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Female Jazz Singers...new person/new releases...

I must admit my collection is dominated by Jazz and my Jazz collection is dominated by female vocals....and it's exactly the way I want it.

The question is...I have most of what the greats did, Dinah, Sarah, Ella....etc...and many current ones...esp. Krall...so, can anyone suggest some current releases...for a bit of the Classic/Standards type of female Jazz vocals? I do not mind big band type of backing...but lean twoards small groups with minimal electronic manipulation...esp. a lack of reverb on the vocals...

Thanks
whatjd
frogman
7,467 posts
 
Like Nnenna Freelon, why Carmen Lundy remains under the radar for so many is beyond me. There are "jazz" singers, and then there are Jazz singers.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1OvmC39hYi4

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hOfJe6YhZUU

And then there is the only rendition of this greatest of songs that can stand next to Ray Charles' classic version, IMO:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wE2kxDPPy1w
phaelon
1,052 posts
 
Ordinarily I like my jazz vocalists well seasoned with lives tribulations, but Renee Olstead has a certain style that, I think, separates her from the typical newbie.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1IQKZTPFVAM&feature=related
tmsorosk
1,013 posts
 
Whatjd ,,, sounds like your into the same great music I am . The above , sounds good to me , Melody , Eva , Pat , lets not forget Madeleine Peyroux .
garn509
98 posts
 
new persons/new releases -- old music ? Why 2 outa 3? Why look for new covers of songs that have been covered ad nauseum ? Try new vocalists with new music -- Alice Russell,
Lily Allen, Patricia Marx, Sabrina Malheiros, Clelia Felix,
for starters.
stewie
187 posts
 
I'll third Melody Gardot. Best concert performance I've ever seen. Remarkable song writer as well.
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