[78-L] Comparo

[simmonssomer]

Agreed on the piano but I never could get to appreciate her graceless 
singing. To each his own.

Al S.
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From: "Taylor Bowie" <bowiebks at isomedia.com>
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Sent: Saturday, February 07, 2009 8:19 PM
Subject: Re: [78-L] Comparo


> 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
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>> Nothing can be far enough from Ramona!
>>
>> Al S.
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "warren moorman" <wlmoorman3 at yahoo.com>
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>> Sent: Saturday, February 07, 2009 3:46 PM
>> Subject: Re: [78-L] Comparo
>>
>>
>>>
>>> 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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