-20T13:51:00.000-06:002006-11-20T13:51:00.000-06:00He has a nice voice, but I don't like him that muc...He has a nice voice, but I don't like him that much. The songs just sort of sit there, with no forward motion or swing to them.Jonathanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09371893596402673898noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3759353.post-1164050040399094522006-11-20T13:14:00.000-06:002006-11-20T13:14:00.000-06:00Do you like Johnny Hartman? I'd have guessed his a...Do you like Johnny Hartman? I'd have guessed his album with Coltrane would be in your collection. <BR/><BR/>I heard Shirley Horn here at Iridium a few years ago. She wasn't able to play the piano, but her singing was/is something else.Matthew Thorburnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04957748529242384114noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3759353.post-1163962226606607032006-11-19T12:50:00.000-06:002006-11-19T12:50:00.000-06:00How about Joe Williams?How about Joe Williams?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3759353.post-1163771037684654442006-11-17T07:43:00.000-06:002006-11-17T07:43:00.000-06:00I do like Betty Carter. I don't know why I forgot...I do like Betty Carter. I don't know why I forgot her on the list. There's another good one of that generation whose name is at the tip of my tongue. <BR/><BR/>Diane Reeves is good too. <BR/><BR/>Abby Lincoln, on the other hand, is one I can't stand.Jonathanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09371893596402673898noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3759353.post-1163747394843191162006-11-17T01:09:00.000-06:002006-11-17T01:09:00.000-06:00Interesting that of the lists of jazz performers y...Interesting that of the lists of jazz performers you've done so far (I think this is the fourth after piano, bass and drums, right?), your of singers seems the most old-fashioned, with no one who was at their peak past the 1960s or so. <BR/><BR/>Based on what I know of your taste, I'd recommend you listen to some Betty Carter. Like the other women you cite, Carter's "jazzier" than many of the men you have on your list (most of whom I don't care about one way or the other). She'd certainly be on my own list of singers before several of the folks you included, but that's just opinion. <BR/><BR/>In some ways at least, Betty Carter may be "jazzier" than almost any other singer. She was incredible live; of the recordings that I think are available now, I'd recommend the Audience with Betty Carter and/or I'm Yours, You're Mine; but most of discs from the 1960s and 70s with her own small groups are worth hearing.Herb Levyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18361075879064632458noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3759353.post-1163739074748394102006-11-16T22:51:00.000-06:002006-11-16T22:51:00.000-06:00I forgot to say Ray and Billy arelike the sky and ...I forgot to say Ray and Billy are<BR/>like the sky and the ground we walk<BR/>on.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3759353.post-1163738533298338002006-11-16T22:42:00.000-06:002006-11-16T22:42:00.000-06:00I'm with you on Sarahand Billy EHow about Abby Lin...I'm with you on Sarah<BR/>and Billy E<BR/><BR/>How about Abby Lincoln<BR/>or Dianne Reeves?<BR/><BR/> The Word-DrumAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com