Jazz for aficionados
Mary-Jo, that Lucio Dalla was deep, about as deep as you can get. I thought "Dance With Me" was most unique, and I thank you for sharing. Since we are kind of like friends, I don't have a problem in sharing emotions that are brought about by certain songs, our emotions are what makes the song "real", and each song has a real story attached to it. I appreciated your contribution. |
o10, I have a couple of songs with emotional attachments to women in my life when I was younger, but those are far removed from jazz. However encouraged by mary_jo's post I will offer this one, which is closer to jazz because of the artist, if not the song itself. But an introduction is needed to appreciate the meaning. Some of you will remember my previous mention of my introduction to jazz by my dad. At the time he died my folks had moved back close to my sister so she could watch over them. So when we discussed a memorial service with the minister he didn't know dad and ask for some background on his life. One thing mentioned was his love of jazz and his favorite musician being Louie Armstrong. The minister did a credible job at the memorial, but he surprised us all when he referenced dad's love of Satchmo and then brought out a guitar and softly sang "It's A Wonderful World". That was certainly a capper to the service. The song brings me a flood of great memories, but my sister can't bear to hear it now. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BlDgQOd3p-0 |
frogman I've always felt indifferent to scat singing-like what's the point? But those two cuts you posted changed my mind. Ella uses her voice to improvise just as any instrumentalist.. Especially the second cut- when she is trading back and forth you can hear the saxophone player pick up on HER phrasing and go with it in his answer each and every time. Great stuff. BTW thanks for Red Rodney article. So he didn't fool the blacks as "Albino Red" but he didn't have too. I don't think he fooled the bigoted whites either , just appeased them. |
Glad you enjoyed those clips, nsp. They’re pretty great, as you say. That kind of vocal prowess is rare and your observations are right on. Another aspect of Ella’s scatting that separates her from most other sigers who try to scat is that, while some singers can handle fast tempos (sort of), Ella actually makes the (harmonic) changes! Most singers fake it and simply stay (mostly) in the key of the song, but Ella actually vocalized phrases that clearly outlined the changing harmonies of the tune; the way a good horn player would. Almost unheard of from most singers. Not many could keep up with this: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=mo1RS707yxo |
