Jazz vocalists which may not be as real as we think/imagine


Sure we could include all genres of vocalists,  but lets focus on jazz performers,,for instance , take Diana Krall. 
I have a  pile of cds that i do not listen to, old rock,,, 2 are my wife's she picked up as gifts, and never listened.
So I figured maybe I can use DK's as a  test reference recording.
Her 1999 and 2001, both seem to my ears her voice is somehow ~~tweeked~~ laid out with modern aids such as EQ's and such.
My Q is , can we really consider DK's voice to be The Real Deal,,, or a  perhaps a toch of  ~ The Fake if not perhaps, bordering on, fraud. 
I really can not use her cds in my testing of new tweeks, mods, , Her voice comes across wayyyy too warm = Colored = a nono for my ears. 
I am after pure cold frigid, icy clean mountain spring water. 
Anyway, justa  random thought,, what say ye? Have you noticed this quirk among other jazz performers such as Sophie Milman, which btw , i do use in  my YT vid uploads of testing reference on tweeks/mods/upgrades. 
Her voice is at least somewhat more~~ a  natural~, Just barely,,had her engineers gonea  tad too far in tweeking, I may have to  also disreagrd her cds. 
Sure you might object and claim all recordings post 1985, have these intrusions of tweeking /EQing the voice, as a  makeover. 
I don't know, maybe in the past 20 yrs things have gotten out of hand. 
So cast your vote, is DK's voice real deal,, or a  tad fake?
Can she perform unpluged as she does on high tech studio records?
mozartfan
This is just microphones we're talking here.

Well lets hope fine Neumann tube mics are involved, , its what the **recording emgineers* manipulate after wards lies the problem. 
Diana should have told studio, no thats too warmish,,I do not sound like that in reality. Lets keep it more real..
Agree all recordings post 1985 are manipulated to a  degree that is far off whats real.

Keep Sophie Millman out of it. She has a wonderful sultry voice and delivery and the recordings are quite good.

Well I only brought in Sophie Milman as a reference to Diana's records, Sophie has superior sonics in  the recording,, Agree, lets not bring in Sophie Milman's superior vocals. 
Diana sure palys fine piano though. No doubt about that
Just reading the heading, I knew Diana Krall would be the subject.

The good thing is she bring in a whole new audience who wouldn't think of listening to Jazz or the American Songbook.

The bad thing is, seems many don't go deeper, and discover what inspired her. Limitless music, but one must go backwards. 

Kinda like the R&R crowd picking some of those tired FM radio bands.
Are we talking about autotune?

Yeah something like that,, but obviously her record studio has alot more  high tech gadgets tahn just the old autotune. 
Alot of audiopphiles lovea  warm sound,, Sahdes I've never liked since the mid 70's. 
So in this style of  songs, I can see how some warmth is a  good thing,, just saying with my new tweeks, one can clearly hear whats actaully going on in the studio. 
I can actually detect they added tones that are not natural to Diana ;'s  , naturally wonderful voice,, Let be clear about that, had they not tweek the recording, the cd would have wonderful.