Female singers you like...

**man-argentina** · 02-02-2019, 11:05 PM

... to listen to!

Any style, in the song environment (don't come up with Montserrat Caballe).

TH · 02-02-2019, 11:15 PM

Dominique Eade a true vocal instrumentalist. She has everything: the melodic and harmonic savvy, the range, the clarity and the taste.
She's worked with Fred Hersch, Mick Goodrick, Ben Monder, taught some of the greatest young vocalists of this generation.
My favourite.
David

**cosmic gumbo** · 02-03-2019, 04:23 AM

Susanna Rigacci

**mrblues** · 02-03-2019, 05:22 AM

My vote goes for Eliane Elias, no doubt.

**robertm2000** · 02-03-2019, 01:29 PM

Linda Ronstadt! She had a rock-solid vocal sound that just blew out the doors when she sang rock, and when she sang other styles she did an incredible job of fitting her voice with the style of the songs. Her three albums with Nelson Riddle are for me the epitome of serious pop music performance.

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**newsense** · 02-03-2019, 02:10 PM

Any genre ?

Cara Dillon is my favourite, - the perfect voice for Celtic folk.

Why did I not pick jazz ? I tend not to appreciate "jazz singers" like I feel I should. I am much more attracted to jazz as purely instrumental music, whereas Celtic folk seems an intrinsically vocal medium.

**Stuart Elliott** · 02-03-2019, 03:12 PM

Karrin Allyson, Casandra Wilson, Tracy Nelson, Aretha Franklin, Esther Phillips, Dinah Washington are some of the female singers I like.

**David B** · 02-03-2019, 03:39 PM

Norma Winstone

**David B** · 02-03-2019, 03:46 PM

Blossom Dearie
(heck of a piano player too)

**guitarbuddy** · 02-03-2019, 04:01 PM

Originally Posted by mrblues

My vote goes for Eliane Elias, no doubt.

I went to hear her live in a jazz club about 2001 or so, and she was wearing skin tight black leather pants and a matching halter top. My wife asked me afterwards "How was it?" I replied, "That woman has the finest ass in jazz!" Needless to say that comment got me a "bad man!" retort, but I couldn't help it. So beautiful. The concert was great, too.

**guitarbuddy** · 02-03-2019, 04:04 PM

Originally Posted by robertm2000

Linda Ronstadt! She had a rock-solid vocal sound that just blew out the doors when she sang rock, and when she sang other styles she did an incredible job of fitting her voice with the style of the songs. Her three albums with Nelson Riddle are for me the epitome of serious pop music performance.

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I love those Nelson Riddle recordings as well. