Episode 168: Jazz vocals, with and without words.

This episode was inspired by finding three jazz magazines in a Little Library outside of jazz singer Susannah Adam’s home in Victoria, B.C. There were a bunch of articles on jazz vocalists, including one where Luciana Souza chose some recordings with ‘wordless vocals’. Some amazing stuff by the likes of Milton Nascimento, Toninho Horta, and Luciana herself,.

Then another article involved The New York Voices being given a blindfold test of recordings by various singers. There was Bill Henderson with Oscar Peterson, Double Six of Paris (with Night in Tunisia showing it’s possible to sing in French and Vocalese at the same time), Theo Bleckmann and Kate McGarry, Ian Shaw singing Joni Mitchell, Rosemary Clooney with The Hi-Lo’s (unbelievable!), and The New York Voices themselves.

To top it all off, this podcast starts with a lovely performance by Susannah Adams, and ends up with Nina Simone followed by her daughter, Lisa, and a song about their relationship.

A podcast I’ve listened to twice, and I really enjoyed it both times.