Get It Straight (Live) – Carmen McRae
from Carmen Sings Monk on Bluebird (1988).
Money Hustlin’ Woman – Amos Milburn
from Bad Bad Whiskey 1946-1950 on EPM Musique (2001).
My advisor, who is great, has this habit of asking questions outloud and answering them to communicate his points. Are you familiar with this habit? Yes you are, it is quite common. So in his honor today’s post follows this format.
Is this post thrown together quickly? Absolutely, I’ve been quite busy this week, but thought 3 days with no new posts was not best.
Do I think anyone cares if I’m busy, since everyone else is also? Not really, but it is the reason for this gimmicky post.
Is there any reasons why the delightful readers of ear fuzz should let this slide? Because there are two good tracks posted and only 30 seconds from their busy day to read this.
Does this Carmen McRae post undermine my claim in the Lambert, Hendricks, & Ross post of not being a fan of vocal jazz? It would appear that way, but a vocal interpretation of Thelonius Monk’s “Straight No Chaser” is too intriguing.
Will there be a more intelligent post this weekend? Absolutely.
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Busted! I knew you secretly liked vocal jazz. Stop frontin'! HAHAHAHA!
this is the first time i've clicked onto your site. after visiting many-a-music vinyl head-web-blog…ladden with the latest rage in hip-hop…i took a moment to post an absolute kudos to you. you are the first to actually post a jazz vocalist that was not Lena Horne.
this was the first mp3 that made me post a yeah-RAHHHHH!!! Hello Please…. post what you are into ye site owners, not what your peers are into, and please, PLEASE post what you are feelin.
and you did ear fuzz.
thanks for that.
–rrb
Nice post J.!
that picture is of a statue on a street in the swedish capital, stockholm. nice one! and oh, i appreciate the blog!