Three singers from Sixties, Anita, Carmen and Nina

In alphabetical order, that is.

I didn't realize that Carmen was this beauty. I am wondering if she is the person who I saw and listened to playing piano with her own trio at 1967 Newport Jazz Fes. That was much too earthy.

I didn't have a chance to hear her live while living in Ft. Lee, NJ. But I had a chance to listen to this lady, Anita O'day at Five Spot. I think it was there. But this is kind of surprise Anita singing a part of saxophone of Woody Herman. Besides, it's nice to see Carmen making a comment on Anita.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mdHMAzN2Hxk

I cannot bring in this video. So I recommend you to check it clicking on URL.

"Anita O'day Three Sound" was the first record I bought on her. It is nostalgic just looking at Verve mark, doesn't it.



Now I've found the lady I saw at the Newport Jazz Festival. It was Nina Simone. She sounds earthy though not that much as I remember. But I must correct my impression because of this video. She must come from wealthy family. She knows how Bach was. So. . . .?

Ella with trio. She is vivid.

Ella Fitzgerald, she doesn't look like how she sound. Tha was my first impression seeing her. That was at Macormick Place, Chicago in 1967. She was backed by Oscar Perterson Trio. So, I remember. But not sure now. Tha was piano trio anyway. That is sure thing.

Till then I have heard her with big bands. That was rather noise to me and I was not the eagar listner of her. But this session gave me the quite different sound that I like. One is that her scat sound much more vivid that that with big band.

Listen to this one. She is beautiful. I won't send his kind of high notes to Ella for sure or rather I'd be quiet and let base to the work. That should have been much nicer.

Hey, this kid's genius. It is amazing that he can keep this tempo. Yeah, this is kind of tough tempo to play. Besides, his left hand is doing excellent job. I envy him that he can do this far already, do you not?



I'll add a little bit comments on what's happening to the children of this country. It can be said with two words; Over protected!

Children in general are under the wing of mother. Those mothers, the age between 25 to 35 were the yields of baby boomers. How were they, I mean baby boomers?

Husbands had been company men. They go to their income source early in the morning and come back home late at night. They devoted all of their energy to the company.

Children were left home with woman who does not have enough social training basically. The problem with those mothers were that the school background has had the utmost priority. There were not enough ethic mentoring nor basic human relation mentoring to their kids.

The outcome was the kids who do not respect public rules like;
Obey your parents, Pay respect to law and ethics, There's someone who watch over you anytime, types of social training.

Children will be selfish, rude to unknown persons, have the anti-social tendency. Why do they do that? Because they were not able to have appropriate model during their infancy.

OK, but this boy, I bet he could become a person who has nice social behavior. Reason? Because he ride on rhythm, don't you think?