Post by Platypus on Oct 26, 2019 10:30:36 GMT
Robert Keith McFerrin Jr. (11.04.1950)
Years Active: (1970 – )
Vocal range: F1 - C♯6
Significant High Notes:
C♯6 (Unidentified live performance)
C6 ("Bach Improvisation", Improv with Richard Bona)
B5 (Improv at Cully Jazz 2012)
B♭5 ("The Garden" Vocabularies, "Invocation", Singing with the audience at Warsaw Jazz Festival 2002, "Walkin'", Audience participation performance in concert with Israel Philharmonic Orchestra 1995)
A5 ("Autumn Leaves", "Chicken", "Dance With Me", "Drive My Car", "Friends", "The Foggy Land" live in Warsaw 2002, "Furry Sings The Blues / Hejira" live 1987, "Hoedown!", Improv at North Sea Jazz Festival 2002, "Sightless Bird", "Whole World")
G♯5 ("Blue Bossa", Choir Instruction Buenos Aires 2011, "Freedom Is A Voice", "Good Lovin'", "He Ran All The Way", "Rememberance", Singing from Pixar's "Knick Knack", "You've Really Got A Hold On Me")
G5 ("Fix Me Jesus", "He Ran To The Train", "Hoedown!", Improv at Burghausen 2002, Improv at Veltins Arena, "Jubilee", "Moondance", "Pink Panther", "Spain", "Stars", "Wailers", "Walkin'")
F♯5 ("Andante Cantabile For Cello And String Orchestra, Op. Posth.", "Baby" Vocabularies, "Blues Connotation", "Circlesong 1", "Circlesong 7", "Don't Worry Be Happy", "Good Lovin'", "I Feel Good", "'Round Midnight", "Spain", "Sunshine Of Your Love")
F5 ("All I Want", "Autumn Leaves", "Bang! Zoom", "Blues Connotation", "Cara Mia", "Chicken", "Coyote", "Dance With Me", "Discipline", "Donna Lee/Big Top/ We're In The Money Medley", "Drive", "Feline", "Freedom Is A Voice", "The Garden", "Grace", "I Hear Music", "Manana Iguana", "Medicine Man", "Simple Pleasures", "Song For Amadeus", "Stars", "Susie Q", "The Train", "Woe", "Yes, You")
E5 ("Another Night In Tunisia", "Everytime", "First Movement From Concerto For Violin, Strings And Continuo In A Minor, BWV 1041", "Fix Me Jesus", "Flight of the Bumblebee", "Glory", "Joshua", "Marlowe", "Pink Panther", "Rememberance", "Sightless Bird", "Spain", "Turtle Shoes", "Wailers", "Whole World", "Ziggurat")
E♭5 ("Beverly Hills Blues", "Common Threads", "Don't Worry Be Happy", "El Brujo", "From Me To You", "Good Lovin'", "Hallucinations", "He Ran To The Train", "Manana Iguana", "Opportunity", "Peace", "A Piece, A Chord", "Say Ladeo", "Selim", "A Silken Road", Singing from Pixar's "Knick Knack", "Sweet In The Morning", "There Ya Go", "Them Changes", "Thinkin' About Your Body", "Windows")
D5 ("A-Train", "Andante Cantabile For Cello And String Orchestra, Op. Posth.", "Baby", "Baby" Vocabularies, "Blackbird", "Circlesong 5", "Circlesong 6", "Drive My Car", "Elephant's Child", "Fertile Field", "First Movement From Concerto For Violin, Strings And Continuo In A Minor, BWV 1041", "Fix Me Jesus", "Friends", "Good-Bye", "He Ran All The Way", "Hoedown!", "I Shall Be Released", "I'm Alone", "Jesus Makes It Good", "Kalimba Suite", "Kid's Toys", "Medicine Man", "Mere Words", "Menuet From String Quintet No. 1 In E Major, Op. 13, No. 5, G. 275", "Music Box", "Musette", "The Siamese Cat Song", "Susie Q", "The Train", "Ziggurat")
C♯5 ("All Feets Can Dance", "Come To Me", "Donna Lee/Big Top/ We're In The Money Medley", "Hush Little Baby", "Pat And Joe", "Selim", "Swing Low", "T.J.", "Yes, You")
C5 ("25:15", "Another Night In Tunisia", "Bang! Zoom", "Blue Bossa", "Cara Mia", "Chanson", "Circlings", "Common Threads", "Concerto In G Minor For 2 Cellos, Strings And Continuo, RV 531: II. Largo", "Dervishes", "Drive", "Drive My Car", "Feline", "Friends", "Gracious", "He Ran To The Train", "Invocation", "The Jump", "Kalimba Suite", "Marlowe", "Medicine Man", "Messages", "My Better Half", "The Siamese Cat Song", "A Silken Road", "Simple Pleasures", "Song For Amadeus", "Sweet In The Morning", "Taylor Made", "Them Changes", "Thinkin' About Your Body", "Woe", "You've Really Got A Hold On Me", "Ziggurat")
B4 ("Air", "Brief Eternity", "Circlesong 1", "Circlesong 8", "Don't Worry Be Happy", "I'm Alone", "I'm My Own Walkman", "Mass", "Pavane, Op. 50")
B♭4 ("All I Want", "Andante", "Ave Maria", "Blackbird", "Circlesong 2", "Circlesong 3", "Circlesong 6", "Discipline", "El Brujo", "Even For Me", "The Garden", "Good Lovin'", "Heaven's Design", "I Feel Good", "Say Ladeo", "Soma So De La Sase", "Stars", "The Train"
