CABARET: STARS AND LEGENDS
Wesla Whitfield, The American National Treasure By Maximillien de Lafayette, Syndicated Columnist Article reproduced with a permission from the London's Monthly Herald
"Ms. Whitfield has evolved from a conventional jazz-influenced pop singer into a stylist whose distinctive vocal quirks serve expressive ends. At Wednesday night's show, she sustained an ideal balance between playful intimacy and raw feeling." -- The New York Times
Legends
are born, not made. Stars are made, not created. And the world of music
glitters and shines brighter when a legend in the making reaches the
throne of stardom. This is why we call those who shine in showbiz and
world of entertainment STARS. It takes more than hard work, talent,
perseverance and luck to make it big time in the the world of
entertainment and showbiz. Success requires originality, unsurpassed
creativity, guts, new visions, innovative delivery, persona, stage
presence, truthful inner feelings, warm rapport with the audience, taste
and above all "uniqueness". And Wesla, the legend and the star monopolized
all those virtues, qualities and blessings. Creative, truthful,
captivating, engaging, warm and splendidly blessed with a voice out of
this world, Wesla secured her place of immortality in the universe of
music, the world of humans and beyond...
The San Francisco Chronicle's Joe Brown
wrote:" Every great city deserves a signature chanteuse, and San Francisco
is fortunate to have Whitfield as its resident voice...A cabaret evening
spent with Whitfield reclaims the tarnished phrase "adult
entertainment..." And he adds this: "This is smart, sophisticated fun for
grown-ups who appreciate the finer things, who get it..." Jeff Rubio from
the Orange County Register wrote: "This Singer's Singer Captures
the Gold...Fans of the Great American Songbook, that collection of musical
standards drawn mainly from the Golden Age of Broadway, should give real
thought to heading to Founders Hall at the Orange County Performing Arts
Center through Saturday. The reason is Wesla Whitfield, surely one of the
best interpreters of that genre on the planet."
Photo:
Wesla with Opera Star Beverly Sills.Richard Dyer from the Boston Globe wrote: "Today there is no one better at what she does, which is to sing songs with a piano and bass in a small, dark room to people who love to listen to them." The Los Angeles Times' Don Heckman wrote:" It's a rare moment when all the elements of a performance--the words, the music and the interpretation--come together in perfect balance. But that's exactly what happened Tuesday night when singer Wesla Whitfield opened a 10-night run at the Cinegrill in the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel.
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