tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8525415828746712027.post8965286319401668013..comments2024-03-27T22:39:08.396-04:00Comments on Sweet Freedom: Saturday Music Club: influence detective edition: on free jazz singer Patty Waters, and those who cite her...Todd Masonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01815516018079824802noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8525415828746712027.post-43578931483510243472015-05-25T00:11:01.470-04:002015-05-25T00:11:01.470-04:00Yes...denser critics can be pretty useless (I'...Yes...denser critics can be pretty useless (I'm amused, in the JAZZ TIMES article, to learn that the DOWN BEAT reviewer who panned Waters in her initial reviews there was Harvey Pekar, later more famous for his own Outsider Art autobiographical comics scripting...).Todd Masonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01815516018079824802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8525415828746712027.post-38573210178187159672015-05-24T19:32:06.941-04:002015-05-24T19:32:06.941-04:00A very interesting array. I was struck by how Jord...A very interesting array. I was struck by how Jordan, Lee, and Waters, in their own ways, did new things with old standards. Back in the day, I was scared off by the "weirdness" critics seemed to find in these artists' approaches. Now I know better. Jim C.https://www.blogger.com/profile/07964049228931887059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8525415828746712027.post-19041085095974565022015-05-24T14:33:24.342-04:002015-05-24T14:33:24.342-04:00I didn't peg you for a natural Waters fan! La ...I didn't peg you for a natural Waters fan! La Barbara is someone I've just encountered through putting this together, and as someone pioneering in the kind of vocal overlay that Urszula Dudziak, Reggie Watts, and most famously Bobby McFerrin have also employed, I'll look forward to that...Todd Masonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01815516018079824802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8525415828746712027.post-74792419530905927842015-05-24T12:00:31.328-04:002015-05-24T12:00:31.328-04:00I can't say I'm much impressed with Waters...I can't say I'm much impressed with Waters. I didn't think it was possible to sing "It Never Entered My Mind" that slowly. The pianist could have taken a short nap between notes.Rick Robinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07978136287154214297noreply@blogger.com