Singers

Dubby · Post by **Dubby** » Fri Dec 19, 2014 11:41 am

Pavarotti, Fischer-Dieskau, Wunderlich, Rolfe-Johnson, Bocelli, and a few others I'm forgetting. Their musicality is simply astounding.

jon112780 · Post by **jon112780** » Sun Dec 21, 2014 8:48 pm

Linda Eder- Man of La Mancha
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ynrky_iw6Q" target="_blank

Susan Grahm- A Chloris
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ih6UCcIvE18" target="_blank

Bruno Laplante- Quand je fus pris au pavillon
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OId_WlgiiQg" target="_blank

Legacy Five- I Found Grace
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q9sF0dj0jVc" target="_blank

Timmm · Post by **Timmm** » Mon Dec 22, 2014 2:42 am

This performance in particular GREATLY influenced my most recent audition, and has been a large influence on my general musical ideas: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1hxonfpfuTY" target="_blank" target="_blank

tbn.al · Post by **tbn.al** » Mon Dec 22, 2014 9:53 am

Alto, back row, 5th from the left.

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Steve Marcus · Post by **Steve Marcus** » Mon Dec 22, 2014 10:42 am

Rex Martin asked me in a lesson what my favorite Frank Sinatra song was. He wanted to bring to my attention how effectively a phrase could be shaped and stretched.

jeopardymaster · Post by **jeopardymaster** » Mon Dec 22, 2014 10:59 am

And just to remind, what is it we are listening FOR in a singer, that we will want to emulate? I think it's worth mentioning. I'll start with an objective I often wish I heard more of from some instrumentalists (and singers, too) - shaping the phrase as the musical context suggests. It's usually better to hear Dylan Thomas' poetry read by, oh, say, Dylan Thomas, than by a Speak & Spell. There is more to this than getting the letters - or the notes.

jeopardymaster · Post by **jeopardymaster** » Mon Dec 22, 2014 11:01 am

Sinatra is a damned good emulation, frankly speaking. Guy never learned to read music, but that sure doesn't mean he wasn't musical.

LJLovegren · Post by **LJLovegren** » Mon Dec 22, 2014 12:43 pm

Joe Williams - an exquisite musician with an incredible instrument.

timothy42b · Post by **timothy42b** » Tue Dec 23, 2014 9:15 am

bloke wrote: I believe "reading music" can very easily be a hindrance to musical phrasing.

This is why memorization (mostly ignored today by most all but touring artists) of written solo and small ensemble music is so beneficial. Once "memorized", the *music* can then be *learned* and actually *performed*.

I have come to think that the mental process for a singer to memorize is not the same as the typical younger brass player.

Now in my 60s, I struggle to "memorize" anything. But I have discovered that i can learn a tune and then play it by ear. It seems like it ought to be the same, or close to the same, but it feels very different, and is much more secure; it is as if it skips the sheet music step.

Worth · Post by **Worth** » Tue Dec 23, 2014 9:58 am

hrender wrote:what singers (if any) have influenced your sense of music]

Paul Stanley from KISS
His book Face The Music is a great read and quite inspirational as well!

Rick F · Post by **Rick F** » Tue Dec 23, 2014 7:16 pm

Nat King Cole singing... anything.

Doug Elliott · Post by **Doug Elliott** » Tue Dec 23, 2014 8:33 pm

Two more to check out if you don't know them.

Eva Cassidy - she only lived to 30, I used to work with her. Listen to Over the Rainbow, Autumn Leaves, or anything she ever recorded.

Emma Pask - Australian jazz singer - listen to her youtube video of L-O-V-E, and lots more.

EdFirth · Post by **EdFirth** » Fri Dec 26, 2014 7:42 am

Bing Crosby, and Danny Elfman(Jack in Nightmare before Christmas) Ed

hup_d_dup · Post by **hup_d_dup** » Fri Dec 26, 2014 10:09 am

Carmen McRae, especially performing Thelonious Monk. Nothing like it.

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robcat2075 · Post by **robcat2075** » Mon Dec 29, 2014 2:01 pm

When my teacher was trying to teach me vibrato he cited Frank Sinatra as an example of it being well-done.

As far as Sinatra not begin able to read music at all... there seems to be a certain body of evidence of him in studios studying and performing from pages that were more than just lyrics.

Perhaps not a flawless sight-reader in the sense that instrumentalists are expected to be, but how many vocalists are?

threedognate · Post by **threedognate** » Thu Jan 01, 2015 12:09 am

Bill Bell (and His Tuba)
Jack Robinson
Thurl Ravenscroft (Tony the Tiger, "You're a Mean One, Mr. Grinch")

I also second Joe Williams

Timmm · Post by **Timmm** » Thu Jan 01, 2015 3:35 am

Kurt Elling

There are TONS of great recordings of him available.

Frank Ortega · Post by **Frank Ortega** » Mon Jan 05, 2015 8:37 am

Has anyone here heard this wonderful Bass singer? I heard him sing Fafner and Hagen at the Met last year.
He had one of the most resonant voices I've ever heard. I don't think the recordings capture the reality, but they are still quite phenomenal.

Hans-Peter Konig
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SAhAR1neGm0" target="_blank

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wzeShzbcaQw" target="_blank

Warning, great tuba playing here, too:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DOak2npcxPw" target="_blank
Bravo, Mr. Hall!

circusboy · Post by **circusboy** » Tue Jan 06, 2015 12:24 pm

Louis Armstrong
Joy Williams (half of The Civil Wars)
Joe Williams
Nat King Cole
Kate Bush
Tom Waits
Bryan Ferry
Bing Crosby
Willie Nelson
Lowell George
Mick Jagger
Peggy Lee
Patsy Cline
Thom Yorke

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