mrjazzman Posted November 23, 2013 Report Share Posted November 23, 2013 Deceased or living is the question. Of the deceased of course there's the usual suspects, Vaughan, Fitzgerald, McRae too many to mention. But I need some recommendations on the living. I'm familiar with Roberta Gamborini and Dianne Reeves although there's not a consensus as to whether she is a jazz singer, sounds like one to me. So, what say you all, whose at the top of her game in today's world. Totally off subject but it's been fascinating watching the anniversary of the Kennedy Assassination. When the news broke, I was 13 in my science class at Benjamin Franklin Jr High School, San Francisco, CA. Dirt bag went to Russia, came back and killed our beloved pres. Then another dirt bag kills the dirt bag that killed the pres, AMAZING, only in america........ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jlhoots Posted November 23, 2013 Report Share Posted November 23, 2013 Sheila Jordan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Nelson Posted November 23, 2013 Report Share Posted November 23, 2013 Old School: Carol Sloane and Sue Raney New School: Stacey Kent (with heavy Joanie Sommers influence) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BFrank Posted November 23, 2013 Report Share Posted November 23, 2013 Saw Jason Moran w/Cassandra Wilson tonight. Remarkable performance - just the two of them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Lark Ascending Posted November 23, 2013 Report Share Posted November 23, 2013 The strongest jazz vocal album I've heard in recent years: Doesn't even try to take on the tradition. It's an all original programme of songs using Yeats poems as its basis. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyril Posted November 23, 2013 Report Share Posted November 23, 2013 (edited) Oh no, not a female singer like Stacey Kent, Joanie Sommers or Blossom Dearie (grrrr) ...They don't have a jazz voice, IMHO.Try: Jeanne Lee, Melody Gardot, Lizz Wright, Dee Dee Bridgewater, Karin Krog. Edited November 23, 2013 by Cyril Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
page Posted November 23, 2013 Report Share Posted November 23, 2013 (edited) I prefer the low warm voices too. You beat me with Melody Gardot, Cyril, she is one of my favourites I look up to. I saw her live and she is fabulous! I do a few of her songs. Besides her my favourites of today are: Barb Jungr, Madeleine Peyroux, Fay Claassen, Majorie Barnes, not necessarily in that order. Besides them Gretchen Parlato and Karrin Allyson are jazz singers to check out. Roberta Gambarini was already mentioned. Lizz Wright is also someone to check out. From earlier times my favourites are Ella, Sarah, Billie, Julie London, Peggy Lee, Abbey Lincoln, Carmen McRae, Nancy Wilson (still going strong), Nina Simone, Anita O'Day. Check out the thread about Beverly Kenney too. If you want to know specific songs or albums, I can copy paste a liste I've made elsewhere. Like I mentioned I tend to pick out the low warm voices which are similar to my own. Like Cyril I relate those to my idea of what is jazz the most, although some of the singers I've mentioned mix jazz with other genres. (Lizz Wright f.e., also a fabulous singer) The strongest jazz vocal album I've heard in recent years: Doesn't even try to take on the tradition. It's an all original programme of songs using Yeats poems as its basis. That sounds like a great album! Thank you for pointing it out! Edited November 23, 2013 by page Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeweil Posted November 23, 2013 Report Share Posted November 23, 2013 Carla White Patricia Barber Dominique Eade so many more ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyril Posted November 23, 2013 Report Share Posted November 23, 2013 Speaking of a warm voice...http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NDPZMYUXUZ0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Lark Ascending Posted November 23, 2013 Report Share Posted November 23, 2013 The strongest jazz vocal album I've heard in recent years: Doesn't even try to take on the tradition. It's an all original programme of songs using Yeats poems as its basis. That sounds like a great album! Thank you for pointing it out! Very, very independent minded singer from Dublin though she lives in London. Has strong connections with some front rank Brit jazzers (her partner is a guitarist called Phil Robson). Has done some standards recordings and made a recording of Carole King's 'Tapestry' a while back and has a Leonard Cohen album due. But usually she does her own material. I've really taken to Kate McGarry over the last couple of years. Oh, and I love Stacey Kent's voice. And then there's Norma Winstone...no use if you need things rooted in the blues, but I've always loved her voice and, again, her relentless pursuit of her own agenda. And and another very independent minded singer - Maria Pia de Vito. Every thing from Neopolitan folk songs and baroque opera through Welsh hymns to standards and flirting with electronica. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
