[78-L] Female Jazz and Popular Singers.

[Bill McClung]

I really like Ella's duets with Louis Armstrong.  I think she shows great
timing and great interplay and I, for one, was surprised and delighted by
her on these sides.

I also liked her work with Count Basie on the Pablo label.  Again, lots of
versatiility and great interplay with Basie.

She did so many, many songs. Many are certainly pedestrian but many are
totally jazzy and wonderful.

I think she often played down (or up) to the level of her teammates.


> [Original Message]
> From: Julian Vein <julianvein at blueyonder.co.uk>
> To: 78-L Mail List <78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
> Date: 7/31/2009 10:55:13 AM
> Subject: Re: [78-L] Female Jazz and Popular Singers.
>
> Spats wrote:
> > Hi!
> > 
> > Peggy Lee is my favourite of ALL female singers, even over Ella, 
> > partly because she can sing in ANY genre and somehow still sound 
> > 'right' although singing it HER way. Actually, I don't think that she 
> > did sing that much 'pap'.
>
> > 
> > Earl.
> ===========
> I agree about Peggy Lee, but have to admit I haven't investigated her 
> work as much as I should have done.
>
> Kay Starr, like Marie Bryant, exudes jazz as soon as she open her mouth. 
> I don't hear that with Ella. I see that as we've moved onto popular 
> singers, I don't consider Ella as anything more than a studio 
> professional. There's never an element of surprise in her work.
>
>       Julian Vein
>
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