A4 ("The 23rd Psalm", "Allegro Prestissi", "Brief Eternity", "Concerto For Piano And Orchestra No. 20 In D Minor, K. 466 I. Allegro", "Concerto For Piano And Orchestra No. 23 In A Major, K. 488 I. Allegro", "Concerto In G Minor For 2 Cellos, Strings And Continuo, RV 531: II. Largo", "I Shall Be Released", "Mere Words", "Rememberance", "Sisters", "Sunshine Of Your Love", "Vocalise", "Whole World")
G♯4 ("Autumn Leaves")
G4 ("Angry (GIMA)", "Concerto In G Minor For 2 Cellos, Strings And Continuo, RV 531: I & III. Allegro", "He Ran To The Train", "Sisters", "Sunshine Of Your Love")
F♯4 ("Blues Connotation", "Spain", "Turtle Shoes")
F4 ("Autumn Leaves", "I Feel Good", "Jubilee", "Moondance", "Musette", "My Better Half", "Wailers")
Significant Low Notes:
B♭2 ("Beverly Hills Blues", "Circlesong 6", "Concerto For Piano And Orchestra No. 20 In D Minor, K. 466 I. Allegro", "Dervishes", "From Me To You", "Medicine Man", "Peace", "Simple Pleasures", "Soma So De La Sase", "The Train", "You've Really Got A Hold On Me", Audience participation performance in concert with Israel Philharmonic Orchestra 1995)
A2 ("Circlesong 7", "Circlesong 8", "Dance With Me", "Everytime", "Hoedown!", "I Shall Be Released", "Moondance", "Rest / Yes Indeed", "Sightless Bird", "Swing Low", "Wade", "Woe")
G♯2 ("Common Threads", "Mass", "Opportunity")
G2 ("Allegro Prestissi", "Angry (GIMA)", "Child's Lullaby", "Concerto In G Minor For 2 Cellos, Strings And Continuo, RV 531: I & III. Allegro", "Drive", "Gracious", "Joshua", "Mere Words", "Monks/The Shepherd", "Simple Pleasures")
F♯2 ("Heaven's Design", "I Feel Good", "I'm My Own Walkman", "Pat And Joe", "Peace", "Say Ladeo", "Turtle Shoes", "Wade"
F2 ("The 23rd Psalm", "A-Train", "Angry (GIMA)", "Another Night In Tunisia", "Baby", "Beverly Hills Blues", "Blackbird", "Blue Bossa", "Cara Mia", "Circlesong 8", "Dance With Me", "Freedom Is A Voice", "The Garden", "He Ran All The Way", "He Ran To The Train", "Manana Iguana", "Music Box", "My Better Half", "The Siamese Cat Song", "A Silken Road", "Stars", "Sweet In The Morning", "Them Changes", "Thinkin' About Your Body", "Walkin'")
E2 ("Brief Eternity", "Don't Worry Be Happy", "Everytime", "Fix Me Jesus", "Flight of the Bumblebee", "Glory", "I'm Alone", Improv at North Sea Jazz Festival 2008, "Musette", "T.J.", "Whole World")
E♭2 ("The 23rd Psalm", "All Feets Can Dance", "All I Want", "Beverly Hills Blues", "Blackbird", "Blues Connotation", "Come To Me", "Discipline", "Donna Lee/Big Top/ We're In The Money Medley", "Even For Me", "From Me To You", "The Garden", "Good Lovin'", "Hallucinations", "I Feel Good", "The Jump", "Kalimba Suite", "Opportunity", Singing from Pixar's "Knick Knack", "Sweet In The Morning", "Taylor Made", "There Ya Go", "Thinkin' About Your Body", "Yes, You")
D2 ("A-Train", "Allegro Prestissi", "Another Night In Tunisia", "Autumn Leaves", "Baby" Vocabularies, "Blue Bossa", "Circlesong 7", "Concerto In G Minor For 2 Cellos, Strings And Continuo, RV 531: I & III. Allegro", "Drive", "Drive My Car", "He Ran All The Way", "I Hear Music", "I'm My Own Walkman", Improv at Veltins Arena, "Medicine Man", "Mere Words", "Sunshine Of Your Love", "Susie Q", "Them Changes", "Turtle Shoes", "Walkin'")
C♯2 ("Blues Connotation", Choir Instruction Buenos Aires 2011, "Joshua", "Messages", "There Ya Go")
C2 ("Air from Bach's Orchestral Suite No. 3" with George Martin in The Rhythm of Life documentary (1997), Duet with audience member Vienna 2010, "He Ran To The Train", "I Hear Music", "Messages", "Pink Panther", "Wailers", "Woe")
B1 ("Baby" Vocabularies, "Circlesong 5", Live Improv live Santa Clara 2015, "Say Ladeo", Unidentified live performance at Warsaw Jazz Festival 2002, "Wailers")
B♭1 ("Bach Improvisation", "Circlesong 6", "The Garden" Vocabularies, "He Ran To The Train", Performance With The Yellowjackets Marciac 2012, Unidentified Live Performance)
A1 ("Circlesong 5")
F1 (Unidentified Live Performance).
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Blue marks falsetto or whistle notes.
Underlines mark notes that are obscured in the song mix.
Italics mark non-melodic notes.
Boldface marks notes that are considered to be particularly notable examples of this person's vocal capabilities.
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