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From:  John Link <johnlink@n...>
Date:  Wed Nov 20, 2002  4:00 am
Subject:  [vocalist] Barbara Hendricks sings Gershwin

Did anybody catch Barbara Hendricks singing a tribute to Gershwin on
TV (Ovation) tonight? In my book she sounds ludicrous. I don't know
how the trio, which included Monty Alexander on piano, could have
played for her with straight faces. She did Summertime in A minor,
with a range from E above middle C to the E an octave above that. It
sounded to me like she was always in head, even on the bottom E,
wobbling like crazy. She sounds like a caricature of an opera singer
who is clueless about this music. I think she would have done much
better in D minor, taking the song down a fifth and singing from A
below middle C to the A above. Then she could have used her chest
voice (if she still remembers how!) and done at least a decent
version.

She also did "I Got Rhythm" in Ab, ending on an Ab or Gb above the
treble clef. Didn't anyone in her trio have the nerve to tell her the
truth?

Gershwin must be rolling in his grave.

John Link


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