Originally Posted by
Cunamara
The best singer I have ever played with was a woman who wanted to be part of the band. She could sight read music, she studied jazz and understood the relationship between melody and chords, she did not want to be the center of attention and she had a great voice. She was smart, accomplished in her vocation as well as her avocation, and really easy to get along with. A fine person. I am very sad to note that, unfortunately, she developed a severe health issue and passed away. That was probably 10 years ago now.
Good singers really are not different than good musicians in general. They know the song thoroughly, they have some knowledge of its history, and are able to bring that together and present something unique and personal to themselves. Maybe if there is an internet jazz singing forum somewhere, they're complaining about guitarists like we complain about vocalists.
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