ListeningToPrestige Posted December 13, 2022 Report Share Posted December 13, 2022 Does anyone have the Roulette album, Count Basie Presents the Eddie Davis Trio + Joe Newman? I'm trying to quote from Barry Ulanov's liner notes (from the discogs screen shot) and a couple of words are too blurred. He says: Little Shirley Scott is an astonishing musician. She has a big man’s power at the manuals and pedals. As the (unintelligible) pours force and the rhythmic impulse gathers force, one finds it hard to believe that this girl weighs, at most, one hundred pounds. But the power, effective as it is, is not Shirley’s most compelling contribution. It is rather, I think, the surrealist (unintelligible) with which she decorates the ballads. Help? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sonnymax Posted December 13, 2022 Report Share Posted December 13, 2022 I believe the two words you're looking for are "stentor" and "touches". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ListeningToPrestige Posted December 13, 2022 Author Report Share Posted December 13, 2022 Thank you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CJ Shearn Posted December 13, 2022 Report Share Posted December 13, 2022 6 hours ago, ListeningToPrestige said: Thank you. I would be interested to hear this for sure, but wow that description from Barry Ulanov, in today's lense would not fly. Shirley could play, period. It's the time it was written but wow it's pretty cringe that description Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
randyhersom Posted December 13, 2022 Report Share Posted December 13, 2022 LOL. Mansplain that to me again, Barry! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSngry Posted December 14, 2022 Report Share Posted December 14, 2022 Ulanov loved to explain. Not that he was the only one .. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danasgoodstuff Posted December 14, 2022 Report Share Posted December 14, 2022 Does he also say he hates organ records, but likes this one? Hackneyed writing to be sure, so much so that it's hard to take its other faults as seriously as they may deserve. 8 hours ago, randyhersom said: LOL. Mansplain that to me again, Barry! He's not talking to Shirley there, he's addressing the (potential) purchaser who he no doubt assumed was male. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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