[koven]

love diana krall/norah jones!

also heard patricia barber but her styles a bit dark for me

who else should i look into?


oops i thought i put this in the music subforum... can a mod move this for me? thanks & sorry

 

[Mad Max]

Della Reese was recommended to me, and I enjoy her stuff. ;D

 

[rasmushorn]

Stacey Kent is absolutely fantastic in this category! Also great recordings too...

 

[musicmind]

Claire Martin, Stacey Kent, Diane Reeves, Sara K, Ana Caram, Eliane Elias. have some terrific audiophile recordings.

Abbey Lincoln - "Gotta pay the band" is a lovely album.

And of course the usual classic oldies, Billie Holiday, Ella Fitzgerald, Carmen Macrae, Anita O'Day, Nat King Cole, Tony Bennett, Johnny Hartman, Frank Sinatra to name a few.

 

[AmanGeorge]

A few from my collection - check out Youn Sun Nah's "Voyage" - awesome recording and very cool. You may also like Melody Gardot "Worrisome Heart". Eva Cassidy is a slightly different flavor (more bluesy) but has one of the most incredibly voices ever - totally intoxicating.

 

[TopPop]

Not exactly jazz, necessarily, but if you like Krall, you would probably like Holly Cole... who is more consistently enjoyable, in my opinion.

 

[Head_case]

..I find the same. I can listen to Cole more than Krall

You might like Madeleine Peyroux too. I bought her album and realised it was jazz. Played it once and realised it's actually very likeable, but it's just not my thing.

Vocal jazz to me has always been more like Mose Allison. Not a vocalist in the sense that you're looking for by any stretch of imagination...

 

[GreatDane]

Many of my favorite female vocal:

Hayley Westenra

Alison Krauss

Anna Maria Jopek - jazz

Annie Moses

Carly Simon

Cecilia

Celtic Woman ( lots of good stuff ! )

The Corrs

Diana Krall - jazz

Emiliana Torrini

Enya

Eva Cassidy

Janet Seigel Janis Siegel - jazz

Jewel

Joss Stone

Julia Fordham - jazz

Kate Rusby

Katie Melua

KT Tunstall

Laura Fygi - jazz

Leann Rimes

Linda Ronstadt

Loreena McKennitt

Mariah Carey

Mazzy Star (Hope Sandoval)

Melody Gardot - jazz

Neko Case

Norah Jones

Patricia Barber - jazz

Patty Griffin

Rebecca Pidgeon

Regina Spektor

Sara Evans

Sara K.

Sarah McLachlan

Sherrie Austin

Silje Nergaard - jazz

Sophie Milman - jazz

Stacey Kent - jazz

The Story (Jonatha Brooke & Jennifer Kimball)

The Sundays ( Harriet Wheeler)

Tierney Sutton - jazz

Trisha Yearwood

Faith Hill

Patti Austin - jazz

Viktoria Tolstoy - jazz

Madeleine Peyroux - jazz

Emilie-Claire Barlow - jazz

 

[FalconP]

My current favorite female jazz singers are: Susannah McCorkle (very intelligent delivery, full of life), Patti Austin (full of humor) and Keely Smith (powerful voice absolutely suited to big-band sounds)

 

[Armaegis]

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Originally Posted by AmanGeorge /img/forum/go_quote.gif Eva Cassidy is a slightly different flavor (more bluesy) but has one of the most incredibly voices ever - totally intoxicating.

An absolutely gorgeous voice, and taken well before her time

For more vintage stuff:
Ella Fitzgerald
Sarah Vaughan
Etta Jones (not to be confused with Etta James, although she's good too)
Ruth Brown
Alberta Hunter
Keely Smith
Peggy Lee
Billie Holiday
Blossom Dearie (her voice isn't for everybody)
Nina Simone
Dinah Washington
Anita O'Day
Thelma Middleton
Carrie Smith
LaVern Baker
Ernestine Anderson
Barbara Morrison

 

[MrGreen]

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... I like bobby mcferrin. IMO the best vocalist alive. He IS his instrument.


This isnt 'straight ahead' jazz, but theres a bunch of straight ahead jazz in his discog.

 

[Uncle Erik]

X2 on Keely Smith. I've always loved her.

Pick up some Eartha Kitt while you're at it.

 

[Pincher]

Jill Barber and Sophie Milman come to mind, as does Sarah Sleen; she's in the pop category.

 

[argentum]

I would like to add Susannah McCorkle's name to this list.

 

[krmathis]

Radka Toneff is worth checking out imo.