ical 0 Report post Posted February 24, 2009 (edited) Ray Brown: http://www.amazon.com/Ray-Brown/e/B000APVE...=ntt_mus_dp_pel Recommended album: Summer Wind-Live at the Loa http://www.amazon.com/Summer-Wind-Live-at-...35489380&sr=1-4 Another very highly recommended by Cannonball Adderley. My favorite jazz cd of all time: http://www.amazon.com/Somethin-Else-Cannon...ZYWHX9EAG0DXSB9 Edited February 24, 2009 by ical Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
iggyting 0 Report post Posted March 4, 2009 Hi Folks! If you find the voice of Sarah Brightman a pitch too high for your liking go for that of Hayley Westerna, a New Zealander songtress. Her voice has that musical pitch which renders any song an added ethereal 'feel'. Take the song "Will It Be" from LOTR. Enya, the original singer, gives it a 'magical' rendition. But Hayley's version is also a welcome addition. She is wonderful to hear and a beauty to behold. Try her lastest album "The best Of Hayley Westerna". regards Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
audison 0 Report post Posted March 4, 2009 (edited) Hi Folks! If you find the voice of Sarah Brightman a pitch too high for your liking go for that of Hayley Westerna, a New Zealander songtress. Her voice has that musical pitch which renders any song an added ethereal 'feel'. Take the song "Will It Be" from LOTR. Enya, the original singer, gives it a 'magical' rendition. But Hayley's version is also a welcome addition. She is wonderful to hear and a beauty to behold. Try her lastest album "The best Of Hayley Westerna". regards Try Norwegian soprano, Sissel Kyrkjebø... very nice. http://www.sissel.net/ or Eliane Elias, jazz pianist singer, similar to Diana Krall... BTW she's coming to town for a one-night concert at Esplanade One-night only performance Saturday 14 Mar 2009... $58*, $88**, $118 Concessions: Limited concessions for students, NSF and senior citizens: $40* and $60** http://www.esplanade.com.sg/whats_on/progr...lings/index.jsp “Elias is a highly skilled and fluid jazz pianist - her lushly seductive vocal performances were followed by lengthy, impressively agile improvisations.” – New York Newsday “Arguably the best Brazilian song writer since Antonio Carlos Jobim…Lins’ performance was a masterful display of musicality, entertainment, and communication.” - LA Times From samba to bossa nova, the alluring music of Brazil - with deep-rooted origins in African, European and Amerindian traditions - covers a wide array of unique styles, many of which have captured hearts, minds, radios, TV screens and dancefloors across the world. Tonight, celebrate the music of Brazil, with two of its brightest stars! Kicking off the concert is Brazilian-born and New York-based Pianist/vocalist/composer/bandleader Eliane Elias who has released 18 acclaimed solo albums, topped charts, won awards and sent audiences into raptures with her vocal and piano prowess. Performing solo, she compels with emotional nuance and assurance. Playing with her trio, she establishes fantastic group dynamics and cohesion. But always, Eliane performs with expressiveness and grace, delivering her strong compositions and reinterpretations with diverse stylistic elements from bebop, tropicalia, western classical music, straight-ahead jazz and electronica, while retaining her Brazilian core. Hear Eliane pay tribute to the music of her homeland and childhood with her quartet, playing music from her latest album - Bossa Nova Stories, a collection of freshly reworked bossa nova tunes and other classics with an enticing twist! Then welcome legendary composer/pianist/vocalist and multiple Grammy award-winner Ivan Lins. From learning the piano by ear as a gifted 18-year-old, Ivan grew to become one of Brazil’s most recorded and best-known composers overseas, his career spanning 35 years, many successful collaborations (the most enduring being his longtime partnership with fellow songwriter Vitor Martins) and 27 records, with over 350 songs recorded in Brazil and hundreds more around the world. Through the decades, Ivan’s ever-growing legacy of Brazilian popular music coloured with styles from pop to jazz to R&B has been cherished by generations and recorded and performed by prominent international artists such as Sarah Vaughan, Ella Fitzgerald, Manhattan Transfer, George Benson, Barbra Streisand, Sting, Sérgio Mendes, Take 6 and Quincy Jones among many others. Fresh from the vivid, sultry heat of Eliane Elias’ performance, revel in the hypnotic beauty of Ivan Lin’s music. You will fall in love. Edited March 4, 2009 by audison Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
HerbalTurtle 0 Report post Posted April 3, 2009 Lisa Ono, Armstrong and maybe Wang Ruolin if you prefer Asian female vocals Classical for Chopin and Ma Yoyo~ Give Eric Clapton a try, you won;t regret Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
weinerproc 0 Report post Posted April 3, 2009 Lisa Ono, Armstrong and maybe Wang Ruolin if you prefer Asian female vocals Classical for Chopin and Ma Yoyo~ Give Eric Clapton a try, you won;t regret where did eric clapton come from??! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
