Bright Moments Posted August 13, 2007 Report Posted August 13, 2007 I voted "all of the above" though agree with many that Mahogony is an exception. much as i hate to disagree with the master, i dig Bob Dorough! B-) you do too if you ever heard conjunction junction and/or i'm just a bill from schoolhouse rock! By the way, it must be noted here that "I'm just a Bill" was written by Frishburg but sung by Jack Sheldon. "Conjunction Junction" was written by Dorough, sung by Sheldon. See Here i didn't know that - surely dorough sang "three is a magic number"??!!!! Quote
Bright Moments Posted August 13, 2007 Report Posted August 13, 2007 much as i hate to disagree with the master, i dig Bob Dorough! B-) you do too if you ever heard conjunction junction and/or i'm just a bill from schoolhouse rock! btw i voted for elling. hes pretentious and just plain bad! aloc begs to politely differ. bright moments thinks that he would rather listen to nails on a blackboard or a dentist's drill than elling! Quote
MartyJazz Posted August 13, 2007 Report Posted August 13, 2007 (edited) much as i hate to disagree with the master, i dig Bob Dorough! B-) you do too if you ever heard conjunction junction and/or i'm just a bill from schoolhouse rock! btw i voted for elling. hes pretentious and just plain bad! aloc begs to politely differ. bright moments thinks that he would rather listen to nails on a blackboard or a dentist's drill than elling! I gather you too did not attend the last South Florida jazz concert that featured Elling at the Miniaci Center on the Nova campus. I've heard enough on disc (borrowed from the local library) to know that I wasn't up for a live experience. Edited August 13, 2007 by MartyJazz Quote
king ubu Posted August 13, 2007 Report Posted August 13, 2007 Pres should have sung more often... I love "Two to Tango"! Quote
Ken Dryden Posted August 13, 2007 Report Posted August 13, 2007 Why not include Jon Hendricks? He's frequently off key. Quote
Ted O'Reilly Posted August 13, 2007 Report Posted August 13, 2007 Pres should have sung more often... I love "Two to Tango"! Perfect example! Oscar Peterson is the pianist on that ditty. And he's a pretty good, if occasional, singer--- Quote
RDK Posted August 13, 2007 Report Posted August 13, 2007 Well, Keith Jarrett appears to be winning. Hardly fair though... Reminds me of that that Chick Corea composition, " Now He Sings, Now We Sob." Quote
The Magnificent Goldberg Posted August 13, 2007 Report Posted August 13, 2007 Pres should have sung more often... I love "Two to Tango"! Perfect example! Oscar Peterson is the pianist on that ditty. And he's a pretty good, if occasional, singer--- Oh yes, I recollect that on the LP "With respect to Nat", Oscar admitted that he started his career imitating (or perhaps trying to) Nat Cole. But almost everyone on the West Coast was doing that. MG Quote
Ted O'Reilly Posted August 13, 2007 Report Posted August 13, 2007 Oscar also did a few vocals on a Pablo release called "Personal Touch", which featured compositions by Canadian writers. Still sounded a lot like Nat, so I'd guess that's what he actually sings like, that he wasn't just following a trend. (I'd like to sing like Nat, too... Quote
GA Russell Posted August 13, 2007 Report Posted August 13, 2007 Well, he's deceased now, so maybe he doesn't count. But I would listen to my Tony Williams Lifetime records more often if he didn't sing on them. From the list I would choose John Pizzarelli. I have a Don Sebesky tribute to Bill Evans called I Remember Bill on which Pizzarelli sings a few times. He is very much out of place, and I can't imagine why he was invited to participate, unless RCA required it. Otherwise, it's a great album. Quote
BruceH Posted August 13, 2007 Report Posted August 13, 2007 I voted "all of the above" though agree with many that Mahogony is an exception. much as i hate to disagree with the master, i dig Bob Dorough! B-) you do too if you ever heard conjunction junction and/or i'm just a bill from schoolhouse rock! By the way, it must be noted here that "I'm just a Bill" was written by Frishburg but sung by Jack Sheldon. "Conjunction Junction" was written by Dorough, sung by Sheldon. See Here Are people going to start dissing Jack Sheldon now? Actually, I have to admit to not being familiar with most of the names on the list that started this thread. Maybe I should be thankful for that, I don't know. Quote
MartyJazz Posted August 14, 2007 Report Posted August 14, 2007 (edited) Why not include Jon Hendricks? He's frequently off key. I agree. It astounds me that on the very few jazz oriented TV programs broadcast on NPR, etc., featuring a variety of jazz artists, he invariably is invited. I cringe listening to him. I recently purchased a Benny Golson DVD off the Internet, unaware of the contents, and damn if he wasn't also included in that taped program. Watching and listening to Golson solo on his tunes, e.g., "Whisper Not" is wonderful, but the performances are marred with the addition of Hendricks. Edited August 14, 2007 by MartyJazz Quote
BERIGAN Posted August 14, 2007 Report Posted August 14, 2007 I voted for Seger Ellis. Now Lon!! Granted, he was no Smith Ballew, but still..... Quote
Tom Storer Posted August 14, 2007 Report Posted August 14, 2007 Why not include Jon Hendricks? He's frequently off key. Yeah, but so what? He has other virtues. I'd rather listen to Jon Hendricks off-key than Kurt Elling in tune. But I tend to forgive off-key-ness more easily than most people. Quote
paul secor Posted August 14, 2007 Report Posted August 14, 2007 I've never heard the music of three of the people listed in the poll. Judging from some of the comments here, I guess that's a good thing. Quote
AllenLowe Posted August 14, 2007 Report Posted August 14, 2007 don't know if this was addressed earlier, but there IS another Lester Young vocal, on the tune Just a Little Bit North of South Carolina - I had a tape of it once from Phil Schaap, and I think it's on some CD somewhere - Quote
king ubu Posted August 14, 2007 Report Posted August 14, 2007 don't know if this was addressed earlier, but there IS another Lester Young vocal, on the tune Just a Little Bit North of South Carolina - I had a tape of it once from Phil Schaap, and I think it's on some CD somewhere - Yes, a 1941 or 1942 item with unknown band and possibly Young singing... very, very bad sound quality, though... Quote
king ubu Posted August 14, 2007 Report Posted August 14, 2007 Why not include Jon Hendricks? He's frequently off key. Yeah, but so what? He has other virtues. I'd rather listen to Jon Hendricks off-key than Kurt Elling in tune. But I tend to forgive off-key-ness more easily than most people. I never heard any Elling (in fact Mahoganny is the only singer I've heard some of, years ago... of course Jarrett, too, but I'm not one of his general haters, not at all). Anyway, Hendricks is cool... enjoy him a lot, but then again I don't know much, except some of LH&R (and LH&B, including the fun "Jazz Casual" show), and his great Pacific album that came out again on CD recently. Quote
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