Jazz Singers Flashcards
Albums: Joe Williams and Count Basie
Joe Williams and the Thad Jones Mel Lewis orchestra
Joe Williams
Albums: Dukes of Dixieland
Ella And Louis
Louie Armstrong
Albums: Epiphany
Chaka Khan
Albums: I can’t start it
Duets (Carmen McRae)
Betty Carter
Albums: The great
(song) The ballad of Thelonious Monk
Carmen McRae
Albums: Diane Schaur with the Count Basie orchestra
Diane Schaur
Albums: For Ella
Patti Austin
Albums: Close enough for love
Shirley Horn
Albums: Something cool, Big Band Specials,
(song) You came a long way from St. Louis
June Christy
Albums: Mink jazz, Blues cross country
Peggy Lee
Albums: Swings coleport with billy may
Anita O’day
Albums: live at yoshi’s
Dee Dee Bridgewater
Albums: The swinging quintet
Info: had retired multiple times, played with George shering
Nancy Wilson
Albums: Velvet and Brass
Info: velvet fog
Famous for “chestnuts roasting over an open fire”
Mel Torme
Albums: Live in Tokyo, Sarah Vaughan and Count Basie
Sarah Vaughan
Nick name was “Sassy”
Female singer for Billy Ecksteine
Sarah Vaughan
Albums: “No cover, no minimum”
Billy Ecksteine
Father of jazz singing
First one to skat sing
Nick name was “pops” and/or “sachmo
Louie Armstrong
Albums: Tony Bennett and Bill Evans
Tony Bennett
Albums: Lady sings the blues
(song) Good morning heart ache
(song) Strange fruit
Billie Holiday
Albums: Portrait of Chris, Twos company
Chris Connor
Didn't skat Recompose songs Great interpreter Nick name was lady day Lady sings the blues(movie)
Billie Holiday
Mark Murphy Sings
Mark Murphy
Sinatra at the sands
Frank Sinatra
Albums: Unforgettable, ask a woman who knows
Info: Daughter of nat king cole
Rhythm and blues singer
Natalie Cole
Albums: Ella in Berlin, Mack the Knife
Ella Fitzgerald
Albums: Sorcerer, Right on my way home, “Too much coffee, man”
Info: sang with miles
Bob Dorough
Albums: Alice in wonderland
(song) Your molecular structure
(song) 7th sun
Mose Allison
Albums: One bad habit, Passion fruit
Michael Franks
Albums: This time it’s love
Kurt Elling
Didn’t use other musicians with him
Bobby McFaren
Played with Herbie, Diz, on “and the melody lingers on”(a night in Tunisia)
Chaka Khan
Albums: Anita O’day sings the most (with Oscar Peterson trio)
Anita O’day
Albums: Nancy Wilson/Cannonball Adderly,
Nancy Wilson
Info: played with Diz, Parker, and Gene
Nick name was Mr. B
Billy Ecksteine
Albums: Sing a Song of Basie
Info: formed by John Hendrix
Lamber Hendrix and Ross
Albums: Jazz Sebastian Bach
The Swingles Singers
Used the trombone section form the Kenton big band for their sound
The four freshman
Albums: All Over the Place
Info: Gene Puerling, don shelling,
The Highlows
The new band of the Highlows
The singers unlimited
Albums: Vocalees
The Manhattan Transfer
Albums: Vamos
Info: religious group, took the songs gene Puerling wrote and added soul to it.
Take 6
Albums: Hearts if Fire
The New York Voices
Albums: the best tour souvenir album
The real group