page Posted November 23, 2013 Report Share Posted November 23, 2013 Speaking of a warm voice... Yes indeed. Also Eliane Elias. The strongest jazz vocal album I've heard in recent years: Doesn't even try to take on the tradition. It's an all original programme of songs using Yeats poems as its basis. That sounds like a great album! Thank you for pointing it out! Very, very independent minded singer from Dublin though she lives in London. Has strong connections with some front rank Brit jazzers (her partner is a guitarist called Phil Robson). Has done some standards recordings and made a recording of Carole King's 'Tapestry' a while back and has a Leonard Cohen album due. But usually she does her own material. I've really taken to Kate McGarry over the last couple of years. Oh, and I love Stacey Kent's voice. And then there's Norma Winstone...no use if you need things rooted in the blues, but I've always loved her voice and, again, her relentless pursuit of her own agenda. And and another very independent minded singer - Maria Pia de Vito. Every thing from Neopolitan folk songs and baroque opera through Welsh hymns to standards and flirting with electronica. Thanks for the info on Christine Tobin. I must ask my London friend if he knows her. I love the idea that she set the words of Yeats to music. The combination jazz with poetry works really well I believe. Yesterday I posted about a singer who did that with poems of Langston Hughes. Her name is Leyla McGalla. Not jazz, but worth checking out when you like poetry in combination with music. Ah, I love Kate McGarry. Did you see my thread with the Abbey Lincoln vocal? Kate McGarry has a stunning rendition of the Bunky Green/Abbey Lincoln song "Little girl, I'll miss you". Thanks for the other suggestions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
king ubu Posted November 23, 2013 Report Share Posted November 23, 2013 Helen Merrill! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul secor Posted November 23, 2013 Report Share Posted November 23, 2013 I've enjoyed listening to Meredith d'Ambrosio over the years. For singers no longer alive, it's Billie. I like some earlier female singers, but no one comes close to Billie. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TedR Posted November 23, 2013 Report Share Posted November 23, 2013 As far as warm singers, don't forget Shirley Horn. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
page Posted November 23, 2013 Report Share Posted November 23, 2013 There are so many, aren't there! I've enjoyed listening to Meredith d'Ambrosio over the years. Yes, she has made some fantastic vocaleses. She's also a composer, a painter and writer. Such talent in multiple fields! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leeway Posted November 23, 2013 Report Share Posted November 23, 2013 If you like someone who can cover more "out" territory, as well as mainstream, you might give Fay Victor a try. Also, has anyone mentioned Betty Carter? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Lark Ascending Posted November 23, 2013 Report Share Posted November 23, 2013 This is a marvellous record of vocalise treatments of jazz instrumentals: 1. Moanin' 2. Watermelon Man 3. Autumn Leaves 4. Night and Day 5. Lonely Woman 6. Doodlin' 7. The Sidewinder 8. Blues On the Corner 9. Wonderful, Wonderful 10. And What If I Don't Tierney Sutton is another female vocalist I really enjoy from the current generation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyril Posted November 23, 2013 Report Share Posted November 23, 2013 (edited) As far as warm singers, don't forget Shirley Horn And Dinah Washington, Carmen McRae, and others... Edited November 23, 2013 by Cyril Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
page Posted November 23, 2013 Report Share Posted November 23, 2013 (edited) Eden Atwood Edited November 23, 2013 by page Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyril Posted November 23, 2013 Report Share Posted November 23, 2013 (...) For singers no longer alive, it's Billie. I like some earlier female singers, but no one comes close to Billie. You're so right. There's only one Billie. I don't know, with all these young female jazz singers.... They miss the right feeling... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
page Posted November 23, 2013 Report Share Posted November 23, 2013 (edited) I agree about Billie, but we can't all be legendary like her. That doesn't mean we can't bring joy. I do think you'll need some life experience to sing jazz, so I can understand what you mean in some cases. You'll have to give them a chance though, to develop. Edited November 23, 2013 by page Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyril Posted November 23, 2013 Report Share Posted November 23, 2013 Jeanne Lee had it... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ijahFCUCS24 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XA-f3PP1zTE Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fasstrack Posted November 23, 2013 Report Share Posted November 23, 2013 (edited) I highly recommend Shawnn Monteiro. One of the best currently working. Edited November 25, 2013 by fasstrack Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyril Posted November 23, 2013 Report Share Posted November 23, 2013 I highly recommend Shawnn Monteiro. One of the best currently working.Yes, she can swing and has an incredible jazz talentShawnn performed with all the big names in jazz. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSngry Posted November 23, 2013 Report Share Posted November 23, 2013 One to get if you can find it: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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