John Ames (basso profondo) - Ol' Man River (Showboat)

[@chowman007]

Awesome voice. Deep, filling voice. Strong, sud. He reminds me of Gerome Hines, another great Basso profundo.

[@ransomcoates546]

Ahmed Caraballo I thought exactly the same thing when he opened his mouth - Jerome Hines.

[@chowman007]

@@ransomcoates546 , you have a good ear.

[@magenta-rosepark4965]

Definitely!

[@achmedmohamed4708]

Ahmed Caraballo: Jerome Hines had power in his voice! He sung WOTAN in Bayreuth !!! This part sing normaly deeper baritones. Here it is: kzbin.info/www/bejne/e4jJp6eZhduLlZI

[@Alexander_Zemsky]

Вы правы...

[@AndySaenz]

Wow, his voice is DEEP.

[@maximumcat]

It's much more impressive in person, especially when you are just a few feet away from him on stage. John's also a really great guy, for the record.

[@flowerpt]

Fantastic, John! I had to put this through a subwoofer to maximize the enjoyment!

[@bobdenis5649]

Not only does he rumble down there, he resonates and projects!!

[@andreapacini8644]

Wonderful low deep bass voice: basso profundo!!!

[@patriot52realfinn22]

What a voice like Paul Robeson. Great performance. Regards from Finnish Lapland.

[@kokkidaa]

terveisiä varsinais-suomesta👋🏼

[@chowman007]

Puel Robertson is a high baritone next to John, sorry but it is the truth.

[@bradycall1889]

@@chowman007 Paul Robeson is a basso cantante, while John Ames is a basso profondo.

[@TheBaritonoAssoluto]

Aside from John Ames beautifully unique voice but what I love most about this man is his performance ability and expression. Kohn is the true definition of an artist and im glad the operatic world got to experience such artistry before the pandemic

[@geoffwilson6047]

I am astonished not to have heard more from this great bass singer.

[@quinnrafferty4635]

Astounding voice.

[@Jaya-ce8qb]

Wow! Fantastic! I love it!🧡💞💙💝❤💜💖

[@randyjsing]

He can get down. He could’ve easily performed this in a much lower key with the same resonance with the lower notes and more “ring” in the higher notes. I always enjoy hearing Mr. Ames sing.

[@Roy-ts9nv]

I would really like to hear some studio recordings of Mr Ames one day.

[@markgoddard2560]

Brilliant. Reminds me of Paul Robson.

[@littleshadow2707]

I've been waiting for him to sing something else and he did!

[@maximumcat]

John sounds great, as usual :)

[@aaronreis9737]

Beautiful!!!!

[@alexandremagno7630]

How does someone so thin achieve such a firm consistency in their voice? Amazing!

[@akechijubeimitsuhide]

Not every bass looks like a bear. Furlanetto is a rather thin guy, so was Ghiaurov and Siepi.

[@alexandremagno7630]

@@akechijubeimitsuhide Wundebarr!!!

[@GrantKingMusic]

@@akechijubeimitsuhide although quite tall

[@musicloungepty507]

After been married for 20 years...no bass is thin anymore....just matter of time

[@bronsonleach3573]

He has a thick neck that is usually a what you can go off of size of the guy doesn't mean he will have a deeper voice. I have seen guys 6 foot four 300 plus pounds singing high tenor and 5 foot 6 and 135 guys singing bass.

[@jerryking45]

WHAT A PRESENCE!!!

[@1stJJ]

Wow, great voice. I think he could've sung it another semitone lower.

[@golaxo]

A half octave you mean...

[@the-letter_s]

@@reubenthomas7907 maybe a few watts below that, even.

[@jerryking45]

Yeah DAMN!! That's talent!!

[@federicocapobianco7248]

What a masterpiece

[@faouziahuangxiaoyunbrandyn1814]

True bass! Definitely different from those baritones who use subharmonic/chest fry/growl to pretend to be a bass.

[@chowman007]

Lol....

[@guy6162]

I couldn't say it better

[@airaidxd940]

How do you know?? How do you identify it?? Can you help me identify my voice??

[@kalayoescobar5608]

@@airaidxd940 you can identify your vocal registry by the timbre and tone of your voice

[@bronsonleach3573]

Yeah I am a basso profundo but when I want more volume in the low register I us subharmonics. I am only 20 so my voice will get a lot deeper as I get older. I can sing A0 in chest voice.

[@nataliaamelina4803]

Gorgeous!

[@reddog3oxx]

John Ames great job

[@jameshutchins3396]

Perfection

[@brian1185]

I've always wished I could sing like that. Alas, my vocal cords won't allow it.

[@rico3559]

Incrivel.

[@mitchmatthews6713]

Bravo!

