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The Grammy Award for Best Jazz Vocal Performance, Female was an honor presented at the Grammy Awards, a ceremony that was established in 1958 and originally called the Gramophone Awards, [1] to female recording artists for quality jazz vocal performances (songs or albums).
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Grammy Award for Best Jazz Vocal Performance, Male (9 P) Pages in category "Grammy Awards for jazz" The following 8 pages are in this category, out of 8 total.
A. Loretta Ables Sayre; Titilayo Adedokun; Arooj Aftab; Dianna Agron; Thana Alexa; Dee Alexander; Lorez Alexandria; May Alix; Jackie Allen (musician) Laurie Allyn
In 1960 it was awarded as Best Jazz Performance - Soloist; From 1961 to 1971 the award was combined with the Grammy Award for Best Jazz Instrumental Album, Individual or Group; From 1972 to 1978 it was awarded as Best Jazz Performance by a Soloist; From 1979 to 1988 it was awarded as Best Jazz Instrumental Performance, Soloist
Cassandra Wilson (born December 4, 1955) is an American jazz singer, songwriter, and producer from Jackson, Mississippi. [1] She is one of the most successful female jazz singers and has been described by critic Gary Giddins [2] as "a singer blessed with an unmistakable timbre and attack [who has] expanded the playing field" by incorporating blues, country, and folk music into her work.
She won Grammy Awards for best female jazz vocal performance in both 1986 and 1987 and has had three other Grammy nominations. Schuur has performed in venues such as Carnegie Hall , The Kennedy Center , and the White House , and has performed with many artists including Ray Charles , Frank Sinatra , Quincy Jones , and Stevie Wonder .
In the 1920s, women singing jazz music were not many, but women playing instruments in jazz music were even less common. Mary Lou Williams, known for her talent as a piano player, is deemed as one of the "mothers of jazz" due to her singing while playing the piano at the same time. [4] Lovie Austin (1887–1972) was a piano player and bandleader.