Best female vocals on CD

gotta be Joni Mitchel, "Hejira" recorded in 1976.
joeb

Ordered 7 Cds based on the suggestions above. All were great. The biggest enjoyment for me was the Cowboy Junkies, & Eva Cassidy. I can't believe I've never heard of the Cowboy Junkies. Keep up the suggestions! Like someone said earlier.....CDNOW would love this Forum!

Ms. Krall does sound great on cd but she's no Ella or Billie.
Rosanne Cash 10 Song Demo is a good listen so is The Captain by Kasey Chambers. I guess I'm going to have go out and buy some Eva Cassiday great thread.

Jennifer Warnes- Hunter and The Well, equally as good is Eva Cassidy- Songbird

I've always enjoyed Roberta Flack's First Take (her first album) but this is purely a musical opinion. I have no idea as to how the recording quality stacks up. In fact, I suspect it's not that great, I was just listening to it and there's an awful lot of background hiss.