Thomas Quasthoff (2,529 views)

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Thomas Quasthoff (9 November 1959 –)
Vocal Range: G1 - C♯5

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G1: "The Whistleman" (random/poor quality)

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The Jazz Album (2007): A1 - G4
Tell It Like It Is (2010): C2 - C♯5
Nice ‘N’ Easy (2018): G1 - D4

Quasthoff also has numerous other albums. These seem to be mainly opera. I do not have any intention of notewatching those, but I doubt it would have anything overly extreme anyway.

Significant High Notes:

C♯5: "I Can’t Stand the Rain"
C5: Bobby McFerrin Style live Wigmore Hall 2007
B4: "Ain’t No Sunshine", "Have a Talk With God", "Summertime" live Wigmore Hall 2007
B♭4: "It Don't Mean A Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)" live Wigmore Hall 2007, "Kissing My Love", "Lost Mind"
A4: "Rainy Night in Georgia"
G♯4: "Have a Talk With God", "Lost Mind"
G4: "Ain’t No Sunshine", "It Don't Mean A Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)" live Wigmore Hall 2007, "Please Send Me Someone to Love", "Summertime" live Wigmore Hall 2007, "You and I"
F♯4: "Have a Little Faith in Me", "Have a Talk With God", "Rainy Night in Georgia"
F4: "Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate The Positive", Bobby McFerrin Style live Wigmore Hall 2007, "For Once in My Life", "I Can’t Stand the Rain", "Kissing My Love", "Stella by Starlight" live Wigmore Hall 2007, "There's a Boat That's Leavin' Soon for New York", "You and I"
E4: "Ain’t No Sunshine", "Have a Little Faith In Me", "Please Send Me Someone to Love", "Smile", "Summertime" live Wigmore Hall 2007
E♭4: "Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate The Positive", "For Once in My Life", "Have a Talk With God", "I Can’t Stand the Rain", "Stella by Starlight" live Wigmore Hall 2007, "You Are So Beautiful" live
D4: "Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate The Positive", Bobby McFerrin Style live Wigmore Hall 2007, "It Don't Mean A Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)" live Wigmore Hall 2007, "My Funny Valentine" live Red Ribbon 2015, "Nice 'N' Easy", "Please Send Me Someone to Love", "Rainy Night in Georgia", "Secret Love", "Smile", "Stella by Starlight" live Wigmore Hall 2007, "They All Laughed"
C♯4: "Can't We Be Friends?", "For Once in My Life", "Have a Little Faith in Me", "I Can’t Stand the Rain", "Imagine", "Kissing My Love", "Lost Mind", "Nice 'N' Easy", "The Seventh Son", "Short People", "There's a Boat That's Leavin' Soon for New York", "You and I"

Significant Low Notes:

