Best Jazz Vocalists - Standard Songs

Females; Dinah Washington, Carmen McCrae, Maureen McGovern, June Christie, Jo Stafford, Diana Krall,
Tierney Sutton.

Males; Joe Williams, Billy Eckstine, A.J.Croce.

Patricia Barber, Diana Krall, Mel Torme, Bobby Short.

Try Sarah Vaughan, Dee Dee Bridgewater (Live at Yoshi's is great), and Mary Stallings (Live at the Village Vanguard).

The prior posts have covered a fair bit of territory. Ella Fitzgerald, in my opinion, is the quintessential female jazz vocalist. Sarah Vauhgan had a better instrument in some ways, but her delivery was a bit more quirky. The late Susannah McCorkle sang very well, although, for love or money, I can't understand why my wife always insists she was nasal. A singer whose instrument was not the mightiest but who made the most of it with a beautiful sense of delivery, great tone and a believable, I was there, I've done that, quality is Anita O'Day. Try "All the sad young men" on Verve.

shirly horn, great stylist and pianist. low key, romantic, intimate stuff for the most part, mostly recorded on verve. karrin allyson on concord jazz.