Jazz Divas

[xoggoth]

Gotta be Billy Holiday, though I prefer her Bluesy Numbers.

Billie Holiday - "i´ll be seeing you" - YouTube

[stek]

Saw these in Hamburg, Gartnerstraße, billed as Jazz, bit more easy listening I thought due to having a tune. German band...

[BlasterBates]

Yeah right...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MsQYzpOHpik

However not all Jazz is bad...I really like this

[mudskipper]

A sockie and a master return in this thread.

inneresting...

[MarillionFan]

A sockie and a master return in this thread.

[doodab]

azz is atonal

Rubbish. Jazz has it's roots in the blues. Granted most of the modern stuff is wanky as it's gone down the same "experiment for the sake of it and never mind if the result is aesthetically pleasing" route as modern art, but the good stuff from years ago is anything but atonal.

Nina Simone for me.

[EternalOptimist]

and it's maddy Prior

you double-bimbo

[EternalOptimist]

Jazz is an arrangement

not a type of music


you bimbo

[minestrone]

Linda Lusardi.








Dodgy Agent.

[stek]

Spoken like a true jazz aficionado...

Personally, I like it. Its suave, I like the vocals and I like what they're generally singing about.

I agree with the op. Folkies are always bellyaching in their songs. No wonder most folkies are lefties.

Yeah right...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MsQYzpOHpik

[Freaki Li Cuatre]

Po moyemu, Jazz is atonal, and whilst I like a bit of that when it segues into tonal

Spoken like a true jazz aficionado...

Personally, I like it. Its suave, I like the vocals and I like what they're generally singing about.

I agree with the op. Folkies are always bellyaching in their songs. No wonder most folkies are lefties.

[stek]

Po moyemu, Jazz is atonal, and whilst I like a bit of that when it segues into tonal, a la The Velvet Underground, 99% of Jazz is atonal garbage, fukn hate it!

Music has structure, chords resolve, D goes with G, F goes with C, jazz doesn't...

[Gittins Gal]

Who's your favourite one?

Maybe you don't like jazz. Its an acquired taste. Like folk music. I was about to say I can't bear folk music but then I just remembered I'm supposed to like Maggie Prior

So I'm back from the pub with Silas curled up on my lap watching the Jazz Divas programme on BBC4.

It's Blossom Dearie for me every time. Followed by Ella and maybe Cleo Line in 3rd place.