JSngry Posted January 30, 2011 Report Posted January 30, 2011 Her phrasing, liquid in time and wholly enunciated without any exaggeration of vowels or consonants in the process, gets my attention, and holds it. Nothing obvious or even "great" (in the generally recognized sense, anyway), but...DAMN. This lady really knows how to sing a song. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PQiGuIKHig0 Quote
AllenLowe Posted January 30, 2011 Report Posted January 30, 2011 If I heard that blind, I would have thought it was Helen Merril. Quote
JSngry Posted January 30, 2011 Author Report Posted January 30, 2011 Same general vein, but less husky, more airy voice than Merrill's to my ears. And more elastic time. Quote
Larry Kart Posted January 31, 2011 Report Posted January 31, 2011 Same general vein, but less husky, more airy voice than Merrill's to my ears. And more elastic time. Wow. More elastic time, for sure. The way she sings "...that I may kiss"! This is she, right? http://annephillips.com/apcmspages/performer.asp Quote
Larry Kart Posted January 31, 2011 Report Posted January 31, 2011 More from Phillips: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8IYvviGxYr0 Quote
Ken Dryden Posted January 31, 2011 Report Posted January 31, 2011 I'm guessing that this is the same Anne Phillips: http://allmusic.com/album/ballet-time-r1410348 Quote
JSngry Posted January 31, 2011 Author Report Posted January 31, 2011 Same general vein, but less husky, more airy voice than Merrill's to my ears. And more elastic time. Wow. More elastic time, for sure. The way she sings "...that I may kiss"! This is she, right? http://annephillips....s/performer.asp Seems to be, yeah. Her Born To Be Blue album just kinda fell into my lap today, and....I'd recommend it. Nothing about it particularly/overtly calls attention to itself, but on almost every cut I found myself giving out with an admiring "hmmmm....". She's got this really nice instrument with a nice full lower end, somewhat like Miles of the time hitting the low notes when he had the Harmon mute in, and there's no break between any of her registers, so she delivers the melodies like there's no gravity or friction. Really, really a satisfying vocalist, and...have you ever heard of her? I hadn't. Quote
Larry Kart Posted January 31, 2011 Report Posted January 31, 2011 Really, really a satisfying vocalist, and...have you ever heard of her? I hadn't. Completely new to me, and I do know of a lot of fairly obscure but talented singers of that '50s vintage. Quote
JSngry Posted January 31, 2011 Author Report Posted January 31, 2011 Completely new to me as well, but hey... The album, originally on Roulette, has been reissued and is available at CD Baby: http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/annephillips Quote
Larry Kart Posted January 31, 2011 Report Posted January 31, 2011 The late Chicago stalwart Lucy Reed (with Bill Evans): I'm also very fond of the work of Chicagoan Audrey Morris, who is on the cusp between jazz and cabaret. Her latter-day recordings are superb (though samples are not available on the 'Net), but these samples of her early work are nice: Three from 1954 (she's the pianist too): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KrsFWPQSYG4&feature=related http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PORCCndmvdk&feature=related And two from 1956: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C7ZqTMuLaF8&feature=related http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YAFiZkbuyMM Morris' home page, where her records can be found. A great lady, too: http://www.audreymorris.com/ Quote
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