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Lorraine Feather.(Language)(Sound recording review)(Brief article)
Lorraine Feather. Language. Jazzed Media JM 1032, 2008.
There are quite a few jazz singers who have sweet voices, highly refined technique, and a powerful sense of swing. Very few of them, however, write their own lyrics, and even fewer do so with the kind of wit, acuity, and startling creativity that Lorraine Feather demonstrates on her solo albums. Feather does not actually write most of her own music; instead, she appropriates classic instrumental jazz compositions by the likes of Duke Ellington and Fats Waller, giving those pieces both new titles and new lyrics.(Interestingly, she does not set words to horn solos in the manner of Jon Hendricks; instead, she pens lyrics to accompany the "head," or the regular melody of the tune.) Joined on her latest release by such similarly gifted singers as Cheryl Bentyne, Janis Siegel (both of the Manhattan Transfer), and the ...
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