Modern day female jazz recommendations


We all know the classics from decades ago. What are your favorite your more contemporary female jazz singers of today?

Living close to Nashville I have the opportunity to see and hear a lot of up and coming artists. Nashville is NOT just country music by a long shot.

I'll start with Diana Krall....
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I haven't seen anyone mention Sandy Sasso. She is great. Start with Mixed Grill. I have been using Tuxedo Junction for speaker auditions and have won her fans in the process. I suspect VMPS may be using that song to show off their speakers now. Another one you don't hear about too much about in recent years is Susanne McCorkle. She can be a bit quirky but a lot of fun. Dream is a good starting CD. Sophie Milman has a lot of potential, beautiful voice but she needs to develop more. Still, her Make Somebody Happy (I hope I remember that right) is very pretty and is well worth a listen, if only for Rocket Love. Holly Cole, especially her new solo album, Cheryle Bentyne is fun.
Good thread. FYI, Sue McCorkle died a few years back, suicide. She had had some health problems and career setbacks. I have tons of he stuff and loved it all.
I second alot of the stuff on this list. Some oters.. Laverne Butler is another below the radar singer...bluesy with a Carmen feel. Carmen Mcrae obviously has to be mentioned. Rene Marie, Anne Hampton Callaway, Rebecca Kilgore, Diane Schurr, Jackie Allen, Carla Helmbrecht,an Irish singer whose name escapes me now..very Billie influenced. Old Nancy Wilson with Cannonball Adderly and some other standards oriented sets.
Try Esperanza Spalding for a contemporary jazz female vocalist and she plays the Bass during her songs. Saw her on David Letterman's show this last week. She's new, but worth hearing right now.
I've been listening to a young vocalist who performs with a quartet and as a duo with her bass player; mostly in clubs in the Northeast. Her name? Katie Bull. If you get a chance to see her live, she puts on a good show. she has a couple of CDs out (their titles escape me) but I suspect we will be hearing more of her.
Cassandra Wilson! IMHO, she carries the throne of of jazz vocalists. She sings other genres as well. New album just out: "Loverly". Can't wait to listen...

Also, I just discovered a young talent by the name of Melody Gardot.