Jerry Hadley - What I did for love - A Chorus Line - Marvin Hamlisch

This is a very sad song to listen to considering what happened to Jerry Hadley (June 16, 1952 July 18, 2007). He was a student of my teacher from 1978, after getting his masters degree in music from the University of Illinois in 1977. He then started teaching at the University of Connecticut. A 1993 article by Noël Goodwin in Opera magazine stated, "After 15 years Hadley still goes back to this Sicilian American who, he says, gave him confidence and secure knowledge of what he is doing with his voice at any given time, through teaching methods that are direct and physiological." Hadley also stated, "(I was) lucky above all else to have found a teacher in New York without whom I really doubt I could have really built the career I have." Here he displays wonderful balanced vocal registration and release of constriction which are the cornerstones of the technique that he learned and that I teach.

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[mclaire12]

This voice is unusual .I have heard everyone for decades. all the greats. this is Chicago.

But thereis something special here.Mclaire12

[MrCafiero]

@mclaire12 YEP! Agreed. Talent and the technique he was taught that allowed that talent to shine.

[mclaire12]

i cant believe that someone couldnt have been with him every minute to bring him through.

where was his wife? why did this wonderful man go thru a "painful' divorce? I was divorced in my 20's and it could have been much more "Painful" but it wasnt. You dont do that no matter what happens.My heart feels boken when i hear that voice.Mclaire12

[MrCafiero]

@mclaire12 I don't know the answers to those questions. Perhaps he isolated himself. I am sure he was very depressed. It is tragic to listen to I know. Also the other song that I uploaded called "Anthem" from Chess.

[cpguerra]

Jerry Hadley was my favorite American Tenor. I will never forget him.

[mclaire12]

i cant seem to get this tragedy out of my mind.There ought to be a group to help musicians in need of anything.

mclaire12

[MrCafiero]

@mclaire12 It is the development of his falsetto register which allows him to sing great pianissimi.

[mclaire12]

@MrCafiero You are the coach is it the long line the long breath?is that what gives that marvelous pianissimo?

mclaire12

[mclaire12]

mrcafiero thank you for responding to me .Jerry Hadley was a wonderful singer with a great control and always on the breath. Maybe by next week i will be over it. right now it is very tragic. all best mclaire12.

[mclaire12]

I didnt want to teach but it is the way the music goes forward.There isaviolinteacher intown abd he makes it worth whie

[MrCafiero]

@mclaire12 I know....me too!