ralphpnj;401621 Wrote: > Just a quick note: > > Carol Kidd/Claire Martin/Barb Jungr are not jazz singers regardless of > what Linn may want you think. They are all -cabaret singers- and they > are very good at cabaret style singing but, nonetheless, cabaret > singing is not jazz singing. As a matter of fact, I enjoy Barb Jungr > very much. Now excuse me while I go and hide under the desk to avoid > the fallout. > > Some real jazz singers: Nina Simone, Billie Holiday, Karrin Allyson, > Cassandra Wilson and Ella Fitzgerald. Note, not everything these five > sing is jazz but they all do/did primarily sing jazz as opposed the > Linn trio mentioned above where not everything they sing is cabaret but > they all do primarily sing cabaret.
I don't have a "cabaret" genre... What's Peggy Lee then? I'm not sure quite how the distinction works? What is the definition of "jazz" anyway? Regardless of what genre it is, I like it. -- Phil Leigh You want to see the signal path BEFORE it gets onto a CD/vinyl...it ain't what you'd call minimal... SB3 (wired) - TACT 2.2X (Linear PSU) + Good Vibrations S/W - MF Triplethreat(Audiocom full mods) - Linn 5103 - Aktiv 5.1 system (6x LK140's, ESPEK/TRIKAN/KATAN/SEIZMIK 10.5), Townsend Supertweeters, Blue Jeans Digital,Kimber Speaker & Chord Interconnect cables Outdoors: Boom ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Phil Leigh's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=85 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=60665 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles