VOTE NOW

[JSngry]

Decide carefully, and justify your decision deeply!

Edited July 4, 2009 by JSngry

[Jim R]

I can't vote, because I have to admit that I haven't really heard much of Shaw's work as of yet... but I am a pretty big fan of Nancy Wilson (1960's Capitol era, that is). Hearing her in recent years has been painful, though (sorry to say).

One Shaw album that I know I like is "Out Of Different Bags" (1967, Cadet), with Richard Evans arrangements, and Phil Upchurch sounding very very groovy.

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edit: Oops, I didn't notice the "1968 on" part. Maybe I'll just leave quietly...

Edited July 4, 2009 by Jim R

[The Rep]

Very hard to decide as I have only heard a little of Marlena but one of my favorite recordings of Nancy's made me vote for her. The Cannonball Adderly Quintet live recording called "In Person", where Nancy Wilson gets up out of the audience and sings "Save Your Love For Me", it gets to me every time I hear it. Just got in 1969.

Cheers Ray

[jazzbo]

I can't vote. I'm not very familiar with Shaw, and Wilson just doesn't do a lot for me, so don't know if I prefer Shaw after 1968. Possible, but no real idea.

[JSngry]

I've long "liked" Nancy Wilson (the odd item here and there, such as the 1st album w/Cannonball, getting some real love), and had never heard Marlena until just a few months ago (the Internets is your friend), but her work on Cadet w/Charles Stepney & on BN with Wade Marcus (sic!) has been very pleasantly surprising. She works approximately the same "jazzy MOR" vein as Wilson, but with a helluva lot more "street". It's a quality that I find attractive, and between Stepney & Marcus, you get to hear this type thing done the way it should be done. No matter where it goes, it never loses touch w/that "thing".

[BruceH]

I don't think I've ever heard Marlena Shaw.