I failed to include singers because I was in a hurry and I'm using someone's laptop. Hard for me to get around on this thing.

"Billie Holiday always makes me think of an alto sax when she sings, because her phrasing and emphasis is so dang musical. It's like she is playing sax riffs with her voice."

She would have been my first and best example. I listened to a lot of Louis Armstrong from the 30s and such and I always found that her phrasing reminded me of Armstrong. I think they both were equals as musicians as well.

My first post was a bit abrupt because I got a little picky about the software thing, plus we just went through another flood last thursday here in Upstate NY and we lost everything again. So I'm not in the best spirits. I saved my guitars, but everything else went under water again. I'm going to salvage the HDs and buy a new machine. Then I have to put all I can on a new external drive. So I'll be moving to Win7 sooner than I planned. Everything I managed to replace in the last 5 years is gone again. We're not going to rebiuld this time. Once was enough. We will have an apartment on higher ground and we're going to walk away from the house. We're done. I think my wife is as close as you can get to totally freaking out. Between sadness and anger, it's quite a roller coaster ride here.

So please bear with me while we start our lives over again. We're crushed.
Wayne,

"My Music Page"