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Wavels said:
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Wow...okay this is weird...I also met Shirley Horn! No kidding! She played at Jazz Alley in Seattle and at the end of her set, she was mingling with some of the guests and I happened to be in the right place at the right time and thanked her for being so great and she clasped my hand with both of her hands and looked at me and smiled...I was floored. She was one of the very few jazz vocalists I ever really loved...probably one of my favorite artists of all time. She could play tempos slower than anyone!
 
tstick said:
Wow...okay this is weird...I also met Shirley Horn! No kidding! She played at Jazz Alley in Seattle and at the end of her set, she was mingling with some of the guests and I happened to be in the right place at the right time and thanked her for being so great and she clasped my hand with both of her hands and looked at me and smiled...I was floored. She was one of the very few jazz vocalists I ever really loved...probably one of my favorite artists of all time. She could play tempos slower than anyone!
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Holy ravioli!
That is beyond weird!

Never having even seen Ms. Horn, let alone not ever having met her, it is very nice to know that she was a gracious, kind hearted artist.
And it is true that she was a master of heart wrenching beautiful slow tempos!
A luminous talent indeed.
Thanks for relating your encounter.
 
Watched bit of a Simone documentary recently and had no idea about how militant she felt towards whites and the mental anguish she had throughout her life, particularly towards the end.
 
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