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Jazz Beginner - Lyndsay26 - 26-07-2010
Hi Everyone! My name is Lyndsay and I enjoy jazz music, the more I hear it, the more I like it! But I don't know much about it. I've listened to some early jazz musicians such as Louis Armstrong, Frank Sinatra, Nat King Cole and more modern artists such as Miles Davis and Michael Buble. Can anyone please recommend any other vocal jazz performers?
Jazz Beginner - Tiggi - 26-07-2010
Two obvious ones are missing from your list IMHO.
Billie Holiday was entry point into Jazz after seeing Diana Ross in the biopic Lady Sings The Blues. BH didn't have a particularly easy life, and whilst she wasn't a brilliantly gifted tecnical singer, no-one before or since has portrayed emotion in quite the same way.
Also, Ella Fitzgerald is well worth checking out. EF is at the other end of the scale, and is a wonderful singer. Her Songbooks series of releases are a great starting point.
Jazz Beginner - drgnk - 28-04-2011
Diane Schuur
Sarah Vaughan
Astrud Gilberto
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Jazz Beginner - SteveO - 25-05-2011
Sheila Jordan (if you can find her!)
Urszula Dudziak (great Polish singer)
Mel Torme
Carmen McRae
Tony Bennett
Astrud Gilberto as mentioned by drgnk (the Queen of Bossa - Nova) beautiful singing !
Jazz Beginner - Crazygu106 - 05-07-2011
Would definitely recommend you Jane Monheit, Diane Reeves, Kevin Mahogany, Johnny Hartman, Rachelle Ferrell. =) There should be more on the list too. =D
Jazz Beginner - JazzDOit - 26-11-2011
Try Charmaine Clamor. Aside from her classy voice, hear well the ukulele instrument of her songs which gives unique hint of her jazz music genre called "jazzipino" (combiantion of Jazz and Filipino Music).
Jazz Beginner - mtthwibrahim - 26-11-2011
The John Coltrane and Johnny Hartman collaboration is the finest example of vocal jazz ever put to record
Jazz Beginner - SteveO - 26-11-2011
Sarah Vaughan and Dinah Washington
Tiggi Wrote:Two obvious ones are missing from your list IMHO.
Billie Holiday was entry point into Jazz after seeing Diana Ross in the biopic Lady Sings The Blues. BH didn't have a particularly easy life, and whilst she wasn't a brilliantly gifted tecnical singer, no-one before or since has portrayed emotion in quite the same way.
Also, Ella Fitzgerald is well worth checking out. EF is at the other end of the scale, and is a wonderful singer. Her Songbooks series of releases are a great starting point.