[@magenta-rosepark4965]

Wow! 👏👏

[@smoothstar110]

Great performance bro !!!! Real bass here :D Why then you're still not taking your place among of the greatest in show business? I can tell you deserve.... Lemme note sth - I'm hard working on my own voice which can be placed as a high bass/bass-baritone nor an octavist but still it is sth...

[@rodocar2736]

BRAVOOOO!

[@AndySaenz]

He should audition for American Idol with that deep, gorgeous resonant voice of his! I want to see the celebrity judges react to him.

[@ohmyblindman]

Idol only wants "belters." He's just not in fashion: meaning a robust male voice.

[@bronsonleach3573]

Bass voices are becoming more popular but yeah guys that sound like women are what is in style for some reason. Give a bass singer a microphone guarantee you women will come and watch because boy if you are a gut that can sing deep and low it will vibrate your body. The only.problem is many stario systems can't handle it. Tim foust is not even a true Basso profundo and he has accidentally blown some stario systems.

[@iizvullok]

@@bronsonleach3573 The amplification and audio setting is what can destroy speakers. A basso profundo may just cause more clipping if the settings are bad.

[@bronsonleach3573]

@@iizvullok I had that problem singing with mics they would just subwoofer hard. I have a really loud low voice

[@bronsonleach3573]

@@iizvullok I had that problem singing with mics they would just subwoofer hard. I have a really loud low voice

[@Zulanderr]

I wish i was half that manly

[@AndySaenz]

Just work on your chest voice. Get a good vocal coach.

[@orchface8428]

Wow, that is one of the most deep and voluminous bass voices I have ever heard. The only person I have heard that has a comparable voice to John Ames is Rodney Britt. Here's a video of Britt singing: kzbin.info/www/bejne/n6PdYmyNnNCKaac

[@mnsanabu]

Yes they're both amazing, but in my opinion the best to ever do it is still Mr Vladimir Pasjukov, may he rest in peace kzbin.info/www/bejne/rnWxoIevgt56mK8

[@JohnSmith-gx6hk]

Not sure why one of the World’s best operatic basses is performing in a strip mall for people wearing 1950’s style State Fair attire. Covid rules are strange. Maybe Rogers and Hammerstein are somewhere near. Awesome performance nonetheless.

[@TheOktavismChannel]

Haha, this was years before COVID.

[@Alexander_Zemsky]

Хорош !

[@stanleyj.mitchell4851]

👏 👏

[@OrthodoxPlatypus]

Lower than the basement! You guys should try and get Tim Storms to do a video :)

[@lillegitimate]

pog

[@ransomcoates546]

Is he an opera singer? There are no real basses in opera anymore. Everybody is a ‘bass-baritone’, which covers badly trained basses with poor low notes and badly trained baritones with poor high ones.

[@TheOktavismChannel]

Yes, he is an opera singer. He studied under Giorgio Tozzi. He has performed down to A1 in a live opera for a role that was written especially for him. kzbin.info/www/bejne/qpmUp6uFib2WpaM

[@ransomcoates546]

The Oktavism Channel This is funny. I knew Mr. Tozzi quite well when he taught at IU. Good luck to Mr. Ames (if we ever get live performance back).

[@TheOktavismChannel]

@@ransomcoates546 Yes, IU is where John Ames studied. My uncle also studied with him there, coincidentally. Fantastic music program!

[@antemahoney4376]

I as an up and coming opera singer who has studied other singers well can confirm that most of the real Basses in opera have either passed away or retired leaving very few true operatic Basses. One great modern day true operatic Bass aside from John Ames is Andrew W Porter.

[@chao74612]

This is better than bass2yang.

[@bass2yang]

Correction - this is at least 10x better, my friend.

[@chao74612]

@@bass2yang But you're very talented,too.

[@bass2yang]

@@chao74612 thanks - and no worries! Just reiterating how good John Ames really is.

[@poorthing]

I have a problem listening to these deep voices.. The notes makes me twitch. They don't 'resonate' with me in a pleasant way. Is that weird?

[@robimarcucci]

Nice voice, but Intonation so bad...

[@Виктор-в3б3я]

Что вас в профундо тянет то? Это даже не центральный бас

[@5lelik5]

Почему не профундо?

[@Виктор-в3б3я]

@@5lelik5 потому, что профундо не зависит от диапазона голоса. Даже опере их было двое- трое Паторжинский и Михайлов, и это не октава .остальные и даже великие басы это средние или высокие , камертон для голоса растет вверх. Нехочу читать лекции, сами прочитайте, старых учителей пения.

[@Виктор-в3б3я]

@@5lelik5 потому что , в партии баритона он звучит естественно и даже красиво, а попытки пооктавить вызывают боль в горле и больше не хочется слушать его