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Life McFerrin was born in Manhattan, New York, the son of the late operatic baritone Robert McFerrin, and aspiring singer Sarah Cooper.[1] Robert, Sr. was the first African American to be a regular with New York’s Metropolitan Opera. Bobby McFerrin married Debbie Green in 1975. They have three children.[2] [edit]Vocal technique McFerrin switches rapidly and fluidly between normal and falsetto registers to create polyphonic effects, effectively performing both the main melody and the accompanying parts of songs. He makes use of vocal percussion created both with his mouth and by tapping on his chest. McFerrin is also capable of overtone singing — as used in his song “Drive” from the 2005 DVD Live in Montreal. Such skills made him one of the precursors in the area of beatboxing. A notable document of McFerrin’s approach to singing is his 1984 album The Voice, the first solo vocal jazz album recorded with no accompaniment or overdubbing.[3] [edit]Career McFerrin’s song “Don’t Worry, Be Ha
The New York Times says: “Bobby McFerrin is an accomplished musician who burst onto the a cappella world in the …80’s. Often appearing alone on stage, Mr. McFerrin sang multiple parts in a cappella renditions of popular and original songs. If a rhythm was needed, he produced it with his voice or his body…… He started making people aware of what you could do with one voice and one body….. He pointed to a new direction for vocal music, so people started listening with a fresh set of ears.” Newsweek says: “The critics in Germany call him “Stimmwunder” (wonder voice), and it’s not hard to understand why. There is something almost superhuman about the range and technique of jazz vocalist Bobby McFerrin. he sounds, by turns, like a blackbird, a Martian, an operatic soprano, a small child and a be-bop trumpet.” The Nation says: “McFerrin is an inspired performer. For years now, he’s been enacting a mild form of audience participation as jazz improvisation, structuring what he does aro
