dahlingheart

Hello, I have just come across this forum via a Google alert. I have most of Jeri's recorded material, having become an admirer in the mid-1980s. Have also heard the David Garland interview recorded a couple of years before her death in 1991. It is a fascinating insight into her performing life and he did very well to coax her into granting it as she was indeed a very shy and private woman who never really enjoyed her public career because of her retiring personality. She was far happier coaching other singers and orchestrating/composing which became her second career. I had the privilege of occasionally corresponding with her in her later years and she was a very gracious, articulate and witty writer, very intelligent and well-read. Despite her nervous disposition, the Garland interview also reveals she had an appealing dry sense of humour. She is one of the underrated talents of 1950s (like Lucy Reed & others) but still highly appreciated here in England. For fellow-fans, here is a link to a website that should be of interest: http://uk.geocities.com/newmusic011/