Quincy are Patti are still the best of friends. she contributed a
song to his From Quincy With Love album..
what is happening with The Highest Standards album ?
any news..
why is Patti always in Germany these days ??
England is a stones throw away Miss P
--- In PattiAustin@yahoogroups.com, "Patti Fan"
<patti_austin_lover@...> wrote:
>
> Uli, I understand but I will respond if you write. I think it has
to
> do with the fact that we seldom hear of Patti in the news and of
> concerts locally. At least the pattiaustin.com site is up and
> running. And I do appreciate the energy you bring.
>
> I wanted to ask you something that a dear friend asked me. Did
Patti
> and Quincy Jones have a parting of the ways after she left Qwest?
>
> Patti Fan
> --- In PattiAustin@yahoogroups.com, "Ulrike" <uli_jazzby5@...:
>
> hello again,
>
> didn't have a lot of time to responde properly of late.
>
> it's really a bit sad that there's so little activity on this
list.
> hopefully this will be better again!!!
>
> to answer your question:
>
> with street of dreams I always have the feeling that it's not very
> homogenous. like the selection of songs. they don't seem to fit
> together very well.
> I like a lot of the songs on it, especially "till there was
> you", "for once in my life" and "igy".
> but when I listen to the song "street of dreams" the break into
> swing seems to be wrong, like out of nowhere. strange.
> and her version of "calling you" I don't fancy too much either. to
> me, the ultimate version is still the one by jevetta steel.
> whenever I listen to street of dreams I mostly skip to the three
> songs that I really like - which doesn't happen so often with
other
> patti cds.
>
> about the concerts she did in the states: I think they were with a
> different band, and I'm not so sure she did gershwin songs as
well,
> but I haven't seen anything yet. will try and check this out.
>
> uli
>