Dmitry Posted February 16, 2016 Report Posted February 16, 2016 Wouldn't it be more appropriate for them to walk up to the podium to the sound of their own Grammy-winning album? Nothing against James Brown...just not familiar with the Grammy protocol. Quote
Mark Stryker Posted February 17, 2016 Report Posted February 17, 2016 (edited) 2 hours ago, JSngry said: Is the record any good? In the top 10 percent of those Tony has ever made. Maybe better. incredible how much voice he has left, and the wisdom ... and Bill and the trio are beautiful. No gimmicks. Just pure. Makes you realize that for all Tony's appreciation of jazz he really hasn't recorded a lot with a trio quite like this -- I mean, Ralph Sharon is fine and dandy, but ... Not to mention hiw great Peter Washington plays (and KWash, though his presence is more muted than the others.) It's all on YouTube to sample. My fave track. A tempo for grown ups. Edited February 17, 2016 by Mark Stryker Quote
Hardbopjazz Posted February 17, 2016 Author Report Posted February 17, 2016 2 hours ago, JSngry said: Is the record any good? It is one of Tony's best. Plus Bill and Renee, Peter and Kenny Washington are a perfect match for Tony's voice. Quote
JSngry Posted February 17, 2016 Report Posted February 17, 2016 So, it's, like, all standards, correct? Any "little known gems" on there? Quote
Dmitry Posted February 17, 2016 Report Posted February 17, 2016 30 minutes ago, JSngry said: So, it's, like, all standards, correct? Any "little known gems" on there? Google is still free... http://www.amazon.com/The-Silver-Lining-Songs-Jerome/dp/B013YKOVL6 Quote
JSngry Posted February 17, 2016 Report Posted February 17, 2016 So is conversation! But no, nothing out of the ordinary in terms of song selection. Quote
Hardbopjazz Posted February 17, 2016 Author Report Posted February 17, 2016 The CD is all Kern's tunes. All standards. Quote
Dmitry Posted February 17, 2016 Report Posted February 17, 2016 59 minutes ago, JSngry said: So is conversation! Speaking of that...does a 89 y.o. singer with 17 other Grammy's under his belt really need/merit another one in the best traditional pop vocal album category? Or we should view it as Bill Charlap's triumph? Quote
JSngry Posted February 17, 2016 Report Posted February 17, 2016 Reviewing the competition, who else was a serious competitor? Barry Manilow? Seth McFarlane? Bob Dylan? Josh Groban? Consider the nominees for Best Jazz Vocal Album, which, from the sound of things, Bennet's could have just as easily have gotten nominated for: Find A Heart-Denise Donatelli Flirting With Disaster-Lorraine Feather For One To Love-Cécile McLorin Salvant Jamison-Jamison Ross Many A New Day: Karrin Allyson Sings Rodgers & Hammerstein-Karrin Allyson Nothing here that makes me want to go out to Barnes & Noble, ok? Although, Jamison Ross, singing jazz drummer, filling the too-long vacant Karen Carpenter/Grady Tate void, perhaps? Have a snack every now and then dude, ok? Quote
Dmitry Posted February 17, 2016 Report Posted February 17, 2016 34 minutes ago, JSngry said: Reviewing the competition, who else was a serious competitor? Barry Manilow? Seth McFarlane? Bob Dylan? Josh Groban? Consider the nominees for Best Jazz Vocal Album, which, from the sound of things, Bennet's could have just as easily have gotten nominated for: Find A Heart-Denise Donatelli Flirting With Disaster-Lorraine Feather For One To Love-Cécile McLorin Salvant Jamison-Jamison Ross Many A New Day: Karrin Allyson Sings Rodgers & Hammerstein-Karrin Allyson Nothing here that makes me want to go out to Barnes & Noble, ok? Although, Jamison Ross, singing jazz drummer, filling the too-long vacant Karen Carpenter/Grady Tate void, perhaps? Have a snack every now and then dude, ok? I'm not privy to the contemporary jazz vocals scene, so those names don't mean anything to me. Heck, anyone named Jamison Ross sounds just too f@#$ing preppy. This girl is good. She won. Never heard of here before. I hear some Jeanne Lee in her, among others. Here's the whole jazz line-up. https://www.grammy.com/nominees?genre=16 Quote
BillF Posted February 17, 2016 Report Posted February 17, 2016 On the subject of Tony and Bill ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7LIW7q_cFeA Quote
Ted O'Reilly Posted February 17, 2016 Report Posted February 17, 2016 18 minutes ago, BillF said: On the subject of Tony and Bill ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7LIW7q_cFeA Well, that's a different Bill, of course... That's from the days when CBC had a wonderful outlook, not the 100%-Maple-Syrup-Beaver-Rocky-Mountains insular attitude it's taken on for mostly-political reasons in the last 20 years. Quote
duaneiac Posted February 17, 2016 Report Posted February 17, 2016 29 minutes ago, BillF said: On the subject of Tony and Bill ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7LIW7q_cFeA Wow! Thanks, for bringing this to my attention, Bill. I never knew nor dreamed that such a program existed. Quote
BillF Posted February 17, 2016 Report Posted February 17, 2016 39 minutes ago, duaneiac said: Wow! Thanks, for bringing this to my attention, Bill. I never knew nor dreamed that such a program existed. Let Marc Myers take the credit. http://www.jazzwax.com/2016/02/video-evans-and-bennett.html Quote
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