Well, I don’t know what I did right today to merit this gem - with the amazingJon Batiste on keys, even! - but I am so thankful I found this vid. It’s going to be a great day today - lucky to be alive when these folks are and sharing their wondrous gifts with us. Thank you!
11-15-15 #1 in the Thelonius Monk vocal competition! That's Jon Batiste on piano. He has his Master's from Juliard. He is the band leader on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert.
I also like how well Jon comps for her, and encourages her with his very positive attitude. He's a real class act. And he plays a lot of bop on the Colbert show -- I regularly hear Monk, Bud, Diz, Golson, as well as quotes from the Great American Songbook.
Fantastic performance. Her singing and scatting are amazing. Love it. Out here in 2022, Jazzmeia jumped to #2 singer in the jazz world, only behind Cécile M.S. And Jon Batiste has 5 Grammys, 1-GG, 1-BAFTA, 3 DB Critics, and an OSCAR!. Top of the world for them both!
Ms. Horn is a major vocal talent, and she’s (bravely? - yes for me, it’s bravely!) stretching her melodic, harmonic and rhythmic chops on stage. She and Mr. Baptiste were playing off each other’s quote sequences, and she’s having fun “calling herself out” when he beats her to the punch a couple times at around 2:20! For me, that’s both fun and exciting to hear - an actual workshopped live performance, vs. a RU-vid full “live but absolutely safe” promo piece As for the references to Betty Carter; she took decades in clubs to become the unique Betty Carter we cherish - and btw, she’s awesome in her earlier and more commercial recordings. But hear her later tunes, and you’ll hear mastery and ease with the skills young Ms. Horn is toying with in her early 20’s! Listen, wait, listen some more - much more to come! p.s. HA! at Mr Baptiste turning time around and back at 9:13 - 9:18....
Incredible talent! You can really hear her growth and maturity years after this performance.. while having a tight grasp on the language and nuances of this music as well as the influence of the vocal masters that laid foundation before her, Jazzmeia delivers with her own delightfully fresh, bright, signature sound....
Wow. She reminds me of Billie, Louis Armstrong, Sarah, Rachelle, but mainly Carmen with Ella's scats and vocal improvs! She is amazing and still growing into her own sound!
I like this early live performance a lot better than more recent stuff that's on youtube, which seems overproduced. I'm buying tickets to hear her when she comes to town next month!
He's so talented and intelligent as a player. Does not overplay simply because he can. I like him a lot. Very thoughtful and wise comping. Players could learn a lot from listening to him.
I'm an audio pro, but also a jazz fan. Listen with your jazz ears -- this is a very nice performance, and it makes me want to go hear her when she comes to town next month! You're listening to the PA -- be happy that someone was hip enough to record it.
Give her a break she's there to support a singer it's not her show for crying out loud. She doesn't want to upstage the singer, she's a woman, they do that sort of thing, you know? Sacrifice themselves for the good of others? They do that shit all the time. Even musicians.
Yea that was a mean statement....remember every Jazz Great becomes greater with time age and continual performing. Everyone starts from some place and evolves. She is not only a humble nice person but she is talented. She is going to go far!!!!!
+ZhanaZee Yeah except she is getting accolades she does not deserve. Her pitch needs serious work. Sorry, she is not really ver good and I think people are blinded by what they see or are just plain fucking deaf!!!!!!!!!!!!
I think your comment came out wrong..she is obviously fluent in the vocabulary/outlining the harmony, but I noticed that her solo was not very melodic..I get it, we all want to show that we can sing the #11 of a bVII7 sub chord but it doesn't always end up coming out like a melody..but major props to her because she has amazing sense of harmony in these complicated chord progressions.
Lord Jer Earl of Harlem ik this is an old statement but you're wrong. She seems to be reaching in the recording. But check out her other recordings. Her pitch is very good. You gotta check more of her out to make a statement like that
