Looking for a good female vocalist / upright bass album

wywires · « **Reply #20 on:** 16 Apr 2011, 12:28 am »

Also Sarah Vaughn.."How Long Has This Been Going On" Side 2 track #4 her with bass only, Side 2, track 5, just her and a drum kit.

*Scotty* · « **Reply #21 on:** 16 Apr 2011, 12:49 am »

You might want to look at the Roberta Flack album First Take.
It features Ron Carter playing bass on the hit single The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face.
http://www.amazon.com/First-Take-Roberta-Flack/dp/B000002J5S/ref=sr_1_1?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1302912868&sr=1-1
Scotty

sleepysurf · « **Reply #22 on:** 16 Apr 2011, 11:43 am »

Bethany and Rufus- 900 miles. Bethany Yarrow (Peter Yarrow's daughter!) has a jazzy folksy sound, accompanied by Rufus Cappadocia playing cello with an added bass string. Incredible album!
Here's the amazon link... http://www.amazon.com/900-Miles-Bethany-Rufus/dp/B000ICLTP0/ref=sr_1_1?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1302953873&sr=1-1

Macezeke · « **Reply #23 on:** 16 Apr 2011, 12:11 pm »

Try two by Carmen Lundy. This is Carmenr Lundy and Jazz and the New Songbook: Live at the Madrid. Both have her brother, Curtis Lundy, running the baselines on his upright.

lonewolfny42 · « **Reply #24 on:** 18 Apr 2011, 04:15 am »

Try ....Nancy King and Glen Moore....> King and Moore <....their Cd..."Potato Radio"

Play the samples....a few just vocals and bass...

http://www.amazon.com/Potato-Radio-King-Moore/dp/B000000NQ7/ref=ntt_mus_ep_dpt_1

airhead · « **Reply #25 on:** 18 Apr 2011, 06:07 am »

I share a lot of your taste. I want to thank the person who pointed out the album of the singing of Diane Reeves to the move "Goodnight and Goodluck", she was wonderful in it. I will try to buy that album. If you are a Patricia Barber fan, you may know already her great songs with standup bass, but here are some of my favorites:

Summertime, from A Distortion of Love
Blue Prelude, from A Fortnight in France
Use Me, from Companion
Postmodern Blues, from Modern Cool (complex instrumentation, but nice bass work with vocals near the end)

airhead · « **Reply #26 on:** 14 May 2011, 12:24 am »

This album, Goodnight and Good Luck, is indeed wonderful. My favorite by Dianne Reeves.
Thank you again!

Bob in St. Louis · « **Reply #27 on:** 14 May 2011, 02:11 am »

Quote from: airhead on 14 May 2011, 12:24 am

This album, Goodnight and Good Luck, is indeed wonderful. My favorite by Dianne Reeves.
Thank you again!

I fell in love with Diana Reeves when she sang with Wynton Marsalis in the song "Feeling of Jazz".
I ran out and bought one of her albums (?) and thought is was boring. I had high hopes and was dissappointed.

Bob
p.s. Twice in the last few minutes i mentioned that song. Yea...it's that good. ha ha

jimdgoulding · « **Reply #28 on:** 14 May 2011, 02:39 am »

I DEFINITELY got one of those for you! Gail Pettis- May I Come In (OA2). Out of Seattle. Very good sounding, too. And what Lonewolfny said.

airhead · « **Reply #29 on:** 16 May 2011, 12:03 am »

Dear Bob,

Which Dianne Reeves album bored you? I find many of her albums over-produced and diffuse. Goodnight and Good Luck is utter simplicity, but I find it riveting. If you like her voice and style but not all her material, you might try this one.

Bob in St. Louis · « **Reply #30 on:** 17 May 2011, 01:05 am »

Quote from: airhead on 16 May 2011, 12:03 am

Dear Bob,

Which Dianne Reeves album bored you? I find many of her albums over-produced and diffuse. Goodnight and Good Luck is utter simplicity, but I find it riveting. If you like her voice and style but not all her material, you might try this one.

Thanks airhead (I have a bit of a problem acknowledging a fellow as an "airhead".

)
I have her The Grand Encounter 1996.
It's been a couple years since I've listened to it. Maybe she deserves another spin. Who knows, maybe I'll fall in love with her again.

The work she did with Wynton on "Feeling of Jazz" is so wonderful in my mind, that maybe, just maybe....a "regular mundane" album would pale in comparison to a song as "Feeling of Jazz".

I'll look for Goodnight and Good Luck Thank you!

Bob

rockadanny · « **Reply #31 on:** 17 May 2011, 11:28 am »

Con Brio - "From the Hip" http://www.myspace.com/thebandconbrio

Dave's True Story - "Sex Without Bodies" http://www.allmusic.com/album/sex-without-bodies-r333482
Other releases of theirs are wonderful as well.

JackD201 · « **Reply #32 on:** 17 May 2011, 11:42 am »

Nikki Parrot - Fly Me to the Moon

She both sings AND plays the upright bass

Pretty good. Best part is that the LP is available and is a decent pressing

jdoris · « **Reply #33 on:** 17 May 2011, 12:46 pm »

Crooked Still, "Still Crooked" or "Live"

Closer to the (excellent) Wailin' Jenny than other things on this list. Spacey vocals and Double Bass, highly recommended.

JRace · « **Reply #34 on:** 17 May 2011, 04:26 pm »

OkGiraffe
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K20CEyjRqBA
http://www.myspace.com/okgiraffe

nomeans · « **Reply #35 on:** 2 Jun 2011, 03:00 am »

Amelia - After All. She has an amazing voice, especially when she speaks French. Blackbird Pie is an amazing song.

http://www.ameliaband.com/afterAll.html

In my opinion Amelia is one of the best under the radar bands to come from Portland OR.

Starchild · « **Reply #36 on:** 19 Jun 2011, 05:36 pm »

Here are some good ones for you:

Dee Dee Bridgewater - Keeping Tradition
Ray Brown: Some Of My Best Friends Are ... Singers
Carmen Mcrae - Great American Songbook [Live]
Mary Stallings - Live at the Village Vanguard
Chris Connors - As Time Goes By

Enjoy!

Mike

Bob in St. Louis · « **Reply #37 on:** 20 Jun 2011, 01:49 am »

Quote from: Starchild on 19 Jun 2011, 05:36 pm

Ray Brown: Some Of My Best Friends Are ... Singers

Oohh...baby.

I forgot all about that one. Listening to it right now.

Great stuff.

Bob

jimdgoulding · « **Reply #38 on:** 20 Jun 2011, 02:20 am »

Quote from: Scottdazzle on 15 Apr 2011, 04:43 pm

Sheila Jordan made several albums with only bass accompaniment. You can hear samples on Amazon.

I have one of those with bassist Harvie Swartz and it's super fine stuff.

timind · « **Reply #39 on:** 20 Jun 2011, 02:53 am »

Well recorded music from these ladies. I ordered a couple of cds from their web site and received a handwritten thank you note. Nice touch I thought.