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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Get the Pamela Brown CD with Horace Parlan.Her career mainly in Europe but she's great.Did I mention Stacey Kent before
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Chazz

Patricia Barber - Modern day or Any day - Words totally fail me. I seriously doubt I will hear her equal, let alone a better female jazz vocalist/musician, in my lifetime. But in the same breath, I can only hope that I am proven wrong on that one!
NNENNA FREELON!!! Blues, ballads she just has an involving style with a great voice.