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Samara Joy McLendon[1] (born November 11, 1999) is an American jazz singer. She released her self-titled debut album in 2021 and was subsequently named Best New Artist by JazzTimes. Her second album, Linger Awhile (2022), reached number one on the Billboard Jazz Albums chart. [2] At the 2023 Grammy Awards, she won the awards for Best Jazz Vocal ...
Pages in category "American women jazz singers" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 417 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
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.
Diana Jean Krall OC OBC (born November 16, 1964) is a Canadian jazz pianist and singer known for her contralto vocals. [ 1 ] She has sold more than 15 million albums worldwide, including over six million in the US. On December 11, 2009, Billboard magazine named her the second greatest jazz artist of the decade (2000–2009), establishing her as ...
Emma Salokoski. Isyana Sarasvati. Daniela Schächter. Sara Serpa. June Smith (jazz singer) Irma Sokhadze. Fredrika Stahl.
Diane Joan Schuur (born December 10, 1953), nicknamed " Deedles ", is an American jazz singer and pianist. As of 2015, Schuur had released 23 albums, and had extended her jazz repertoire to include essences of Latin, gospel, pop and country music. Her most successful album is Diane Schuur & the Count Basie Orchestra, which remained number one ...
Nonesuch. Website. cecilemclorinsalvant.com. Cécile McLorin Salvant (born August 28, 1989) [1] is a French-American jazz vocalist. [2][3][4][5][6][7] Salvant is one of the most highly regarded jazz vocalists of her generation, often winning DownBeat annual critics polls. [8] She has released seven albums since 2010, six of which have been ...
Kat Edmonson. (Aarhus Jazz Festival, Denmark, 2013) Born and raised in Houston, Edmonson is the only child of a single mother who enjoyed songs from the Great American Songbook and traditional pop from the 1940s and '50s. She wrote her first song at age nine while riding the school bus. [2]