Instead, we’ve chosen a 40-strong selection of singers, horn players, pianists, guitarists, bassists, and drummers whom we consider to be among the best jazz musicians to have ever walked the earth.

In the 1940s, when most women singers adorned big bands as stage attractions rather than legitimate members of jazz ensembles, Sarah Vaughan ... and trombonist J. J. Johnson. As the only female ...

All of the critics who took me to task were male. Therefore I feel vindicated, a lifetime later, now that a new project celebrating the legacies of the great female jazz singers is being called ...

Anyone who enjoyed Wilson, or any good female vocalist, will enjoy ... and quietly strummed guitars, throw in a vocal track or ... The 6th Annual Dymally International Jazz & Arts Festival is being ...

From 1943 onwards, male crooners began to proliferate, and their female counterparts (Dinah Shore, Peggy Lee, Doris Day) broke through as well. There were also vocal ... jazz hit of the 40s as the ...

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Vinyl is a limited run of 100, cut and mastered pristine, with a 12” x 12” lyric insert on which White also details the album ...

The breadth of talent on display over the coming weeks is none more evident than in the number of women artists blazing ...

Mendes, both with and without his renowned group Brasil ’66, was instrumental in introducing the lush rhythms of bossa nova and smooth Brazilian ... beats with two female singers singing ...

Renowned for his smooth jazz compositions and romantic ballads, Kenny G, born Kenny Gorelick, has established himself as a global musical icon, with performances celebrated for their emotive ...