Modern day female jazz recommendations

I just listened to Eden Atwood's "This Is Always -- The Ballad Sessions", featuring Tom Harrell on 45rpm vinyl from Groovenote. I highly recommend this album. Start with "Blame It On My Youth" which is served up as a vocal/bass/flugel trio. Eden has fantastic control and very good interpretive skills. Harrell is in his "breathy" flugel mode and the bassist (sorry I've forgotten his name) is stellar. The surfaces are dead silent and the engineering is beyond peer.

I give this five-stars. ;-)

Dave

Diane Hubka is great. Check out her latest release with songs from movies.

Dave

I'd like to second Stacey Kent. Her "Breakfast on the Morning Tram" is a great new album. "Collection" and "Collection II" would also be a great place to start. Evidently she's really big in the UK. I only just heard of her last week, but she's now on the heavy play list. Her voice is really pure and light. She really makes good use of dynamics and always has a great band behind her.

Dave

An easy way to check out some of these recommended singers is either with the samples at Amazon or the artists' sites.

Dave

08-15-08: Robertd said:
"holly cole, sue mc corkle, amy winehouse"

Wow, I agree that all are great singers; however, one actually committed suicide and one is doing it slowly. Holly may not be self-destructive, but she's certainly focused on the down side.

These singers are in my library, but they don't get played a lot by me. My mood has to be "just right." Still, thanks for the suggestions.

Do you feel ok today???

Dave