The son of a jazz singer and a music professor born into a family of noted jazz musicians, Branford Marsalis grew up always around instruments, leading him to the Berklee College of Music in his late teens. Before he was done with school, he started touring with Art Blakey playing saxophone...
She served as the "girl singer" for three of the most popular big bands of the Swing Era (Artie Shaw, Benny Goodman, and Harry James), thereby earning a reputation as "the voice of the name bands." 65 Renee Olstead Renee Olstead, By Request..., Skylark 431 votes Renee Olstead has ...
Hanka G is one of the most admired and well-respected jazz singers in Slovakia, living in New York. Actively performing at the NYC jazz & gospel scene accompanied by one of the best US musicians, she is a rising star of jazz, gospel & world-music, singer
We buy many sub-genres/styles of jazz on LPs, 45s, and 78s: from the hot jazz of the 1920s & 1930s to the be-bop, hard bop, post-bop and jazz vocals of the 40s, 50s, and 60s. Original pressings of these LPs are most desirable, but we also purchase later (usually 1980s) ...
Fun fact: one of his sons, James Tormé is also a jazz singer, keeping the family tradition alive. 4.Kurt Elling Arguably the finest male jazz singer of the modern age, The Guardian described Chicago-born Kurt Elling as “a kind of Sinatra with superpowers.” Many fans of the vocal j...
Mildred Bailey was an American singer known for her light soprano voice, clear articulation, and jazz phrasing. As a singer, Bailey was especially influenced by Ethel Waters and Bessie Smith, and she was one of the first nonblack performers to become a s
However, she is, for sure, a jazz singer. Holiday was able to, in her own individually unique way, interpret a song with her concept of rhythm and melody. Lewis Porter brings us a fresh view of the genius of Lady Day in this Playback article with relevant documentation and samples of ...
Before recording with Benny Carter in 1956 and then recording three albums for Riverside between 1957 – 1959, Anna Maria Woolridge was a “lightweight” supper-club singer who went through several name changes, ultimately becoming “Mrs. Max Roach.” Who was Anna Maria Woolridge? Mary Lou Wil...
Etta James was a popular American rhythm-and-blues entertainer who in time became a successful ballad singer. James was reared by foster parents until her mother (who was 14 when James was born) took her 12-year-old daughter to San Francisco. There James
In another turbulent year of head-spinning change, much of it unwelcome, jazz has once again proved itself as resilient and inspirational as ever.