G♯2: "Body and Soul", "Can't We Be Friends?", "For Once in My Life", "Have a Talk With God", "I Remember You", "Imagine", "Lost Mind", "Some Enchanted Evening", "There's a Boat That's Leavin' Soon for New York", "Too Close for Comfort", "Watch What Happens", "Willow Weep for Me", "You Are So Beautiful" live
G2: "But Not for Me", "Cry Me a River", "Georgia on My Mind", "It Don't Mean A Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)" live Wigmore Hall 2007, "Moonglow", "My Funny Valentine", "Please Send Me Someone to Love", "Rainy Night in Georgia", "Rider in the Rain", "Secret Love", "They All Laughed", "Too Close for Comfort", "What Are You Doing the Rest of Your Life?"
F♯2: "Rainy Night in Georgia", "Watch What Happens", "The Whistleman", "You and I"
F2: Bobby McFerrin Style live Wigmore Hall 2007, "Body and Soul", "But Not for Me", "Georgia on My Mind", "I Remember You", "I've Got the World on a String", "In My Solitude", "Secret Love", "Stella by Starlight" live Wigmore Hall 2007, "Tell It Like It Is", "There's a Boat That's Leavin' Soon for New York", "What Are You Doing the Rest of Your Life?"
E2: "Body and Soul", "I've Grown Accustomed to Her Face", "Moon River" live, "Summertime" live Wigmore Hall 2007, "There's a Boat That's Leavin' Soon for New York", "Watch What Happens", "What Are You Doing the Rest of Your Life?"
E♭2: "But Not for Me", "Cry Me a River", "For Once in My Life", "I Can’t Stand the Rain", "I Remember You", "I've Got the World on a String", "Some Enchanted Evening", "You Are So Beautiful" live
D2: "Georgia on My Mind", "Rainy Night in Georgia", "Stardust", "Stella by Starlight" live Wigmore Hall 2007, "The Whistleman", "Willow Weep for Me"
C♯2: "Kissing My Love", "Some Enchanted Evening", "Stardust", "Willow Weep for Me"
C2: Bobby McFerrin Style live Wigmore Hall 2007, "Cry Me a River", "Have a Talk With God", "I Remember You", "I've Got the World on a String", "Moonglow", "Rider in the Rain", "Stardust"
B1: "Summertime" live Wigmore Hall 2007
B♭1: "But Not for Me", "Cry Me a River", "My Funny Valentine" live Red Ribbon 2015, "Stella by Starlight" live Wigmore Hall 2007
A1: "Moon River" live, "Moonglow", "Watch What Happens"
G♯1: "Stardust" live 2019, "You Are So Beautiful" live
G1: "Moonglow"

• Bold denotes outstanding passages.
• Italics denote non-melodic notes.

[Platypus]

B4, E4s, E2s in "Thinkin About Your Body"
A4, E♭2, C5 in unknown second piece
B♭1, E♭2 G♯4 in "I Can't Give You Anything but Love"

[misanthropicsquid]

Damn This Guys A Midget But Got A Bassier Voice Than Me Lol

[Bes]

Earth-shattering, mind-blowing development here in TRP: Being taller does not equate to having a deeper voice

[slugger]

Can you just delete that account's posts?

[Bes]

Could make this all seem like a distant dream

[Steingrim]

Nov 9, 2022 21:16:45 GMT Bes said:

Earth-shattering, mind-blowing development here in TRP: Being taller does not equate to having a deeper voice

Well Dimash is about 6'4" or 193 cm and sings as high as most females.

[Breakfast in D-sharp]

Thomas Quasthoff covering Short People (originally by Randy Newman) makes it funnier. This live version (starts 30:30) features some scat singing, with a B♭4 at 33:12. 


Also, this version of Georgia On My Mind is in a higher key than the studio version so reaches the threshold for significant high notes at C♯4, and also has a nice C♯2 at the end.

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Nov 10, 2022 3:53:19 GMT slugger said:

Can you just delete that account's posts?

Hopefully. This misanthropicsquid guy makes me look like an upstanding citizen, lol.

[Breakfast in D-sharp]

That could leave Seb's reply looking a bit weird out of context!  I guess if misanthropicsquid's post were removed the whole derailment would have to go (to which I would have no objections tbh). 

[Steingrim]

Dec 19, 2022 3:39:31 GMT Breakfast in D-sharp said:

That could leave Seb's reply looking a bit weird out of context!  I guess if misanthropicsquid's post were removed the whole derailment would have to go (to which I would have no objections tbh).

What does that name mean anyway ? Human-hating slithering, suffocating thing ? On some forum there was a poster named "Scavenger". He wasn't exactly the social type, either. To say the least.

[Breakfast in D-sharp]

Concert 12 Jan will be livestreamed, but not available later. www.porgy.at/en/events/11218/ (payment optional)

Btw some scat B4s in this version of Tell It Like It Is. I'm not sure if the "yeah" (C♯5?) at 3:41 would be considered TRP-countable, but I think the C♯4 at the end, about 5:02,could be potentially boldworthy (although there are plenty of higher notes earlier).

[rootyrootz]

Dec 19, 2022 3:39:31 GMT Breakfast in D-sharp said:

That could leave Seb's reply looking a bit weird out of context!  I guess if misanthropicsquid's post were removed the whole derailment would have to go (to which I would have no objections tbh). 

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