Music:
Member Since: 12/21/2006
Band Website: Not yet
Band Members: Rose Tait: Music, Lyrics, Vocals.
Nigel Goulding: Piano & Keyboards, Musical Director.Len Aruliah: Tenor, Alto & Soprano Sax, Clarinet, Flute.Oli Hayhurst, bass.Tristan Mailliot, drums.Vortex live recording: Robin Aspland, piano, Oli Hayhurst, bass, Tristan Mailliot, drums
Influences: Charles Mingus
Thelonius Monk ('Very melodious, I thunk' - Ogden Nash)
Johann Sebastian Bach
Ella
Frank
Cole Porter
George Gershwin
Antonio Carlos Joabim
Cannonball Adderley
Hoagy Carmichael
The Duke
The Count
The King
Fats Waller
Ray Charles
George Shearing
Billie Holliday
Bessie Smith
Annie Ross,
Blossom Dearie
Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee
Randy Newman
Dave Frischberg
Stones
Tom Waites
Ivor Cutler
Aretha Franklin
Astrud Gilberto
Nina Simone
Peggy Lee
Julie London
Anita O'Day
But, of course, not necessarily in that order..............depends on the day.
Sounds Like: Nobody else, quite, I hope.My heroines are Billie Holliday, Ella Fitzgerald, Astrud Gilberto. My voice is characteristically warm and suggestive, but as I gain better control I'm trying to strip it back to something sparer and lighter with less syrupy vibrato.The songs mostly have a retro feel, like old jazz standards. I have been thrilled lately after performances to be told they remind people of: a) Fran Landesman, b) Annie Ross, c) Dave Frischberg! Wouldn't a bit mind being any of these people!
Record Label: unsigned
Type of Label: None
