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Miami Stars of Soul Pass Their Torch
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It took a 16-year-old English girl to bring together Miami's soul-music aristocracy for shows on Wednesday night at Joe's Pub. The girl is Joss Stone, a singer and protégée of Betty Wright, who had the 1971 hit "Clean Up Woman." Ms. Wright helped produce Ms. Stone's debut album, "The Soul Sessions" (S-Curve), and she and other 1970's Miami soul hitmakers -- Gwen McRae, Timmy Thomas and Latimore -- were the core of Ms. Stone's band on Wednesday night. They backed her up as if they were passing on their chart ambitions to a more marketable face.
Ms. Stone has a husky, breathy voice that sounds more mature than she is, and she applied it to old-fashioned soul songs about jealousy, cheating and "super-duper love." She didn't play Lolita; she just sang and gently swayed to the beat. Between songs, she reverted to giggling like a teenager.
At her age, Ms. Stone could easily have turned to the reduced melodies and showy melismas of current rhythm-and-blues, but she had the taste to apprentice herself to the Miami musicians instead. Their leisurely, undulating grooves are a step closer to recent R & B than storytelling 1960's soul was, but they retain some gospel backbone.
Check out the other articles we've written about Joss.
-Tim
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