Billie or Ella? Maria or Renata? Technique or feeling?
I stand back to no one in my admiration for Ella Fitzgerald's technique but all the vocal fireworks make for precious little emotion. Billie Holiday on the other hand makes you feel she's singing just for you.
Technique vs emotion also goes in listening to Renata Tebaldi (superb technique) and Maria Callas who like Lady Day makes you feel she's singing just for you.
David Oistrakh was a violinist who combined flawless technique with raw emotion. Sviatoslav Richter was his counterpart on piano. Their modern day successors are Julia Fischer on violin and Daniil Trifonov on piano.
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I'm a little late to the party...but The Ella "songbooks" are simply outstanding. She is so polished and oh the ease of her singing is enthralling to me. I saw her at Radio City Musical Hall and she was one of the few artists that had the audience in rapt attention the entire time. Piano, bass, drum kit and that amazing voice. The other was Frank at Madison Square Garden "The Main Event", you could hear a pin drop in the place. He had a big band/orchestra backing him up. Frank gets you with the phraseology/timing. Regards, barts +1 @hilde45 so true so true
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Frogman, very nice selections all. Thanks for posting them. Lester Young is a particular favorite and it was nice to hear him playing alongside Ella. I love any of the music where he accompanied Billie Holiday too. Both he, Coltrane and Charlie Parker, Coleman Hawkins are my all time sax favorites, all geniuses in their own right, just like Ella and Billie in theirs. Mike
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@skyscraper Both he (Lester Young), Coltrane and Charlie Parker, Coleman Hawkins are my all time sax favorites, all geniuses in their own right, just like Ella and Billie in theirs. Prolly going to ignite yet another flame war, but what about Sonny?
At 4 AM in the studio, he announces I'm hot now. To the dismay of the engineer..
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