Jon Hendricks:
Why on earth would it suffer the same fate as the Bey Sisters? Great stuff indeed. Rok, you may not recall, but I posted that very Freddie Freeloader clip a couple of years ago (!). And, coincidentally and if memory serves, I posted some Manhattan Transfer in my comments about The Bey Sisters around the same time; we must have been on a vocal group binge at the time. Great clips. Jon Hendricks kills me.
BTW, re Benson's singing: one of the reasons that he rose and became a star in the soul/jazz guitar scene and Green lost some steam; imo. There is a long tradition of vocalists taking improvised instrumental solos and scatting them and/or putting lyrics to them. Manhattan Transfer's rendition of Coleman Hawkins' famous solo on "Body And Soul", long considered one of the milestone recorded jazz solos (and available here as well as Japan :
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=SAqUNlWUxlA
****Since you and Rok are in lockstep.....****
Horrors! I don't think so. When I can get Rok to agree with me about the sound of audio cables....then, maybe 😄. O-10, it's simpy called respect and confidence in one's opinions. You can join the party anytime.
Why on earth would it suffer the same fate as the Bey Sisters? Great stuff indeed. Rok, you may not recall, but I posted that very Freddie Freeloader clip a couple of years ago (!). And, coincidentally and if memory serves, I posted some Manhattan Transfer in my comments about The Bey Sisters around the same time; we must have been on a vocal group binge at the time. Great clips. Jon Hendricks kills me.
BTW, re Benson's singing: one of the reasons that he rose and became a star in the soul/jazz guitar scene and Green lost some steam; imo. There is a long tradition of vocalists taking improvised instrumental solos and scatting them and/or putting lyrics to them. Manhattan Transfer's rendition of Coleman Hawkins' famous solo on "Body And Soul", long considered one of the milestone recorded jazz solos (and available here as well as Japan :
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=SAqUNlWUxlA
****Since you and Rok are in lockstep.....****
Horrors! I don't think so. When I can get Rok to agree with me about the sound of audio cables....then, maybe 😄. O-10, it's simpy called respect and confidence in one's opinions. You can join the party anytime.