Cactus Annie
Refugee
On another thread about solo projects I suggested the possibility of Bono recording an album of the old jazz classics. As I can see some people were less optimistic about Bono being able to sing jazz then others. One of the most important elements with this style is to have a great sense of melody and rythem and I think that Bono's has a very melodic voice. But I wanted to know what the rest of you think about them writing and recording new jazz material as a band.
There's so much more to jazz then just swing. If you take Amy Winehouse and Norah Jones who are two recent examples of jazz singers you can see what a broad spectrum Jazz is, just like pop, rock and classical music.
When I was in my local record shop on Saturday I was talking to the guy in their who's a huge fan of jazz. He was saying that when most people think of jazz, all they think of is Louis Armstrong when there is so much more to the genre. Louis, as well as Sarah Vaughn were meant to be very inventive in the way that they sang and they were known as hot jazz. Whilst the cooler jazz singers such as Ella Fitzgerald, Peggy Lee and Nat King Cole employed a style that was more concerned about beauty of tone accuracy of pitching. Singers such as Billie Holiday were loved because of their emotional appeal and how you can hear their pain in their singing. I think Amy Winehouse is similar to Billie in the way her pain comes through in her singing and she doesn't try to beautify her tones, whilst Norah Jones has a beautiful voice but has less of an emotional appeal.
What style, if any, do you would be best suited if U2 were try to record a jazz album?
There's so much more to jazz then just swing. If you take Amy Winehouse and Norah Jones who are two recent examples of jazz singers you can see what a broad spectrum Jazz is, just like pop, rock and classical music.
When I was in my local record shop on Saturday I was talking to the guy in their who's a huge fan of jazz. He was saying that when most people think of jazz, all they think of is Louis Armstrong when there is so much more to the genre. Louis, as well as Sarah Vaughn were meant to be very inventive in the way that they sang and they were known as hot jazz. Whilst the cooler jazz singers such as Ella Fitzgerald, Peggy Lee and Nat King Cole employed a style that was more concerned about beauty of tone accuracy of pitching. Singers such as Billie Holiday were loved because of their emotional appeal and how you can hear their pain in their singing. I think Amy Winehouse is similar to Billie in the way her pain comes through in her singing and she doesn't try to beautify her tones, whilst Norah Jones has a beautiful voice but has less of an emotional appeal.
What style, if any, do you would be best suited if U2 were try to record a jazz album?