tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7344185081316001686.post5428060974111529681..comments2023-09-21T07:46:29.255-05:00Comments on JamaicaMusic OFFBEAT: Anita Baker: arguably the best act at Jazz & BluesJamaicanMusic Offbeathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03617069437544927370noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7344185081316001686.post-75821959035003348192008-02-09T02:17:00.000-05:002008-02-09T02:17:00.000-05:00Anya, sincere thanks for correcting Offbeat's age ...Anya, sincere thanks for correcting Offbeat's age reference of your good friend Jessica Yapp who was extremely entertaining at Jazz & Blues.JamaicanMusic Offbeathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03617069437544927370noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7344185081316001686.post-19628315846425080632008-02-02T23:55:00.000-05:002008-02-02T23:55:00.000-05:00A few points:Diana's performance was not great. Wi...A few points:<BR/>Diana's performance was not great. Without the churlish, ill-advised demands, it would have been merely good.<BR/>As I recall, Air Supply got the 'popular vote' with a Thursday night appearance in 2006(?)<BR/>Anita Baker was undoubtedly most well-received, but it was essentially a greatest-hits package, which, on reflection, is sadly what the Festival has become.<BR/>For sustained musicality and virtuosity, High Masakela and his All-Stars are hard to beat. Ryan Shaw served notice that he is a soul singer to look out for<BR/>Some of the best shows acutally came from the Olint Pavilionjazzofonikhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03296015461835644736noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7344185081316001686.post-51135491834543791602008-01-31T18:43:00.000-05:002008-01-31T18:43:00.000-05:00You have stated here that Jessica Yap is thirteen ...You have stated here that Jessica Yap is thirteen years old, "Thursday night another 13 year old, Jessica Yap justified her billing on the region’s biggest jazz festival." She is a good friend of mine, and I am attesting that she is in fact fourteen, and will be fifteen soon in March. Thanks for your time.anyalmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12803361635760095036noreply@blogger.com