recordings of pianists/singers?
i've got recordings of solo jazz piano, and i've got recordings of singers playing piano in a trio or small combo context, but i don't have any and can't think of any of just singers singing and playing piano by themselves.
(although i would also love more recommendations of singers playing piano in a trio or small combo context.)
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here's the amazon link to two of his albums (he has a big reputation in the jazz field)
https://www.amazon.co.uk/ballads-blues-bey-andy/dp/b0000014n5/ref=pd_bbs_sr_5?ie=utf8&s=music&qid=1204281795&sr=8-5
https://www.amazon.co.uk/chillin-andy-bey/dp/b0000dgr70/ref=pd_bbs_sr_6?ie=utf8&s=music&qid=1204281910&sr=8-6
the post got me wondering if nat king cole had done any solo piano and vocal - i didn't find any from a quick search.
i did find this youtube link of nat playing tea for two, which i'm afraid has nothing to do with the original post as it's non vocal, and with a trio (!) - but i just had to share it:
shirley horn on marian mcpartland's piano jazz
for more of a cabaret take on standards, try bobby short
while its not jazz per say, i think that ben folds' "ben folds live" really sets the bar for solo piano/vocal albums as far as pop/rock goes.
which songs are you trying to play? some examples would be helpful in determining more specific suggestions.
on so many of those it's so easy for me to fall into the pattern of "and one, and three, and one, and three" in the left hand, with comp chords on and of 1 and and of 3.
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