Stacey Kent has make more cd than just some samba remakes .
OK will ck out others from Stacey,
Japan jazz?
will give some listens to Mari Nakamoto today,
OK will ck out others from Stacey,
Japan jazz?
will give some listens to Mari Nakamoto today,
Jazz vocalists recorded wonderfully
Stacey Kent try "Dreamsville" or " Close your eyes" Mari Nakamoto is an acquired taste and is not for all.... Try her on youtube first.... :) Imagine a half broken voice in half broken english singing for his own ghosts in an airport bar in Tokyo with plenty of smoke and you begin to like her more with the hour.... |
Stacey Kent Fine clean, pure voice, for sure,, But the emotive energy,,seems to be a bit thin. I mean she does not have to come across as say janis Joplin,, but would be nice to have more feeling expressiveness. I know on some of her cuts , you and the jazz community no doubt feel the same. A bit lethargic, if not sterile. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gz1zBKoTCf4 |
I dont ask a singer what she dont have.... :) i like her for what she have and if it is good i keep her.... Comparing any jazz singer to Janis Joplin is not fair .... :) If i try your method i will compare Janis Joplin to Marian Anderson and call her complete rubish compared to, but it will not be justice to compare tomatoes with citrus.... More energetic, try Keely Smith "spotlight on Keely Smith" it is hard to beat...Or Nikki Yanofsky his cd " Ella" or another one "little secret"... Marian Anderson was doing spirituals and classical recitals, try "crucifixion" for the expressive power.... |
I dont ask a singer what she dont have.... :) i like her for what she have and if it is good i keep her.... Comparing any jazz singer to Janis Joplin is not fair .... :) Agree Janis was really real/not for real. Sure she suffered the feelings and comes out in her voice,,But ya know as with that culture, drugs really gavea nice boost to her natural talents, = Disqualifed , **I don't as, what she does'nt have...* So like I am surfing YT for something,,and up pops Diana Krall , the Paris Concert. So I figured let me give Diana another shot, maybe I picked one her slowest songs yesterday. Look, she may have talents,, but I am not interested. The band is wayyy too large, had she a 5 piece band, bass, guitar, drums, horn and 1 other member, maybe percussion, or another brass and Diana's piano,, I would show more interest,, But this orch she has with her, isn't doing me no favors to come around to her concert. Nah, both her cds on my shelf, have to go,, Either Goodwill Donate,, or trash can. Probably the 2nd option. Diana is just too commercialized for my taste. I know this post belongs over on that other topic, bashing overly modded studio voicing. I really wanted to keep this topic all positive, For Real. I will take a look at your recommend list today. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SQuDaIbpA1g |