Each soft, sultry note, bares her soul to the mesmerized audience. For Pinkard, singing the songs of her favorite jazz singers was part of a life-long dream. The dream came true for Pinkard Thursday in a Stage West program. Now they're all grown and gone, and it's my time.
Jazz is the pulse of it.
When Tennessee Williams wrote it, he was living in New Orleans, so he was surrounded by this music. I like their style, the way they sing, and I just kind of wanted to do my style of singing after them. After each of her lectures, Pinkard said she chooses one song from each of her idols and performs it for the audience. Pinkard said she chose each of these songs because they relate to experiences she has had in her own life. For listener Sue Hendrick, the lecture was pleasing.