A lot of stuff in the media about the Ami Winehouse film biography.
Personally, I thought she was more famous for her personal life than her musical abilities.
I'm not saying she was a bad singer, some of her earlier recordings when she was a stone heaver with fewer tattoos, I thought were quite good. But I never thought as a jazz singer, she was anything special.
Everyone has their own opinions, but here I'm comparing "like for like."
As a recording, I think the orchestration is bog awful, but she makes a reasonable attempt at a song, previously recorded by many.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HDiGWDXdMac
Now here, I think the interpretation is more sensitive, with a better range and voice control (and singing in a foreign language). Added to that, she plays alto sax and trumpet (on other recordings) to a professional jazz standard.
Here, recorded in 2013, she's still seventeen.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QWxriapsDes
Personally, I thought she was more famous for her personal life than her musical abilities.
I'm not saying she was a bad singer, some of her earlier recordings when she was a stone heaver with fewer tattoos, I thought were quite good. But I never thought as a jazz singer, she was anything special.
Everyone has their own opinions, but here I'm comparing "like for like."
As a recording, I think the orchestration is bog awful, but she makes a reasonable attempt at a song, previously recorded by many.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HDiGWDXdMac
Now here, I think the interpretation is more sensitive, with a better range and voice control (and singing in a foreign language). Added to that, she plays alto sax and trumpet (on other recordings) to a professional jazz standard.
Here, recorded in 2013, she's still seventeen.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QWxriapsDes
