tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post2198183302121119733..comments2024-03-29T08:45:57.792-04:00Comments on Patricia Abbott (pattinase): Tuesday Night Music: Billie Holidaypattinase (abbott)http://www.blogger.com/profile/02916037185235335846noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-71768658492795562122012-02-15T16:04:44.615-05:002012-02-15T16:04:44.615-05:00Fabulous. I was worried she would never come in. Y...Fabulous. I was worried she would never come in. You forget those bands wanted you to listen to them too.pattinase (abbott)https://www.blogger.com/profile/02916037185235335846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-38983621204781327372012-02-15T15:21:29.468-05:002012-02-15T15:21:29.468-05:00She could do just about any silly old material - e...She could do just about any silly old material - e.g. WHAT A LITTLE MOONLIGHT CAN DO - and make it sound as if it was important. And it was not just about her absolute mastery of timing and phrasing - there's something about that timbre of hers that just grabs you.<br /><br />I have recently fallen in love with ANY OLD TIME, recorded with Artie Shaw. She comes in at 1:22, and not that I want to speak ill of the recently dead but that first line of Billie's has more content than the entire Whitney Houston discography.<br /><br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-GxPpTf97VIAnders Ehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06164550847416446757noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-44735915983780741002012-02-15T11:01:38.322-05:002012-02-15T11:01:38.322-05:00I think if you feel the music as much as she seeme...I think if you feel the music as much as she seemed to, it might be possible.pattinase (abbott)https://www.blogger.com/profile/02916037185235335846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-15095509331654946092012-02-15T10:38:37.842-05:002012-02-15T10:38:37.842-05:00Big fan here, too. I often think of how she suppos...Big fan here, too. I often think of how she supposedly said she never sang a song the same way twice.Ron Scheerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15357501069513854664noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-50762404982077598242012-02-15T07:53:10.917-05:002012-02-15T07:53:10.917-05:00Patti - What a lovely treat! That woman and an unf...Patti - What a lovely treat! That woman and an unforgettable voice!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-71195158210616214402012-02-14T22:31:04.719-05:002012-02-14T22:31:04.719-05:00I loved the way they used her music in ROCKET GILB...I loved the way they used her music in ROCKET GILBRALTAR, when the dying Burt Lancaster listened to her music in his room.<br /><br />Jeff M.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-11010163551860814762012-02-14T21:29:05.796-05:002012-02-14T21:29:05.796-05:00Nobody ever had a more distinctive voice.Nobody ever had a more distinctive voice.pattinase (abbott)https://www.blogger.com/profile/02916037185235335846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-66503676961359396352012-02-14T20:57:12.835-05:002012-02-14T20:57:12.835-05:00There are nights I sit in my home office after wri...There are nights I sit in my home office after writing and just let all my Billie Holiday iTunes play. Pure pleasure.Ed Gormanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06126267358266480356noreply@blogger.com