Milestones Posted October 21, 2017 Report Share Posted October 21, 2017 Anyone familiar with this one? It's basically Diana doing the Great American Songbook, and to these ears she slides and glides right into it--lovely vocals and great arrangements. This is about as it gets for this music done by someone who is NOT KNOWN for this music. Yes, she did Billie Holiday material too, though I'm not familiar with that. I liked The Supremes, who were constantly in the air/on the air when I was a lad. But I did not know Diana Ross was capable of this record: Blue. The kicker is that Motown left this record in the can for a good four (4) decades...insane. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSngry Posted October 21, 2017 Report Share Posted October 21, 2017 https://books.google.com/books?id=2v_xB1eZ_zwC&pg=PA89&lpg=PA89&dq=Diana+Ross+lennie+tristano&source=bl&ots=R_s0m0bRmi&sig=5CLYJVK8AgVaabR-YUXKBGNaEVI&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwin3_Hw24DXAhXjh1QKHf5ZCMwQ6AEIVjAN#v=onepage&q=Diana%20Ross%20lennie%20tristano&f=false Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Quasimado Posted October 21, 2017 Report Share Posted October 21, 2017 She's a fine singer - Saw her in "Lady Sings the Blues" - the soundtrack recording was top in Billboard for awhile in '73. Lennie Tristano thought she was great and wrote to Downbeat saying so. (That's the gist of Jim's French quote). Never seen that book - no English translation? Q Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larry Kart Posted October 21, 2017 Report Share Posted October 21, 2017 I was at Down Beat when that Tristano letter praising Diana Ross came in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Milestones Posted October 21, 2017 Author Report Share Posted October 21, 2017 Well, I took one year of French in high school, and it was one of my true low spots as a student. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSngry Posted October 21, 2017 Report Share Posted October 21, 2017 Sorry about the French. It was the only Google hit I could find that was not anecdotal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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