Back in the early 90s I was perusing the vinyl collection at our local library and found an apparently unplayed album called American Eyes by a group called Rare Silk, a jazz vocal quartet backed by bass, percussion, and keyboards and other soloists. I played it repeatedly and became hooked on the sound - to me unique and eclectic.
Rare Silk was founded as a female vocal jazz trio in Boulder CO in 1978 by local jazz vocalists Marguerite Juenemann, Gaile Gillaspie, and Marylynn Gillaspie. Benny Goodman in a 1980 interview claims to have 'discovered' them. Whatever the story, they opened for the 71 year old Goodman and his septet in a Boulder concert and toured for a while, appearing with Goodman at Carnegie Hall, Boston Symphony Hall (aired on PBS), Aurex Jazz Festival in Tokyo, Chicago Jazz Festival, Playboy Jazz Festival at Hollywood Bowl, a USO tour of the Far East, and possibly others. By 1982 they had added a fourth member Todd Buffa, who was to influence their artistic direction. This mixed quartet and backing three piece band performed at the Breckenridge Jazz Picnic in 1982 and the next year entered the studio to record their first album in 1983, New Weave. It was nominated for a Grammy in 1984 as both best new jazz vocal group and best jazz vocal arrangement. The recording augmented the seven person core group with outstanding session musicians Bruce Forman, Gary Bartz, Ronnie Cuber, Larry Feldman, Dave Charles, Michael Brecker, and Randy Brecker.
See the Reviews:Music pages on my Areas of Interest site for further details of this group and their music.
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Two other weapons to add to your arsenal:
Soundflower: This somewhat confusing-to-use but killer utility allows you to route sound from one application to another. So another way to solve the YouTube problem is to wire the audio from your web browser through Soundflower to a recording app such as Logic--cutting out the MP4 middleman in the process (that's assuming there's any transcoding to MP4 involved, I'm not sure what YouTube uses actually).
Audacity: A freeware audio waveform editor that also has a number of plugins for sonic cleanup and transformation. Perhaps a bit heavy-handed for primarily slice-n-dice work though.
Happy new year! I will call you soon.
Found your blog and truly enjoyed your discovery of our music!
Thanks for listening.
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