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Re: Who can recommend me some Jazz singers?
Reply #25 - Apr 4^th, 2010 at 5:32pm

Brainbell Jangler wrote on Apr 2^nd, 2010 at 9:35pm:

Jesus Christ wrote on Mar 30^th, 2010 at 3:59pm:

dadrob wrote on Mar 30^th, 2010 at 2:43pm:

billie holliday and hank williams and howlin wolf...you are all set there

Agreed! I could probably get by with just those three artists for the rest of my life if i had to. But calling Hank or the Wolf "jazz" is a criminal misclassification!

That's not howe I took it. I understood it to mean that you'd have jazz, country and blues covered, and that that would do in a pinch. As for jazz singers, no one mentioned Louis Armstrong. Satchmo may have been better with his cornet than without it, but his voice is singular.

I, too, would have named Ella Fitzgerald. Since I missed that opportunity, I'll tell this story. Ella received her honorary degree from Harvard the same time that I got my law degree. I like to say I graduated with Ella Fitzgerald (and Stephen Hawking).

Not sure what is more impressive: the Harvard part or the Ella part.
Both.....

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