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That's a really fantastic OP. I met my wife because she was directing a jazz choir I was singing in. She's taught me a lot about jazz singers I didn't know about, and jazz singers in general. I still prefer instrumental jazz in general, but it's definitely broadened my horizons. Ella Fitzgerald is honestly my favorite vocalist in any style. She had style, class, and amazing skill. Another great popular jazz singer is Kurt Elling. He's still active today. He sings standards and his own compositions/arrangements, but his big claim to fame is writing vocaleses for popular jazz songs from many influences. His most famous is "Resolution", from Coltrane's Love Supreme. I highly recommend listening to it: Kurt Elling - Resolution As a singer, I'm seriously jealous of Elling's intonation and tone. Most of the instrumental guys are people everyone's heard of - Coltrane, Monk, Dizzy, Charlie Parker, etc., but I thought there might be a good chance someone might be interested in Kurt Elling. I'm really not a huge fan of vocal jazz but jesus christ this guy hits it out of the park. I saw him do Resolution live in concert and he just nails it. Seaniqua fucked around with this message at 21:24 on Nov 3, 2011 |
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