{"id":356,"date":"2010-11-25T10:29:49","date_gmt":"2010-11-25T15:29:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/jazzbeyondjazz\/wp\/2010\/11\/more_on_mcferrin_and_the_voice\/"},"modified":"2011-04-28T16:32:46","modified_gmt":"2011-04-28T20:32:46","slug":"more_on_mcferrin_and_the_voice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/jazzbeyondjazz\/2010\/11\/more_on_mcferrin_and_the_voice.html","title":{"rendered":"More on McFerrin, and the voices of New York"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>I already <a href=\"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/jazzbeyondjazz\/2010\/11\/bobby_mcferrin_dont_worry_just.html\">posted<\/a> about Bobby McFerrin&#8217;s Jazz at Lincoln Center performance of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Vocabularies\/dp\/B003DUI9AM\/?tag=howardmacom-20\">VOCAbuLarieS<\/a>, his uplifting choral suite co-composed by Roger Treece &#8212; but my new&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/cityarts.info\/2010\/11\/23\/the-singer-is-the-song\/#more-2629\">column<\/a> in City Arts-New York goes further, noting other singers giving voice to Thanksgiving and other warm sentiments. And slightly belated happy birthday to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sheilajordanjazz.com\/\">Sheila Jordan<\/a>, who recently celebrated her 82nd year performing at the Jazz Standard. She&#8217;s a peach, and having her with us is something to be thankful for . . .&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p><object width=\"480\" height=\"385\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/iUt43RtuIn4?fs=1&amp;hl=en_US\" \/><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\" \/><\/object><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.howardmandel.com\/\" target=\"blank\">h<\/a><\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/www.howardmandel.com\/\" target=\"blank\">howardmandel.com<\/a> <br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.feedburner.com\/fb\/a\/emailverifySubmit?feedId=1102712&amp;loc=en_US\" target=\"_blank\">Subscribe by Email <\/a>  |<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/JazzBeyondJazz\" target=\"_blank\">Subscribe by  RSS<\/a> |<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/jazzbeyondjazz\" target=\"_blank\">Follow on Twitter <\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/jazzbeyondjazz\/archives.html\" target=\"_blank\"> All JBJ posts <\/a> |<br \/>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"http:\/\/w.sharethis.com\/widget\/?tabs=web%2Cpost%2Cemail&amp;charset=utf-8&amp;style=default&amp;publisher=6ed88875-2235-4b29-aaa3-60183b0bcbcc\"><\/script> \n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I already posted about Bobby McFerrin&#8217;s Jazz at Lincoln Center performance of VOCAbuLarieS, his uplifting choral suite co-composed by Roger Treece &#8212; but my new&nbsp;column in City Arts-New York goes further, noting other singers giving voice to Thanksgiving and other warm sentiments. And slightly belated happy birthday to Sheila Jordan, who recently celebrated her 82nd [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[1057,410,116,1058,1067,1060],"class_list":{"0":"post-356","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-main","7":"tag-bobby-mcferrin","8":"tag-city-arts-new-york","9":"tag-jazz-at-lincoln-center","10":"tag-roger-treece","11":"tag-sheila-jordan","12":"tag-vocabularies","13":"entry"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1i3CL-5K","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":353,"url":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/jazzbeyondjazz\/2010\/11\/bobby_mcferrin_dont_worry_just.html","url_meta":{"origin":356,"position":0},"title":"Bobby McFerrin: Don&#8217;t worry, just sing","author":"Howard Mandel","date":"November 13, 2010","format":false,"excerpt":"Vocalist extraordinaire Bobby McFerrin, composer-conductor Roger Treece and 40 voices including the Danish \"rhythm choir\" Vocal Line performed pieces from the album\u00a0VOCAbuLarieS\u00a0at Jazz at Lincoln Center Friday and Saturday night, establishing a high standard for contemporary vernacular choral music and breaking down the 4th wall between artists and audiences. 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