(09-05-2013, 08:08 AM)NUG Wrote: MAE - that would be my biggest fear with Harry Connick. He's a Jazz purist, I worry he wouldn't appreciate that fact Haley puts her spin on everything she touches. I would be heart broken to have him (and I don't consider him a Jazz "great" at all) put her down for adding her growly edge. I think Keith would be in the palm of her hand!!
(09-05-2013, 08:44 AM)My Alter Ego Wrote: Well, maybe in Harry's mind he's a jazz purist, but I agree with you -- he's no jazz great. In my opinion, he has an unimpressive voice. But, as Kaypea has pointed out elsewhere, he is a musician. He does know music and he has been in the business for a long time. While we know what he was like as a mentor, we don't know what he'll be like as a judge. They are different roles.
On the other hand, just thinking about how Keith would react to Haley makes me smile. While Keith was far more articulate than Steven Tyler, like Tyler (but more so), Keith visually displays his reactions. I think it would be delightful to watch him watch/listen to Haley.
Getting back to the topic of this thread, I don't have a question so much, but if I had the opportunity, I'd just like to get Haley in a corner and chat about music with her.
While I'm uncomfortable responding to my own response above, I felt that I should provide an addendum. While I generally listen listen to classical music at work (because it helps soothe my stress), during the summer I need something else, and jazz is generally my fallback. So this summer I discovered -- or rediscovered -- a local jazz/NPR station that now has some online channels that are strictly music.
Today that station played HCJ's recording of
A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square. It's not Manhattan Transfer a cappella sublime (and that's not my favorite a cappella song that they sang), but it's pretty darn good and echoes what he told this past year's contestants, so I may need to withdraw my earlier contention.
