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| Melody Gardot in concert she's in Seattle 6/19 As an example of what bothers and intrigues me at the same time, see this video taken by an audience member during the June 29 performance in Athens (start of the summer tour of Europe).Melody starts with a brief quote from 'Don't Explain' (Billie... | |
| Melody Gardot in concert she's in Seattle 6/19 Having read Andrew Goldman's article, I can't help but wonder about another alleged fact, that she was born on February 2, which is also Eva Cassidy's birthday. (See Wikipedia.) I don't mean to be cynical by saying that. One gets the sense she is ... | |
| Melody Gardot in concert she's in Seattle 6/19 See this article, currently online at Elle.com (but probably not for long). It dwells much more on the accident and its consequences, and her rather mysterious history prior to it, than the music. That said, it is quite well-written and seems to b... | |
| Melody Gardot in concert she's in Seattle 6/19 From Stewie:Twelve or fifteen songs from her two releases, most of which were done in a completely different style from the albums, and a band--drummer, bass, and a sax/flute player--with an astonishing range.If you haven't seen the following two ... | |
| Melody Gardot in concert she's in Seattle 6/19 See the review here.It's not a particularly good one, but it confirms that Irwin Hall was the sax player that night. | |
| Melody Gardot in concert she's in Seattle 6/19 Another extremely promising graduate (in 2008) of Branker's program is Julia Brav, who has been studying with Joanne Brackeen for several years.See this performance of a quartet she is part of.I find the upcoming young jazz players now in their mi... | |
| Melody Gardot in concert she's in Seattle 6/19 The outdoor concert (tribute to Max Roach) mentioned above actually happened in 2008, when Hall and Ware were 22 or 23. There are two videos (parts 1 and 2):http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W8-CTj2Bb-Mhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0VegSkb4xGoA bit ... | |
| Melody Gardot in concert she's in Seattle 6/19 Regarding Stewie's info on the lineup, I believe the sax player was actually Irwin Hall, who joined the band in October 2009 during its tour of Japan. He and Charles Staab graduated from Princeton in 2007, which would make them both 25 -- the same... |