Parkertown Posted January 10, 2007 Report Share Posted January 10, 2007 (edited) Kenny sings? How is this session? Sell me on it... Edited January 10, 2007 by Parkertown Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stereojack Posted January 10, 2007 Report Share Posted January 10, 2007 Kenny sings? How is this session? Sell me on it... I like the album. Kenny's singing is pretty good, but not exceptional. Many with lesser gifts have pursued singing careers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSngry Posted January 10, 2007 Report Share Posted January 10, 2007 It is what it is. Not "fantastic", but it don't suck either. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parkertown Posted January 10, 2007 Author Report Share Posted January 10, 2007 Is it like his Cadet sides? I've heard some of those... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSngry Posted January 10, 2007 Report Share Posted January 10, 2007 It's first and foremost a vocal album. Soloing (by anybody) is a secondary consideration throughout. It's "pleasant". I've heard worse by better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parkertown Posted January 10, 2007 Author Report Share Posted January 10, 2007 Thanks Jim. Not sure if I should pull the trigger then... I'm only just barely getting into some jazz vocals...here's what I've enjoyed so far; it's not much...but all of these I really, really like: Ella Fitzgerald - Clap Hands Here Comes Charlie on Verve. Nice small group album. This one hit me immediately. Whereas, I didn't ever connect with her singing on that Cote D'Azure set with the Ellington orchestra.. Whoever that is singing "Hello to the Wind" on Bobby Hutcherson's "Now" album. Is that Andy Bey, I think? The vocalist on Horace Silver's "Senor Blues." Bill something, I think... Nancy Wilson & Cannonball Adderley- on Capitol. It's been a while, but I remember really diggin' her singing "A Sleepin' Bee." Chet? I've only heard him singing on the Limelight album, "Born To Be Blue." I haven't quite made up my mind about that one... Hmmm...I'm gonna hafta think pretty hard on this one. -_- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parkertown Posted January 10, 2007 Author Report Share Posted January 10, 2007 Oh, and I absolutely fucking hate Althea Young's vocals on those Larry Young Blue Note albums... Oh, God...make her stop. It sounds like a cat being strangled... Oooh... kinda harsh. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brownie Posted January 10, 2007 Report Share Posted January 10, 2007 It's listenable but nowhere near essential... Kenny Burrell's vocalizing skills do not match his guitar-playing ones! I like Bobby Jaspar's flute playing on this date. This was the main reason I got the vinyl reissue of this session. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jazzbo Posted January 10, 2007 Report Share Posted January 10, 2007 Try: Helen Merrill Carmen McRae Betty Carter You might like these jazz singers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parkertown Posted January 10, 2007 Author Report Share Posted January 10, 2007 Thanks gents. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shawn Posted January 10, 2007 Report Share Posted January 10, 2007 Personally I really love this album. Kenny has a very pleasant voice (kind of Nat Cole-ish), the arrangements are nice and there are a couple of kickin' instrumentals as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSngry Posted January 10, 2007 Report Share Posted January 10, 2007 Bill Henderson, that's who's on the Horace thing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parkertown Posted January 10, 2007 Author Report Share Posted January 10, 2007 I don't suppose any of you could lead me to a site with audio samples, eh? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim R Posted January 10, 2007 Report Share Posted January 10, 2007 Kenny sings? How is this session? Sell me on it... I like the album. Kenny's singing is pretty good, but not exceptional. Many with lesser gifts have pursued singing careers. This pretty much sums it up for me. I might have said "very good" instead of "pretty good". He doesn't have an exceptional voice, but it's fairly distinctive, and like his guitar playing, his singing is full of taste. I also like Bill Henderson (try the Vee Jay recordings); and much of Nancy Wilson's Capitol material from the 60's. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
milestones20 Posted January 10, 2007 Report Share Posted January 10, 2007 Whoever that is singing "Hello to the Wind" on Bobby Hutcherson's "Now" album. Is that Andy Bey, I think? The singer/lyricist on "Now" is Gene McDaniels. He also wrote "Compared to What" on the Les McCann/Eddie Harris "Swiss Movement" record. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DMP Posted January 10, 2007 Report Share Posted January 10, 2007 (edited) If I was beginning a vocal collection, there are probably a thousand items I'd put before the Kenny Burrell. Now, if it was a jazz GUITAR collection... Gene McDaniels - the only time I ever heard him was at Newport, with Eddie Harris - "The Silent Majority" - that's about as bitter as it gets! (An afternoon session, not many people - the song seemed out of place in that sunny setting. But still a lot of fun.) Edited January 10, 2007 by DMP Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Gould Posted January 10, 2007 Report Share Posted January 10, 2007 Parkertown, do you enjoy Armstrong? Because if you enjoyed Ella in a small group setting, and you like Armstrong, you will love Ella and Louis together. I think they did about three CDs worth of material, with my favorites being Ella and Louis and Ella and Louis Again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sundog Posted January 10, 2007 Report Share Posted January 10, 2007 If want to hear Kenny sing this is a better choice in my opinion. Still not essential though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parkertown Posted January 11, 2007 Author Report Share Posted January 11, 2007 Dan, No, I don't really care for Satchmo much...at least not yet. -_- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Magnificent Goldberg Posted January 11, 2007 Report Share Posted January 11, 2007 Oh, and I absolutely fucking hate Althea Young's vocals on those Larry Young Blue Note albums... Oh, God...make her stop. It sounds like a cat being strangled... Oooh... kinda harsh. Absolutely my view as well. When I play those LPs, I always skip the Althea Young tracks. In fact, her singing made me get rid of "Heaven on earth". MG Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Magnificent Goldberg Posted January 11, 2007 Report Share Posted January 11, 2007 Oh, for vocalists with a different approach, you might try Ernie Andrews and Irene Reid. There should be samples on the Jazz Depot site. MG Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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