I have during the last year collected a bunch of female vocalists in a Spotify playlist. It currently contains 1482 tracks mainly in the JAZZ genre.
 
I prefer to add the full CD from each artist. That makes the playlist a great "radio station" when playing random tracks. 
 
I hope you like it, and hopefully get some inspiration. 
 
 
Hoved-fi.dk - Female Jazz Vocalists
 
Direct Spotify URL: 
<iframe src="https://embed.spotify.com/?uri=spotify:user:114462658laylist:76YMMKDKLichL0GUnGFtEs" width="300" height="380" frameborder="0" allowtransparency="true"></iframe>
 
 
The list of artists are:
 
Aga Zaryan
Alice Babs
Ana Caram
Anita O'Day
Ann Hampton Callaway
Anna Nygren
Barb Jungr
Betty Carter
Billie Holiday
Bjørk(hendes første indspilning er sjov jazz)
Blossom Dearie
Carmen Cuesta-Loeb
Caroline Henderson
Cassandra Wilson
Chie Ayado
China Moses
Christy Baron
Claire Martin
Cæcilie Norby
Dee Dee Bridgewater
Dianne Reeves
Eileen Farrell
Eliane Elias
Ella Fitzgerald
Esperanza Spalding
Etta Cameron
Gabriela Anders
Gretchen Parlato
Halie Loren
Hanne Boel
Helen Schneider
Holly Cole
Ida Sand
Inger Marie Gundersen
Jacintha
Jane Monheit
Jeanette Lindström
Jen Chapin
Jill Barber
Josefine Cronholm
Julie Marie
Karrin Allyson
Kat Edmonson
Kelly Flint
Lina Nyberg
Lisa Bassenge
Lisa Ekdahl
Lisa Wahlandt
Lise Reinau
Lizz Wright
Madeliene Peyroux
Malene Mortensen
Marta Gomez
Malia
Melody Gardot
Mette Juul
Monica Borzym
Monica Zetterlund
Monika Borzym
Muriel Zoe
Nikki Yanofsky
Nina Simone
Patricia Barber
Rebecca Pidgeon
Renee Olstead
Rigmor Gustafsson
Roberta Gambarini
Robin Mckelle
Sara Gazarek
Sara K
Sarah Vaughan
Shirley Horn
Silje Nergaard
Sinne Eeg
Solveig Slettahjell
Sophie Milman
Stacey Kent
Terez Montcalm
Tierny Sutton
Trine Dansgaard
Trine Lise Væring
Trijntje Oosterhuis
Ulita Knaus
Ulla Henningsen
Victoria Tolstoy
Xiomara Laugart
Youn Sun Nah
Zona Sul

I don't recall Karen Souza having been mentioned. I LOVE her interpretations.
 
 
 

 

Great stuff, Thanks for posting!  
Karen Souza. I did not know her. Kind of similar approach in making well known tunes her own and maybe even better than the original as my favorite Carmen Gomes. 
 

Thanks for posting. I knew that Dave Douglas is a great composer but that he can write songs this beautiful too...impressive.

Imogen Heap might be favorite. She's brilliant.

[VIDEO]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uaato6qwzvc[/VIDEO]

First Aid Kit, 2 Swedish sisters, are brilliant and heavenly.

[VIDEO]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gekHV9DIjHc[/VIDEO]

I also love Lights Poxleitner.

[VIDEO]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9boqVAyJmyI[/VIDEO]

And Niykee Heaton is a great up-and-coming talent.

[VIDEO]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rr7YO-fhmWc[/VIDEO]

And for something completely different...
I'm a big fan of Maria Brink of In This Moment

[VIDEO]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-uakxkjYMDI[/VIDEO]

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Heheh! Nice to see I'm not the only one who can appreciate some 'retro' female harmonies!
 
http://www.head-fi.org/t/522812/the-best-female-vocals-your-favorite-female-singers/1470#post_9609533
http://www.head-fi.org/t/522812/the-best-female-vocals-your-favorite-female-singers/1455#post_9589579
http://www.head-fi.org/t/522812/the-best-female-vocals-your-favorite-female-singers/1455#post_9600514
 
some nice harmonies here, too:
 
Joan Baez + Indigo Girls

 
Sarah McLachlan + Jewel + Indigo Girls:

 
 
Also see:
 
http://www.head-fi.org/t/522812/the-best-female-vocals-your-favorite-female-singers/1830#post_10093775  (Warning - some of these pages may take some time to load, and may temporarily stall your browser, but don't panic... ..... ...just relax, go make a cup of tea/coffee, and be patient .  These pages with lots of video links used to load just fine, but Adobe are forever complicating their Flash code, for their own nefarious purposes, which makes each updated version of Adobe Flash less and less efficient to run - this only becomes obvious when one loads a webpage with multiple videos).
 
http://www.head-fi.org/t/522812/the-best-female-vocals-your-favorite-female-singers/1380#post_9070929
http://www.head-fi.org/t/522812/the-best-female-vocals-your-favorite-female-singers/720#post_8038610
http://www.head-fi.org/t/522812/the-best-female-vocals-your-favorite-female-singers/1290#post_8862614
http://www.head-fi.org/t/522812/the-best-female-vocals-your-favorite-female-singers/1380#post_9066462
http://www.head-fi.org/t/522812/the-best-female-vocals-your-favorite-female-singers/750#post_8058736
 
 
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From the album Infinito Particular
http://www.amazon.com/Infinito-Particular-Marisa-Monte/dp/B000FCVYKS

A while ago somebody posted in here about a Costa Rican band, Passiflora, and I find myself having to visit the US embassy in San Jose. I just arrived at my hotel, log in to my Facebook and see a notification that Passiflora played at a music festival last night.. About ten blocks from where I am sitting.

ha! that was me.  bummer, they look like a good live show.
 
speaking of which...
 
Kizzy Crawford
 
 
    

Did anybody mention Ernestine Anderson?

As kitschy and schmaltzy as you want to consider the music her voice still holds up after all these years. RIP Karen Carpenter.
 
 

Sarah Brightman, no contest. She plans on being the first artist to record music in outer space, via the Virgin Galactica commercial space flight!