@zumbasso Many thanks for your message! One of the tunes that we played together was Billie Holiday's "Please Don't Do it In Here". 36 years later Pam's treatment of the tune still haunts me in a good way. A little known fact, Pam's step dad, Henry Southall was a celebrated trombonist on Woody Herman's "Thundering Herd" for a number of years. Don't know how much influence he had in her musical upbringing...
I met Pam and gigged with her in a band called Whisper in 1974. SHe sounded like a beautiful cross between Joni Mitchell and Phoebe Snow. She had a wonderful voice and possessed great muscianship too.
@joesarver I also knew her in the 70s and would go everywhere around Massachusetts to hear her play. Sometimes I still sing old songs of hers. And yes you're right, she did have that cross between Joni and Phobe and yet so genuinely unique. I sent her some songs of mine that I'd recorded when I came back from South America in the 80's but never made live contact- I was in the Keys by then and never heard her beautiful voice again. What a wonderful talented performer.
We saw Pam at North Sea Jazz in The Hague in the early nineties. We are for ever in love with her voice! We miss her a lot.
haag57 8 months ago
The choir in heaven must be amazing with Pam's voice...
HunterMann 1 year ago
@zumbasso Many thanks for your message! One of the tunes that we played together was Billie Holiday's "Please Don't Do it In Here". 36 years later Pam's treatment of the tune still haunts me in a good way. A little known fact, Pam's step dad, Henry Southall was a celebrated trombonist on Woody Herman's "Thundering Herd" for a number of years. Don't know how much influence he had in her musical upbringing...
joesarver 1 year ago
I used to see her down at Whitey's in Arlington, Va. Her name just popped up when I was searchin' for
a Joni tune last week.
I had no idea...
MikeRooney 1 year ago
I met Pam and gigged with her in a band called Whisper in 1974. SHe sounded like a beautiful cross between Joni Mitchell and Phoebe Snow. She had a wonderful voice and possessed great muscianship too.
joesarver 1 year ago
@joesarver I also knew her in the 70s and would go everywhere around Massachusetts to hear her play. Sometimes I still sing old songs of hers. And yes you're right, she did have that cross between Joni and Phobe and yet so genuinely unique. I sent her some songs of mine that I'd recorded when I came back from South America in the 80's but never made live contact- I was in the Keys by then and never heard her beautiful voice again. What a wonderful talented performer.
zumbasso 1 year ago
miss her...
canaryjazz 1 year ago
Pam has been one of my favorites ever since I first met her at Utopia.
janrgarber 1 year ago