Member Since: 1/15/2008
Influences: Singers: Abbey Lincoln - I WORSHIP HER!!..ABBEY - STILL BEAUTIFUL! STILL KILLIN" IT!Betty Carter - THE INIMATABLE!Dianne Reeves - THE INCREDIBLE!!Billie Holiday, Sarah Vaughan, Carmen McRae, Louis Armstrong, Marlena Shaw,Jeanne Lee - DID NOT GET HER DUE HERE IN THE STATES!
..Kim Burrell - NOT A "JAZZ" SINGER BUT SHE RIPS THROUGH CHANGES LIKE CRAZY! I GOT TO SEE HER LIVE AND EVEN THOUGH I AM NOT A CHRISTIAN, SHE (OR THE SPIRIT...SHE HAS DEFINITELY BEEN BLESSED/TOUCHED BY SOMETHING!) MOVED ME TO TEARS!
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Composers: Wayne Shorter, Lucky Thompson, Herbie Hancock, Horace Silver, Abbey Lincoln, John Coltrane, Erroll Garner, Stevie WonderInstrumentalists: Erroll Garner - MY FAVORITE PIANIST IN THE WHOLE WORLD!Dexter Gordon - IF YOU WANT SOMEONE TO FALL IN LOVE WITH YOU, PLAY THEM THE DEXTER GORDON "BALLADS" CD!STANLEY TURRENTINE - HE HAD IT ALL! AND HE BROUGHT IT HERE TO DC! WE MISS YOU STANLEY!John Coltrane, Oscar Peterson, Cannonball Adderley, Miles Davis
Sounds Like: Myself
Record Label: unsigned
Type of Label: None