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Friday, October 13, 2000 THE OAKVILLE BEAVER 33 H O L tY C O L E Unconventional singer returns By Carol Baldwin ENTERTAINMENT EDITOR W hen an audience s ta rts hissing, you know it's tim e to exit stage le f t R ight? Not necessarily. In fact Holly Cole was delighted when it happened at her Oakville con cert last week. W hen the popular Canadian vocalist perform ed her interpretation of a Jungle Book song, members of the Oakville audience began to imitate the snake in the song by hissing, and Cole egged them on. But then nothing that Cole does is conven tional. She enjoys the unusual, perhaps even the bizarre, musically speaking that is. Although she is often billed as an "interpre tive singer," Cole herself does not like being pigeonholed into any category be it interpretive, jazz or pop. "I wouldn't describe m yself as a jazz singer necessarily, but I wouldn't describe m yself as a pop singer," the Nova Scotia native said in a recent telephone interview. "I would describe m yself as a singer who has been influenced by numerous styles o f music some o f which are. jazz, rock, soul, R&B, country...T hat's the only way to honestly describe what I do." But then Cole believes that Canadian singers "almost across the board" tend to have a more eclectic musical background than vocalists from other countries who are often influenced by one particular genre. This particular diva, whose par ents were both classical musicians, received her musical training early. Then during her teenage years, she visited her brother, who was studying jazz in Boston, and was captivated by the "personal and intimate" styles o f singers such as Sarah Vaughan, Billie Holiday, Anita O 'Day and Betty Carter. `T h e music had all the harmonic complexity, richness and level of musicianship that classical music had, but it also had a few elements that classical music did not have, for instance impro visation, and most importantly, it sounded bad, like it was on the dark side...I dove into the music." Many of the songs she sang at her first Oakville concert were from her most recent album Romantically Helpless, and they reflect the improvisation that initially attracted the Toronto resident to the jazz genre. And although the* CD is new, the songs are not. She does her own unique versions of such old favourites as D on' t Fence Me In, Two to Tango and Tea fo r Two. Sometimes those versions represent Cole hav ing "fun vocally and rhythmically with the band," sometimes they are just renditions that have changed over time. Make It Go Away for example, seem to evolve with every live perfor mance until she ultimately re-recorded it for her new album. "As the band changed I started hearing back ground vocals; then I started hearing all these different guitar parts; then I started hearing it at a (See `Sell-ouf on page 35) Oakville Place i n t r o d u c e s R A R A L P H L P H L A U R E N A CO LO R FUL FLORAL FRAGRANCE Join "Dance Electric" at Sears O ak ville Place on Sat. O c tob er 1 4 from 12:30 low er to 2:30 at the mall e n tr a n c e and sam ple R A L P H V is it S e a r s O a k v ille P la c e M o n .- F r i. 9 :3 0 a m - 9 p m . S a t. 8 a m - 6 p m . S u n .1 0 a m - 7 p m . - Three Cantors The ShaareiBeth El Syna gogue will pre sent a fund-rais ing concert on Thursday, Oct. 26th at 7:30 p.m. in the Oakville Centre for the Performing Arts. Three Cantors in Concert, which includes the synagogue's own Teb Laow as well as Noam Goodman of Toronto and Eric Moses o f M on treal, will pre form an evening of Broadway, cantorial and operatic music. Their concert will also include the 52-piece National Acade my Orchestra, led by Boris Brott. Tickets are $45 and are available through the synagogue at 849-6000 or through the cen tre's box office at 815-2021. Anyone wish ing to volunteer for behind-thescenes, can con tact Janine Heaven-Wilks at 8151996 or Bobbie at the synagogue. CoppS CollSEUM, /Cs David Blackwood V is its a n d D is c o v e r ie s O c to b e r 1 4 - N o v e m b e r 8 , 2 0 0 0 ISlOVEMbER 1 TO N oV EM bER 5 f 2 0 0 0 , M a NNEE & E vE N iN q P e r Io RMANCES. Tickets: * A v A i U b l e at H a m Ht o n P I a c e & C o p p s C o lis E U M B o x You are invited to attend an Artist's Reception Saturday, October 14, from 2 pm to 5 pm. O ffiC ES, A l l TickETMASTER LoCATiONS OR CbARqE b y P Iio n e (905) 527 7666. 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