Modern day female jazz recommendations

If you love "Some Cats Know" listen to Maria Muldaur doing it 0n "Woman Alone With The Blues". Great singer, great album.

This thread has been great - I have been listening to a lot of Anita O' Day and Helen Merrill as a result.

This might surprise a few people, but check out "Trav'lin' Light" by Queen Latifah. The lady can DEFINELY sing the traditional pop and RnB standards from the likes of Ella, Peggy Lee, Sarah Vaughn, ect. Matter of fact, I believe this CD is up for a Grammy this year.

Dee Dee Bridgewater and Dianne Reeves have several very fine jazz recordings between them. You can check em out on Amazon. Two British birds with some good sounding jazz on Linn recordings are Claire Martin and Carol Kidd. If you're old school try Clap Hands! Here Comes Charlie with Ella Fitzgerald (Verve). Then, you'll know.

Madeline Peroux, Tierney Sutton, Patricia Barber, and, with the right tunes....Joni Mitchell.

Patricia Barber