Accompanying herself on the piano on this rendition of “If Love Were All.” So elegant.
Duetting with Sarah Vaughan on “Body and Soul.” How dykey is this?
| by Anonymous | reply 1 | June 12, 2019 2:38 AM |
She was a genuine bulldagger. And one of the greatest singers of standards and jazz. Of all of those legendary ladies who started in the 1940s I think she transitioned most successfully into contemporary material. She never had any chart hits in the 60s or 70s but she was a skilled interpreter who could go with the flow.
| by Anonymous | reply 2 | June 12, 2019 2:58 AM |
So underrated still.
| by Anonymous | reply 3 | June 12, 2019 3:32 AM |
She sings the fuck out of “The Sound of Silence.”
| by Anonymous | reply 4 | June 12, 2019 1:14 PM |
Mannered. Eccentric phrasing and irritatingly living outside the beat at critical moments.
| by Anonymous | reply 5 | June 12, 2019 1:28 PM |
That’s called jazz, dear.
| by Anonymous | reply 6 | June 12, 2019 1:38 PM |
Thanks for sharing, OP. I’m a big jazz fan but don’t know a lot of vocal jazz outside of Nina, Ella, and Billie.
| by Anonymous | reply 7 | June 12, 2019 3:05 PM |
Jazz is probably my favorite genre, but jazz vocalists in particular. Carmen is up there with Billie, Ella, and Sarah Vaughan.
Nina Simone isn’t one of my most favorites, though I like her earlier material well enough.
| by Anonymous | reply 8 | June 12, 2019 6:20 PM |
Carmen rarely gets her due.
The Verve Remixed series has a wonderful version of “How Long Has This Been Going On”.
| by Anonymous | reply 9 | July 6, 2019 4:29 AM |