I hope that this thread can be more than a popularity contest in the sense that disagreement can be respected and, ideally, used as an opportunity to understand different points of view and, in the process, perhaps expand one's point of reference. I think that the thread has, at times, fallen woefully short in that respect with vigorous and positive dialogue happening only when there IS agreement. Personally, I am not looking for agreement; how long can the appeal of that last. I am looking to be challenged in a substantive way. Emotions and emotional attachment to an artist or recording can sometimes hinder the, at least partial, objectivity that can justify proclamations of "best" or "worst" without the appropriate qualifier of "for me".
Having said all that, I will practice what I just preached re Salvant. I don't quite get the furor. I will plagiarize the first "comment" to the clip:
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anthony jackson
4 weeks ago · Shared publicly
There is nothing remotely original about her style. It seems to be a pastiche of Sarah Vaughn, Billie Holliday and Ella Fitzgerald . All in the same song . Not that its a bad thing at all, just distracting .****
Why, when one can have this:
https://m.youtube.com/#/watch?v=qNi6M_A9AzUJust one @&£man's opinion.
