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1 LOUIS ARMSTRONG (1901-1971)
Among the early male jazz singers of the 1920s, Louis Armstrong was most influential. He sang as famously as he blew the trumpet.Noted as the first genuine jazz singer, Armstrong was a founder of vocal jazz, setting many standards for jazz singing. Moreover, he made scat singing - using non-verbal syllables in place of words - an important part of jazz vocalism in the 1920s.
2 FRANK SINATRA (1915-1998)
Francis Albert Sinatra was a great popular singer, but he had considerable jazz influence in his work. And what made him a male jazz singer was the subtle emotional and musical shadings he brought to a tune.
3 NAT KING COLE (1917-1965)
Nathaniel Adams Cole was the first famous crossover musician. A dazzling pianist, he came over to become a greatly-loved male jazz singer. His clear, warm, baritone voice charmed his ethnic rainbow audiences.
4 JOE WILLIAMS (1918-1999)
Joe Williams is noted for his long singing career, and for the long while it took him to achieve success. His rich baritone voice, his singing style and his kind of blues - all served to pleasure his audiences.
5 MEL TORME (1925-1999)
Melvin Howard Torme was an American jazz musician of unbelievable versatiliy and talent. An influential jazz vocalist, he was also a songwriter, composer and arranger, as well as being a pianist, actor and author. Torme wrote over 300 songs. Amongst the most familiar is "Christmas Song" cowritten with Robert Wells, with the opening lines "Chestnuts roasting on an open fire". This song was made famous by Nat King Cole in 1946 and has been recorded in more than 1,700 versions!
6 GEORGE BENSON (born 1943)
Benson was a male jazz singer and guitarist. He became famous by switching to simple pop-jazz style of guitar and by focussing on singing.Born in Pittsburgh, George became a singer at age 8. Benson's smooth voice and wide range of styles enabled him to work with many styles of jazz.
~From Jazz-Music-Made-Easy.com
Billie Holiday, aka Lady Day, was one of the greatest jazz and blues singers in the 1930s to 1950s. Her singing style was deeply moving and individual. She transformed popular songs into emotionally-charged pieces. So, Billie was among the top female jazz singers. Having no formal musical training, she nevertheless possessed an intuitive feel for musical structures and blues/jazz music. In the 1940s and 1950s, Billie achieved great success singing in jazz clubs in the United States - as one of the best female jazz singers.
2 ELLA FITZGERALD (1917-1996)
Ella Fitzgerald was a jazz singer extraordinaire - the best of all female jazz singers. This international jazz legend's career spanned six decades and sold over 40 million records. Ella's clear, sweet voice had an enormous vocal range. She was also master of scat singing - improvising with wordless syllables, using her voice as a true musical instrument.
3 SARAH VAUGHAN (1924-1990)
Sarah Vaughan, dubbed The Divine One, was among the greatest of all female jazz singers. She had a rich, powerful voice with a wide vocal range. Vaughan was also a pianist. By the 1950s, Sarah became an international star and her song, "Broken-Hearted Melody", sold over one million copies. She then embarked on world tours in the 1970s and 1980s.
4 ELEN FORREST (1918-1999)
Helen Forrest, aka The Blue Lady, was a popular big band era jazz singer. She was noted for her ability to project lyrics and her excellent interpretation. Her smooth and swinging voice was soft and warm. Her signature song, "I Had The Craziest Dream", is also the title of her autobiography written in 1982. In 1944 she became a solo singer. She appeared on radio and film shorts and went touring.
5 ANITA O'DAY (born 1913)
An international star, Anita O'Day is a living legend among female jazz singers. Her long career, begun in the 1930s, continues today. In fact, her latest album is to be released in 2006. Her 1955 album, "This is Anita O'Day", greatly boosted her career. She went on to record several other albums in the 1950s to 1970s.
Dinah Washington was a singer of many parts. Extremely gifted and versatile, she had a highly-pitched and crystal-clear voice. But jazz was only one of the several genres she performed with great distinction. In the 1950s, Dinah interacted very heavily with many jazz musicians. These included Cliff Brown (trumpet), Max Roach (drums), Quincy Jones (arranger), Wynton Kelly (piano) and Eddie Chamblee (saxophone), who became her husband.
7 BETTY CARTER (1929 -1998)
Betty Carter was most notable for her vocal flexibility, far-out improvisation and soaring scat-singing - as one of the top female jazz singers. Born in Michigan, she was also known as Lillie Mae Jones or Lorraine Carter. She studied piano when young, and began singing at age 16 at jazz clubs and theatres. Inspired by Sarah Vaughan and Billie Holiday, Betty nevertheless strove for her own singing style. In 1993, she started a program called "Jazz Ahead" aimed at encouraging and training young people in jazz. In 1997, Betty Carter was awarded the prestigious National Medal of Arts.
8 SHIRLEY HORN (born 1934)
Shirley Horn's career is based on love songs. She can tranform lyrics into a deeply emotional and personal expression of jazz. Undoutedly, she is among the top female jazz singers. At teenage, she studied classical piano, but was seduced by jazz. In 1960, she made her debut recording. This led her to the renowned trumpeter Miles Davis, who recruited her for his Village Vanguard supper club outfit in New York. Finding her approach to music similar to his, Davis became her great friend and mentor for life.
9 DIANNE REEVES (born 1956)
Dianne Reeves is a pre-eminent jazz vocalist of the present day. She has a large, world-wide following for her unique jazz style of breath-taking improvisation and wide vocal range. So far, Dianne has garnered three Grammy Awards. In 1981, Dianne acquired her first international exposure by touring with another famous musician. The following year, 1982, she cut her first album: "Welcome To My Love". Finally, Dianne's big break came in 1987 when a prominent recording company talent-spotted her to produce the album "Dianne Reeves". That catapulted Dianne onto the international festival circuit - as one of the best female jazz singers.
10 DIANA KRALL (born 1964)
Diana Krall is a Canadian jazz singer and pianist. But she also studied, performed and won glory in the United States. She is famed for her sultry, swinging style of singing, with no scatting. At age 16, she played professional piano. She chose sophisticated love songs by old masters - "intimate portrayals of romantic feelings". She used little musical accompaniment.
Finally in 1995, Diana made her breakthru' into jazz fame with her album "All For You". And her crowning glory came in 2000 with the conferment of her first Grammy Award for "When I Look Into Your Eyes" - confirming her as one of the top female jazz singers.
~From Jazz-Music-Made-Easy.com
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