Shout out to Billie Holiday, Fats Waller, and Bessie Smith

[bicentennial_baby]

Dayum.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IUtPODn7cCc

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Cv3KnNPMf8

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iQ7S2w6v2No

Badass. :thumbsup:

[Starbucks Anarchist]

1. I bought "Lady in Satin" on vinyl recently.

I should listen to it soon. :D

[bicentennial_baby]

2. Yes, you should!

I'm digging the ol skool stylie...you should too. :D

[Starbucks Anarchist]

4. I have at least five I bought recently that I haven't listened to yet.

Sinatra, Ella Fitzgerald, Simon and Garfunkel and Charles Mingus. :D

[bicentennial_baby]

11. Same here, I'm digging into my Billie,

and my Bessie this evening, as well as my Ray Charles' 'Sounds in Modern Country' ;)

[Whoa_Nelly]

3. Billie Holday

Her pain, her beauty, her voice...still comes across the years and gets to me.


...and with Count Basie

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7IYTx60s07A

[bicentennial_baby]

7. Thank you for that...

Namaste

:)

[RetroLounge]

5. Louis Prima!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8K1InOOLEsQ&feature=related

RL

[RetroLounge]

6. Louis Jordan!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7XC1uF6xNG8

RL

[bicentennial_baby]

8. I'll say yes to the latter, but the former....

:P

:loveya:

[SeattleGirl]

9. Billie, Billie, Billie. One of my favorite singers.

Her voice can reach inside you and pull your heart out.

[bicentennial_baby]

10. Yes it can...

I'm listening to Stormy Weather right now...

:loveya:

[Gormy Cuss]

12. On a different but related note, the Nicholas Brothers with Cab Calloway.

I met one of Nicholas Brothers (Harold, I think) when I was in college -- a cool guy with great stories.
The splits at the end of this routine are just stunning.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_8yGGtVKrD8&feature=related

[bicentennial_baby]

13. Damn, that was badass...

:wow:

Thank you for that! :applause: