Well this is your lucky day.... My preference also and I have been doing it for years... You can start with these 28 and if you like them, I have hundreds more.

Rebecca pigeon, Lizz Wright, Janet Seidell, Karlie Bruce, Kinna Grannis, Monica Martin, Karen Souza, Woong San, Eva Cassidy, Chantel Chamberland, Simone Kopmajer, Angel Olsen, Devon Sinclair, Holly Cole, Sarah Menescal, Manhattan Jazz Quartet, Lua Blanco, Billianne, Sophie Auster, Gwada Soul, Connie Evingson, Beth Hart, Ailnia Seidel, Jane Duboc, Simone Kopmojer, Emile-Claire Barlow, Patricia Barber, Katie Melua.

Loving this list.. Wow. I've been mining away.

Pop Pop by Rickie Lee Jones

Cafe Blue by Patricia Barber

The book of Longing by Luciana Souza

Thanks @frankmc195 

I haven’t heard of half the names, so fun times this weekend.

Keep ‘‘em coming 😁

Carmen Cuesta-Loeb, Sinne Eeg, Julianna Raye, Julienne Taylor, Emi Fujita, Denise King, Jean Frye Sidwell, Erin Raye, Ania, Claire Martin, Kirsti Huke, Anna Nygren, Laverne Butler, Sissell, Halie Loren, Lola Haag, Cecilia Dale, Ira Wolf, Anne Ducios, Gemma Hayes, The Molsbees, Iris Noelle, Lily Kershaw, Allison Buist.....Between the first list and the second is over 50... when you get through with these, let me know and I will give you the next 50.

A couple particularly well-recorded vocal albums come to mind:

Shirley Horn "Here's to Life" (1992, arrangements by Johnny Mandel)

Helen Merrill "What's New" (1954)

And any of Ella Fitzgerald/Norman Granz "songbook" collaborations on Verve. My favorite is the George & Ira Gershwin songbook.