Dionne Warwick
Tuesday, November 17, 2009
In a career spanning nearly five decades, Dionne Warwick has earned five Grammy Awards and 56 Billboard Hot 100 hits, including "Say a Little Prayer" and "Do You Know the Way to San José." In the 1960s and early '70s she was a muse for the songwriting team of Burt Bacharach and Hal David, who wrote specifically for her cool, sophisticated alto voice. Now 68, Warwick shows few signs of slowing down, and joins us in advance of a concert with composer Michel Legrand.
Dionne Warwick performs with Michel Legrand and singer Mario Pelchat at Avery Fisher Hall on Saturday, Nov. 21, at 8:00 p.m. More information here.
Dionne Warwick performs with Michel Legrand and singer Mario Pelchat at Avery Fisher Hall on Saturday, Nov. 21, at 8:00 p.m. More information here.
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In an age where her 23-year younger cousin is starting to be called "oldies", Miss Warwick continues to perform a solid show, as evidenced in my attendance at the Artscape festival in Baltimore lasy July. Expect a bunch of classics along with a Brazilian song. And, '60s soul fans, don't miss Aretha Franklin at the Rockefeller Christmas Tree lighting next Wednesday!
Ms. Warwick, I think you're the foremost interpreter of Bacharach-David songs and have always been particularly amazed by how impeccably you negotiated the complex time changes in "Promises, Promises." How did you work out your vocal part to that song? Would you happen to know if the music was written to the lyrics? That might explain all the changes in meter.
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