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Jazz vocalists which may not be as real as we think/imagine

Sure we could include all genres of vocalists,  but lets focus on jazz performers,,for instance , take Diana Krall. 
I have a  pile of cds that i do not listen to, old rock,,, 2 are my wife's she picked up as gifts, and never listened.
So I figured maybe I can use DK's as a  test reference recording.
Her 1999 and 2001, both seem to my ears her voice is somehow ~~tweeked~~ laid out with modern aids such as EQ's and such.
My Q is , can we really consider DK's voice to be The Real Deal,,, or a  perhaps a toch of  ~ The Fake if not perhaps, bordering on, fraud. 
I really can not use her cds in my testing of new tweeks, mods, , Her voice comes across wayyyy too warm = Colored = a nono for my ears. 
I am after pure cold frigid, icy clean mountain spring water. 
Anyway, justa  random thought,, what say ye? Have you noticed this quirk among other jazz performers such as Sophie Milman, which btw , i do use in  my YT vid uploads of testing reference on tweeks/mods/upgrades. 
Her voice is at least somewhat more~~ a  natural~, Just barely,,had her engineers gonea  tad too far in tweeking, I may have to  also disreagrd her cds. 
Sure you might object and claim all recordings post 1985, have these intrusions of tweeking /EQing the voice, as a  makeover. 
I don't know, maybe in the past 20 yrs things have gotten out of hand. 
So cast your vote, is DK's voice real deal,, or a  tad fake?
Can she perform unpluged as she does on high tech studio records?
mozartfan
mozartfan OP
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One thing we know for sure is that Kraal's husband (Elvis Costello) doesn't rely on recording gimmicks to improve his voice

I had no idea they were married.
Yes Elvis Costello vocals on his master hit record Burt Bacharach compliation back in early 2000ish, seems not to have much tweaking. and the live , seems even less so. 
mozartfan OP
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Rick Rubin and Mark Ronson

Great , please Name NAMES,, lets black tar these  producers of fake vocals,  Both big cheats, big scam artists, , 
Old Ricky and Mark,   putting marekting sales profits over real art, art for art's sake.


mozartfan OP
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Cinema trailers often tend to overdose on it.

Oh yeah no doubt, Disney Studios lods their  movies with sound effects,, sucking kids in  with unrealistic,  fakeness, falseness, lie-ness, where kids can't tell whats reality and what is fantasy any longer. 
I hate Disney, its a destoryer of kids minds. Fake movies, fake sound effects.  That fakeness rubs off on gentle minds
mozartfan OP
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concert. Great music, great musicians. I don’t get your beef against her. And she has been a top seller, while her concerts still sellout. What could be the problem with that?

Diana ’s voice has been ~~commercialIZED~~, transformed by modern gadgets to get stardom/sales/contracts/profirts,, The Money Factor has become more impoartnt than the artist actual level of skills.
Its what i have been saying in all my posts. Not sure why/how you missed my points so frequently stated so claerly, not hyped like some modern vocal artists. 
mozartfan OP
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I believe some opera halls use microphones for some of the artists. It's a contentious issue.

I would not be surprised some mod sopranos have tweaking going on in recordings,, vs the old legendary sopranos real talents
So yeah its possible going on in post 2000 opera recordings, productions. These mod recording engineers are slick,, they know how to pull it off w/o attracting much attention. 
Take Faith Hill, no denying she sings with passion, these rare gifts flow through her records,, but also you can hear some ~~amplification/extentions~~ which definetly transform her muisc into a  more magical experience. 
So again its a  2 sided blade,  True vocal fidelity vs a  more enjoyable WOW experience that overwhelms the senses?
I find faith Hill's records, acceptable, although if i heard her Unplugged at her peak,, what impressions  would we walk away with? 
See what i am saying here. 
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