I never wanted to sound clean and pretty. In jazz, I felt I could sing these deep, husky lows if I want and then these really tiny laser highs if I want as well.
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I don't want to sound as if I'm doing something tremendously special. But I am a jazz fan.
Tone on jazz guitars is a real tough issue.
You know I want to sing for people, I want to jazz people up I want to make new music that they've never heard.
When I first came out, like a lot of the artists at that time, I had a very polished, very overproduced sound.
I could do James Taylor, Neil Young, and sound just like them.
With my trumpet voice, I love gritty, plunger, growly sounds. But vocally, I love Anita O'Day - a raspier but definitely softer sound. Part of the fun has been finding vehicles or writing for both of those sounds.
If you're a good singer, you're going to make anything sound good.
I'm comfortable singing jazz. The only thing I was concerned about is that everybody, even in jazz, has their own style. To me, the queen of doodling was Ella Fitzgerald, and scatting is something I never thought I could do.
If I had a stock of fabulous sounds I would just always use them. I wouldn't bother to find new ones.
Why would I want to sound like Joni Mitchell? I've got Joni Mitchell records, and they're great, and I couldn't possibly be that good.
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