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Did any one mention Grady Tate?

[lrUyiva1]

Lenny Breau.

Does singing in unison with solos count? Slam Stewart, Kurt Rosenwinkel etc...

[Seasmillets]

Brian,
That pic of Denzal reminded me of the night he and Bruno Hubert did a night at the Cellar and Bruno sang "The Man I Love". Definitely one of my favourite Cellar moments. Ever.
~C

[Nfvzjvcl]

Jeez!
Never crossed my tiny mind.
Gavin said we might do it again.
Next time I'll make a pubic announcement.

[clitlyphype]

Jack Sheldon, Bunny Berigan, Red Allen, Jack Teagarden, Dizzy Gillespie, Muggsy Spanier, Hot Lips Page...

[imnaone]

Lazz,

I've got those Boone things (I Got Rhythm, and I'm pretty sure the blues was actually called Boone Talk) on vinyl, and I'd be happy to dub you off a copy on cassette. Unfortunately my vinyl stash (and my turntable) are in a storage locker in Vancouver, and I'm in New Orleans. I'll likely be up there next June to close up that locker, so if you can remind me to do it then...You'll know I'm in town because I'll start getting even mouthier than usual on this forum.

Darlene and I have really enjoyed being able to spend summers in Vancouver the last couple of years, but it's just getting too nutz. It's surprisingly hard to sublet our apartment, and the storage fees for personal stuff are killing us. We're not rich enough for the 'bi-national' life, so next summer will likely involve cutting our last ties to the city. If I'm back after that, it'll be a tour stop. No more extended stays.


Al,

My pal Brooke Binkowski went to college with a bass-player-singer named Kristin Kolb who's got a few CDs out, so that's one, at least. She was a student and protege of Ray Brown's.

[bgsavings]

I've heard Rud sing before. Darren Radtke has a CD out on which he sings his own tunes. Bruno Hubert told me a long time ago he was going to sing on his next album. I sometimes sing The Lady in Red accompanying myself on the cabasa. (By appointment only.)

[ReneCM]

Benny Carter and Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson are two that come to mind right away, that haven't been mentioned. Some of my favorites that HAVE been mentioned are Louis, Chet, Louis (Jordan) and Levon Helm... hell yes... Levon is the shit.

[chuviskkk]

On Bob Brookmeyer's CD "Get Well Soon" there is this amazing, hip, young trumpet player named Till Brönner, who I believe is from Amsterdam. This guy just absolutely tears things up on every note he plays. I loved his playing so much I went and bought one of his CDs, "That Summer," without listening to it first, assuming it would be some crazy hip stuff.

Turns out, in his spare time Till likes to lean against the piano and croon such classic tunes as Kermit the Frog's "Its not easy being Green" and other sentimental classics to soft bossa-nova guitar.

Never judge a horn player by the scales he plays.....

Cheers, Mike H


It's not that easy being green;
Having to spend each day the color of the leaves.
When I think it could be nicer being red, or .yellow or gold..
or something much more colorful like that.

It's not easy being green.
It seems you blend in with so many other ord'nary things.
And people tend to pass you over 'cause you're
not standing out like flashy sparkles in the water
or stars in the sky.

But green's the color of Spring.
And green can be cool and friendly-like.
And green can be big like an ocean, or important like a mountain,
or tall like a tree.

When green is all there is to be
It could make you wonder why, but why wonder why?
Wonder, I am green and it'll do fine, it's beautiful!
And I think it's what I want to be

[GroosteFoessy]

Oscar Peterson released an album once where he sang. He sounded a lot like Nat King Cole, who was obviously one of his biggest influences...

[freddystone]

One guy that comes to my mind is Ray Nance. He sang, played trumpet and violin in the Ellington orchestra...

bdavies

[Equackasous]

A lot of instrumentalists used to sing (Clark Terry and Frank Rosolino are two that quickly pop to mind) I remember seeing something where one of those 'older' guys were talking about and saying how it was much more of an entertainment thing. As a generalization, music then existed more more as an entertainment then it does today and singing played a large part of that. Also, for brass players, singing gives your chops a break!

Saw Mike Rud sing last nite and that was a surprise, but really cool!

[EmpokemyMok]

Ivana Santilli !

[Nfvzjvcl]

Thanks John.

I will look forward to that. Well worth the wait.
You'll get a tape-dub of other Boone in exchange.
Now let's see if we both remember....

[Nfvzjvcl]

Richard Boone.
Trombone player with Basie, jumped ship on tour in Europe and settled happily into the Danish radio big band. Died a handful of short years ago.
Also the absolute finest male jazz singer I have ever heard.

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[kranfid]

Woody Herman sang regularly - good, too!
I've heard Benny Goodman, Zoot Sims and Jack Sheldon.

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