tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10360659.post1666071503730360802..comments2024-01-12T02:33:29.771-08:00Comments on Listening to Prestige: Wrapping up 1958 - part 2Tad Richardshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15138111543341593946noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10360659.post-66422911284918050662018-01-01T07:13:27.178-08:002018-01-01T07:13:27.178-08:00The one that continues to shock me is that in this...The one that continues to shock me is that in this era of the mambo and the cha-cha-cha, not a single Latin band made it in the Dance Band category.Tad Richardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15138111543341593946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10360659.post-62671362373123978472017-12-27T07:40:59.438-08:002017-12-27T07:40:59.438-08:00Tad--Yeah, I never thought of Eydie Gorme as a jaz... Tad--Yeah, I never thought of Eydie Gorme as a jazz singer, so I'd give her slot to Blossom Dearie. And I used to like Peggy King, who sang almost every week on George Gobel's TV show, but she was a pop singer, not a jazz singer.<br />Pax et Musica. Bob B.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10360659.post-57533902523198865272017-12-27T05:15:58.908-08:002017-12-27T05:15:58.908-08:00I wouldn’t have left her off, that’s for sure. So ...I wouldn’t have left her off, that’s for sure. So who would you replace? Most of the singers on this list are perennials. The ones that maybe aren’t? Dakota Staton was huge then, mostly in the afterglow of her huge hit, “The Late Late Show.” <br /><br />Eydie Gorme? Why? She was all over the place in 1958, with four album releases, none of them really in the jazz idiom. Perhaps it was because she and Steve Lawrence had their own TV show that year, as a summer replacement for Steve Allen, who was known for showcasing jazz musicians.<br /><br />No one really knew what to do with Mahalia Jackson back then. Everyone thought she would have been a great jazz singer, or a great blues singer, or even a great pop singer, but she would not sing anything except gospel, with anything except gospel instrumentation and arrangements. So she’s voted in on the strength of the awe she was held in, deservedly, in spite of the fact that she did not sing with jazz musicians. And other singers who did sing with jazz musicians don’t make the cut. Like Ruth Brown or LaVern Baker. Or lesser known fine singers like Varetta Dillard or Faye Adams. Because they were rhythm and blues singers, and everyone knows that’s not jazz. <br /><br />I’d give Dakota her moment in the sun. She made some fine records, and she deserved it. But all due respect to Eydie and Mahalia, I would put Blossom ahead of them.Tad Richardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15138111543341593946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10360659.post-33638125963703300592017-12-26T07:06:09.890-08:002017-12-26T07:06:09.890-08:00Tad--How could they leave Blossom Dearie off the l... Tad--How could they leave Blossom Dearie off the list of Female Vocalists? She could make it solely on the strength of her version of "Spring Can Really Hang You Up The Most." Not to mention "Peel Me A Grape." Bob B.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com