Most of the cabaret repertoire came from stage or film so:
Cabaret singers are known for technical proficiency and excellent enunciation; the best bring emotion and make the lyric their own. Wesla Whitfield qualifies in spades. Here's a concert from '94 (no idea what happened to her--this is moment-in-time-snapshot, not a movie.): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tmb13TOid94
OK a bit more of this magnificent singer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UW1jMhqWZBo << her pipes and taste are not chair-bound *--they soar with the songbirds.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fcm7vUDfGgc << lovely soloing and back-filling work by cornetist Warren Vache << Nifty still pix accompany
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TDjx963i53I << more nifty pix. These last 2 uploaded by her husband and pianist, Mike Greensill.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WxrTx0cpzpc << That trumpeter (unk. to me previously) more than fills the bill
SPECIAL: a CBS profile/interview from '94--you'll thank me for this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pxKvOhCAmHM
* Incidentally, her being chair-bound wasn't disease and it's not fixable--a random act of violence by 2 punk kids shattered her lower spine.
Cabaret singers are known for technical proficiency and excellent enunciation; the best bring emotion and make the lyric their own. Wesla Whitfield qualifies in spades. Here's a concert from '94 (no idea what happened to her--this is moment-in-time-snapshot, not a movie.): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tmb13TOid94
OK a bit more of this magnificent singer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UW1jMhqWZBo << her pipes and taste are not chair-bound *--they soar with the songbirds.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fcm7vUDfGgc << lovely soloing and back-filling work by cornetist Warren Vache << Nifty still pix accompany
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TDjx963i53I << more nifty pix. These last 2 uploaded by her husband and pianist, Mike Greensill.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WxrTx0cpzpc << That trumpeter (unk. to me previously) more than fills the bill
SPECIAL: a CBS profile/interview from '94--you'll thank me for this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pxKvOhCAmHM
* Incidentally, her being chair-bound wasn't disease and it's not fixable--a random act of violence by 2 punk kids shattered her lower spine.
A man accustomed to hear only the echo of his own sentiments, soon bars all the common avenues of delight, and has no part in the general gratification of mankind--Dr. Johnson
What he said. Amen, Bro--JazzboCR
What he said. Amen, Bro--JazzboCR