Killer female vocal recordings-show me the light..
With all due respect I believe your original premise is misguided. Billie Holiday's best recorded performances are all pre-1945 (the same with Louis Armstrong and a good deal of Duke Ellington) and they are masterpieces of 20th century music. The fact that they are not SOTA recordings is besides the point. You're letting your audiophile tendencies control your listening preferences and I think that's wrong. Please don't take offence, it's just my opinion. With that said, check out Ella Fitzgerald's "Clap Hands". A top flight performance and a very fine recording. |
Onhwy61, I understand completely, and am in comlete agreement with you. My audiophile tendencies, do control much of what I listen to. It's a balancing act. Take Oscar Petterson for example. A monster. His habit of singing along with his playing, drives me nuts. Live recordings are great, but the APPLAUSE: drives me nuts. I have a slew of Holiday recordings. It's just that after hearing the quality of Body and Soul, I long for the same quality, or near it, 10 years earlier. I'm just looking for pristine or great recordings from the list, which doesn't necessarily mean that I don't listen to the lesser thans.....thanks, warren |
