Tish Oney presents a cutting-edge guide for those teaching and singing jazz, combining jazz voice stylization techniques and various improvisational approaches with classic voice pedagogy. Legendary jazz singers' approaches and techniques are described to illustrate the various approaches available to jazz singers.
More than forty years later he enjoys continued appreciation of his work: 'I'm grateful for the enthusiastic and warm responses of ... I'm thrilled to be a part of this musical revolution. ... Dianne Reeves really, she frees the spirit.
A guide to jazz singing offers advice on such topics as communicating through emotion, coloring the melody, and phrasing, along with information on preparing for a performance and creating an arrangement.
The book includes guest-authored chapters by singing voice researchers Dr. Scott McCoy and Dr. Wendy LeBorgne. In So You Want to Sing Jazz, singers and voice teachers finally have the go-to resource they need for singing vocal jazz.
The Jazz Singers: From Ragtime to the New Wave
... Juliet 148 Pappas, Irene 115 Parker, Evan 29, 45, 53 participatory culture 8, 19, 28, 40n7, 96, 128, 132–6, 141, 145 pastiche 69 Paxton, Steve 110–11 Pearson, Tina 151 Penck, A.R. 114 performance art 97, 112; see also theatre Perry, ...
"The Jazz Singers: The Ultimate Guide is an overview of jazz vocalism. This guide consists of more than 800 profiles that together span the history of jazz, from the dawn of commercial recordings to the present day.
An extensive biographical and critical survey of more than 300 jazz and popular singers is comprised of provocative, opinionated essays that incorporate the views of peers, fans and critics while assessing key movements and genres.
In the MGM version, it's almost anticlimactic—it's perfect for a leading lady like Merman or Martin who can be funny with a funny song, but for a comedienne like Hutton, it's almost overkill. (After hearing Hutton ...
Describes the lives of notable jazz singers, traces their influence on one another, and investigates the impact of different innovators on the development of jazz music.
Designed for vocal students to better connect what they "hear" with what they "play."