[78-L] Comparo

[Taylor Bowie]

Al..she was a fine piano player.  And over the years,  I've gotten to 
tolerate and even sort of like some of her singing...but it takes time and 
effort!

Taylor B



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "simmonssomer" <simmonssomer at comcast.net>
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Sent: Saturday, February 07, 2009 1:36 PM
Subject: Re: [78-L] Comparo


> Nothing can be far enough from Ramona!
>
> Al S.
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> From: "warren moorman" <wlmoorman3 at yahoo.com>
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> Sent: Saturday, February 07, 2009 3:46 PM
> Subject: Re: [78-L] Comparo
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>
>>
>> If truly limiting it to Al's criteria of "prolifically" recorded on 78:
>> Julia Lee, Hadda Brooks, Nellie Lutcher.
>>
>> If allowing less prolific: Una Mae Carlisle, Cleo Brown, Gladys Palmer,
>> Betty Hall Jones, etc.
>>
>> But if, as Al did with Mary Lou Williams' rare vocals, one is allowing 
>> the
>> most liberal criteria, then it opens up to the whole big blues 
>> contingent;
>> Someone said Victoria Spivey, I'll play Georgia White and raise you Leola
>> Manning.
>>
>> Most of all, I think of the most fascinatingly unique of great singing,
>> great piano playing women commercially recorded on 78, also a transcribed
>> network radio performer, and the white female singer with the most
>> convincingly black sounding vocal style, 'Cile Turner. Also a fine
>> guitarist and African percussionist; a pretty far cry from Ramona, 
>> though.
>>
>>
>> Sat, 2/7/09, simmonssomer <simmonssomer at comcast.net> wrote:
>>
>>> From: simmonssomer <simmonssomer at comcast.net>
>>> Subject: [78-L] Comparo
>>> To: "78-L Mail List" <78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
>>> Date: Saturday, February 7, 2009, 10:28 AM
>>> Let's hear a vote for  ladies who sang, played the piano
>>> and recorded
>>> prolifically on 78's.
>>> Who votes for Ramona
>>> Who votes for Hildegarde
>>> Who votes for Hazel Scott
>>> Who votes for Sarah Vaughan
>>> Who votes for Mary Lou Williams ("My Mama Pinned A
>>> Rose on Me") you can look
>>> it up 1978.
>>> Who votes for Annette Hanshaw
>>>
>>> Who votes for those I've left out?
>>>
>>> Al S.
>>>
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