[78-L] Oversouling

[David Lennick]

Colonna could get 7 syllables out of "spring". Sarah Vaughan could get seven 
notes out of one consonant. Take your pick.

dl

On 2/9/2011 12:03 PM, Julian Vein wrote:
> Cary Ginell wrote:
> This writer put his finger on exactly what is wrong with today's
> singers. And this shouldn't be viewed as some old fart grumbling about
> "it ain't like the good ole days." Thanks to singers like Mariah Carey,
> Whitney Houston, and Aguilera, singing itself has changed. Bing Crosby's
> voice and Frank Sinatra's phrasing were enough, but singers today feel
> they have to put something "extra" into a song to sell it, and end up
> overselling. I even hear it in jazz singing, where interpretation has
> always been key - you can even oversell there.
>
> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/john-eskow/christina-aguilera-and-th_b_819979.html?ref=fb&src=sp
>
> Cary Ginell
> ===============
> No-one put more into a song than Jerry Colonna. Danny Kaye, perhaps?
>
>         Julian Vein