Re: Sinatra

[Eliott Kahn <Elkahn...>]

Love Sinatra. And those great swinging arrangements by Nelson Riddle and/or 
Billy May--now THAT'S music.

It' rare to find an artist who has it all. Ella Fitzgerald usually can't sing a 
bad note, and yet some of her interpretations may leave people cold. (Not me 
though.) Even Pavarotti--a wonderful technician and extremely emotive 
singer--may sing flat from time to time.

In American popular music, if you're looking for someone with that rare combo 
of excellent intonation and emotion--I would say Judy Garland might have been 
the greatest singer of the twentieth century.

Since this is a Jewish music list, let's not forget the great Mel Torme--what a 
musician, with exquisite intonation whether singing solo or harmony. But one 
might not call his singing emotional.
He was descended from Sephardic Jews--the family's name was Torma--as I believe 
was the great Jazz drummer Buddy Rich.

Gut woch,

Eliott Kahn

At 11:35 PM 7/22/01 -0400, you wrote:
>"Robert Cohen" <rlcm17 (at) hotmail(dot)com> mentioned:
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>         >Sinatra's intense/vulnerable singing.
>
>Is it just me, or do others also find Sinatra's intonation problems annoying?
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>Cantor Sam Weiss === Jewish Community Center of Paramus, NJ
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