The Patti Austin Podcast

Today we revisit some of Patti's plans to get a tour going later this year with some of her female singing companions to encourage everyone to vote. She talks about who she plans on having on the tour, how she met these talented ladies plus some of her favorite New Yorker cartoons. It’s all about women, we got the power.

Today we revisit, Patti's attempt at running for president and she clarifies the important keys to her presidential platform. She questions whether we should be experiencing social media in real time, how Germany is dealing with social media and whether hatred should be illegal. She gives her personal parameters for being president and her generational perspective on particular #MeToo situations.

Today we revisit, Patti talking about growing up in a multi-racial home, how it played a role in her career and the recent swing of integration in advertising. She lectures on the importance of a person’s environment for their future and how we all need to analyze our lives to see how we became the person we are today. Don’t make Patti get on her dragons, she’s got dragons.

Today we revisit, Patti speaking about singers and some of her words of wisdom while teaching mater classes around the world. She talks about the influence of Lena Horne on jazz singers, the importance of figuring out what kind of artist you are and how you want to project that. She lays out how she goes about teaching her master class, how she got started with it and the importance of picking your song.

Today we revisit, Patti focusing on her experiences performing around the world and singing in different languages. She talks about singing in Cantonese and the unbelievable response from the Chinese audience during a popular song of the country. There are different approaches when singing in different languages and Patti gets into some of the specifics including phrasing and some of her favorite places to perform.

Today we revisit, Patti sharing her adventures in Brazil while competing in a song competition. She had drama on the plane ride over, the audience threw stuff at her and Alan and Marilyn Bergman mistakenly cursed at the press at the hotel. Not only that, Patti got confused for a lesbian because of her outfit and was accused of having an affair with the married orchestra conductor and that’s just part of the stories from Brazil.

We revisit Patti reminiscing about her trip scheduled to attend a friend’s foundation with James Taylor and Hugh Jackman and how things didn’t go quite as planned. Her beloved singing partner James Ingram passed away and she reminisces about their history together, the story of how James and his wife Debbie met on the playground and how she and James teamed up for “Baby Come To Me.” She circles back to her trip and having to address James passing, going to Germany and Italy plus a great story about how the drums were played on the “Birdman” soundtrack.

Today we revisit, some of Pattis' mom's greatest sayings; she fires off a bunch of them and the back stories behind those words of wisdom. She talks about her mom, what kind of women she was and how it shaped Patti’s upbringing. There’s a story about a few encounters in an elevator, how she helped a girlfriend get glasses and how she tricked a man into getting a dental procedure.

Patti has plans to get a tour going later this year with some of her female singing companions to encourage everyone to vote. She talks about who she plans on having on the tour, how she met these talented ladies plus some of her favorite New Yorker cartoons. It’s all about women, we got the power.

Patti takes another trip to Russia and she tells of all the goings-on while she was there. She had an awkward question while doing an interview on a Russian TV show and a tense moment that occurred outside her hotel that was very telling for the presence in that country and how it’s making its way to the US. She did a concert in Moscow performing a pair of Russian songs and she taught a master class with a lot of talented young musicians.