on voice

[Eric Nielsen]

And in jazz the voice does often emulate an instrument, e.g., scat singing.

Eric

On Sun, May 27, 2012 at 10:06 AM, Eric Nielsen <ericbarnak at gmail.com> wrote:

> That is a very different setting from "The Voice". I have noticed
> "vox" used sometimes in written recording credits where one would normally
> see "vocals".
>
> Eric
>
> On Sun, May 27, 2012 at 6:41 AM, Victor Steinbok <aardvark66 at gmail.com>wrote:
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>> Seems highly doubtful. It seems more likely to be related to the view of
>> voice as a musical instrument.
>>
>> I should add the context that I just heard it in last night (although
>> I've heard it before without giving it much attention).
>>
>> WGBH had a broadcast of a recording of a jazz program that consisted of
>> compositions written on Garcia Lorka's New York poems. This is about as
>> far removed from The Voice as possible.
>>
>> I believe this is the program: http://goo.gl/lnGiW (recorded live, but
>> two months ago) In fact, if you click on the audio recording--not the
>> video--a few seconds in you will hear it.
>>
>> "Please welcome on the piano... On voice tonight ..."
>>
>>     VS-)
>>
>> On 5/27/2012 5:27 AM, Eric Nielsen wrote:
>> > This usage could be derived from "The Voice" --the name of a current
>> > vocal talent competition on TV--if it is very recent (within a year or
>> > so).
>> >
>> > Eric
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