Thread: Amazing voice from a small human

Birnando, Norway's got Talent has produced the most remarkable singer I have ever heard. I was watching The View this morning because I wanted to see how Whoopie Goldberg and Rosie McDonald got along, both being such strong personalities. A segment near the end of the program had Rosie introduce NGT winner, an 8 year old girl who claimed she had been singing Jazz since age 1-1/2. I forget the song, most likely a Jazz standard, because the instant she opened her mouth and started singing I forgot about the words and was trapped in the quality of voice, the phrasing, the Jazz riffs,and the demeanor in which this spite of a child channeled every great Jazz singer I could think of. Ella Fitzgerald comes to mind (I just went blank on a list of other great female Jazz singers), plus some touches of Edith Piaf and Lena Horne. She has a maturity of adultness in her voice and modulated the emotions to the point of goosebumps on my arms. I hope she puts out an album because I want, need and covet one. I am rarely moved by singers but what this child does is beyond belief. Norway is a land of secrets to harbor such a talent.

Just remembered two, Billie Holiday and Anita O'Day (saw her years ago in a seedy Chicago bar near the end of her career and she was still magnificent).

Originally Posted by Razorfeld

Just remembered two, Billie Holiday and Anita O'Day (saw her years ago in a seedy Chicago bar near the end of her career and she was still magnificent).

I much prefer the old, tired, smokey (and let's face it, junkie) Billie Holiday to the early "Pig foot and a Bottle of Beer" Billie Holiday.

"Lady In Satin" is heart crushing perfection...if you've never listed to that album, wait for a rainy day, have a few too many drinks, and give it a go...