Transcript of excerpts from broadcast of "Jazz Odyssey", [Plays Rachael Price – “Out of Nowhere” – followed by introductory remarks] I started the show tonight with a young artist named Rachael Price who appeared on Saturday at the Newport Jazz Festival. I did not hear her but when I was there on Sunday I just reached to pick out a CD because, as some of my listeners know, I love female jazz vocalists. I had never heard of this gal before and she had appeared there with T.S. Monk – Thelonious Monk’s son the drummer – the day before. And when I got home I put it on, and it blew my mind. I could not believe it. As some of you know, I’m a pretty tough critic when it comes to female vocalists. I’ve got hundreds of them in my collection, and I just loved this lady. So I checked her out, and I found out that she is nineteen years old and she’s enrolled in the New England Conservatory and taking lessons up there with a very fine jazz artist, Dominique Eade, and she was kind of discovered in France by Nnena Freelon. And just to give you an idea of what people in the industry think of her – the great actress-singer Kathryn Grayson, who I’m sure many of you older listeners remember of MGM fame said of her (quote) “The best young voice I've heard, period. No one around can even touch her voice and style -- a style all her own." (period, close quote) and I don’t know if I’d go that far but she is wonderful, and I’m gonna play her a few more times during the show. I brought her on first here, out of chronological order, because one of the great thrills for me in pursuing jazz as aggressively as I do – I’m a real aficionado of jazz – is to make a new discovery. And this is MY new discovery. At least of the last few months - Rachael Price. …… [later in the show] I want to go back to this wonderful singer, Rachael Price, who’s nineteen years old, - and she appeared on the first day with the T.S. Monk Sextet and then as I said on the top of the show I picked up her CD without having heard her just ‘cause I like female vocalists so much. And when I got home I played it and I was just blown away. She is fabulous! And to make it even better for me, she is accompanied by a piano player named Bruce Dudley, who’s nobody’s heard of – I think he’s now in Texas – but I know about him and I love his playing. Just this marvelous swinging style, and so he was supporting Rachael on this CD. So I can’t say enough about it. And as I said, I’m keeping my eye on her. She’s at the new England Conservatory now and I’m sure she’s going to break out. This is an exceptional talent. I want to play you one thing from here album, and something else maybe a little bit later. This is a song written by her dad, Tom Price. The album, by the way, is called “Dedicated to You,” put out two years ago when she was seventeen, and the song is “Bad Habits” ,,,,,,, [Plays Rachael Price – “Bad Habits”] [Plays Rachael Price – “You Took Advantage of Me”] Wow, - Rachael Price, just amazing. Take it from the “Den-Man” – now listen clearly – this lady is going to rise very fast. I predict. I’m pretty good on my predictions so far - Madeleine Peyroux, Taylor Eigsti (who we’re going to hear later on the show), - Rachael Price, she’s one to watch….. [later in the show] . . . . . I want to start off again with this young singer, Rachael Price, who did sing on Saturday, so it fits right in. She was in the Pavilion tent with Thelonious Monk’s son T.S. Monk, who’s a fine drummer-player and runs the Thelonious Monk Institute which puts on all kinds of competitions. In fact Rachael Price, I believe, was in the Thelonious Monk Vocalist Competition in 2004 – the youngest ever to compete for that honor. And here she is from the album “Dedicated to You” in 2003, “Tea for Two.” This is a wonderful talent. . . . . . [plays Rachael Price – “Tea for Two”] [later - end of show] I want to go out with the way I came in – with this young singer, nineteen years old, named Rachael Price, - now studying in Boston, and I thought it would be appropriate to go out with “A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square.” [plays Rachael Price – “A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square]
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