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Steven Martin wrote:
>Does crossover do more harm then good?
Only if the overcrosser stinks at the overcrossed. Some great success
stories:
Eileen Farrell
Jean-Yves Thibaudet (Those jazz albums rock!)
Andre Previn
Wynton Marsalis
Friedrich Gulda
Jacques Lousier
Menuhin with Grapelli
Some dismal failures:
Kiri te Kanawa's numerous failed imitations of oh, say, Jo Stafford and Julie
London
Sylvia McNair
Jessye Norman
Placido Domingo meets John Denver
The Three Tenors' god-awful attempts to sing broadway.
Andrea Bocelli
the list goes on.
My point is that if a musician has the chops to deliver *convincing*
renditions, that are stylistically correct, then by all means go for it.
If not, play in your own neighborhood.
I do have to admit one secret sin though. I have always loved Streisand's
classical record. I think that the reason that I like it so is that she
sings the songs like Streisand and not like she was trying to be Sills.
I have always admired that.
Kevin Sutton
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