Jazz Articles about Rebecca Parris

Rebecca Parris: My Foolish Heart

by C. Michael Bailey
June 1, 2001

Rebecca Parris gives a masters class in singing ballads very slow and very well. Miles Davis once heard Shirley Horn perform a ballad that had been in his band's book for many years. He said in that sandpaper voice of his, “Man, you sing that so slow." On My Foolish Heart, Boston-native Rebecca Parris, provides nine studies in the slow ballad, all sung with a voice that is quite unforgettable.Ms. Parris' voice is ...