Top 10 Jazz recordings ever

Seems Shirley Horn always gets mentioned here when best jazz female vocalist come up. As female vocalist go, I've never liked the tonal quality of her voice. Too deep, heavy and not that feminine. She seems to talk her lyrics too much as well.

Foster 9, Funny that you say that...Its exactly how I feel about Particia Barber and so many folks really like her too. I guess we all listen to music with different ears don't we. :-)

I hear ya! Newbee...

Orpheus10 and Grimace, where are you?

My favorite jazz vocalist is still Ella Fitzgerald. I think any jazz collection worthy of the name must include some of her recordings. Two personal favorites of mine are the 40th Birthday Concert, which was recorded live in Rome, and also one called On the Sunny Side of the Street, which she recorded with the Basie band. And of course, there are all of the excellent songbook sets. Pretty much anything she did is well worth listening to.

Sarah Vaughan 'After Hours', Roulette 52070, 1955

Roberta Gambarini 'Easy To Love', Groovin' High, 2006

Cassandra Wilson 'Blue Light 'Til Dawn, Blue Note, 1993

Ella Fitzgerald & Duke Ellington 'At Cote d'Azur', Mosaic, 2010 -- just got this three disc set. Ella in top form!

Terence Blanchard's 'Let's Get Lost', (Sony, 2001) is a tribute to Jimmy McHugh and features a number of contemporary vocalists