Jackie Cain R.I.P.

[Larry Kart]

E-mail from Bill Kirchner:

Dear Friends:

Jackie died at home in New Jersey on Monday afternoon, September 15,
with her daughter Dana Kral at her side. She was 86 (born
5/22/1928). She had been very ill for some time, and Dana had been
taking care of her.

She was a great singer and a lovely person and will be much missed.

This is all I know at present.

[Ted O'Reilly]

A lovely lady, and a fine singer...RIP, Jackie.

A very recent blog by bassist Steve Wallace tells an amusing story about her: http://wallacebass.com/?p=3221

[sidewinder]

Sorry to hear this. Certainly influential in Charlie Ventura's 'Bop For The People' band in terms of the wider popularisation of bop (such as it was). RIP

[bichos]

very sad! my dad (one year younger than Jackie) and i loved their singing. he introduced Jackie & roy to me when i was a kid via Charlie ventura´s recordings. when i was older i try to collect all of their/her recordings and send them to my father via cassettes.

here are some tributes:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VDBnbAYSnW4

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gtfxrc3q7sk

it´s sad that there is not much more footage of Jackie & roy avaiable!!

rip Jackie

Keep boppin´

marcel

[jeffcrom]

As a 15-year-old trying to learn about jazz, I found a copy of Gene Norman Presents a Charlie Ventura Concert from 1949 in a junk shop - as a convenient box set of six 45 RPM records! I loved the Jackie & Roy vocals, especially on "I'm Forever Blowing Bubbles." (It's still weird to listen to this album on CD, since I memorized the awkward places where the longer tunes stopped, and you had to turn over the record.)

And Jackie and Roy's An Alec Wilder Collection on Audiophile (part of the Jazzology group) is one of the finest recitals of Wilder's songs out there. And I love the cover picture - you can tell from Jackie's face that she must have just adored Wilder.

Thanks for the link to Steve Wallace's blog, Ted; not only were the Jackie Cain stories great, but I really enjoyed the others, especially the amazing Benny Carter encounter.

RIP, Jackie.

[JSngry]

RIP, skills, serious skills,

I'm one of those who actually liked Grass, and only fairly recently discovered A Wilder Alias, for which I was not ready to expect that!

Is it true that they (J&R) did the "Feeling Groovy" Cheerios jingle, or were somehow involved in the creation of it?

[CJ Shearn]

RIP. I should familiarize myself with some of her other work, but the whistling of the Munich audience on the CTI All Stars recording in response to an I guess (lack of funk) is always a trip. And yes, "A Wilder Alias" is something else!

[Larry Kart]

RIP, skills, serious skills,

I'm one of those who actually liked Grass, and only fairly recently discovered A Wilder Alias, for which I was not ready to expect that!

Is it true that they (J&R) did the "Feeling Groovy" Cheerios jingle, or were somehow involved in the creation of it?

Yes, to to the Cheerios jingle:

http://jamesgavin.com/page66/page34/page34.html

[mjzee]

Here's a radio broadcast that Jackie and Roy did in 1979. RIP.

http://crooksandliars.com/gordonskene/newstalgia-downbeat-jackie-roy-and-lee

[Larry Kart]

Jackie's superb final recorded performances are on this 2004 album by Bill Kirchner:

http://www.allmusic.com/album/everything-i-love-mw0000264363

Hard to imagine any other singer who could handle Kirchner's highly chromatic "Try To Understand," let alone nail it in terms of feeling.

Had a chance to review and then spend some time with Jackie and Roy several times in the 1980s. She was the Jeanne Moreau of jazz.

[Ted O'Reilly]

Thanks for the link to Steve Wallace's blog, Ted; not only were the Jackie Cain stories great, but I really enjoyed the others, especially the amazing Benny Carter encounter.

Steve's a terrific bassist, and over the last couple of years has shown he's a fine writer... You can dip into his jazz stories alone on the menu on the right side of his home page at http://wallacebass.com/ (scroll down a bit). But he knows his baseball, too...

[Hardbopjazz]

RIP Jackie.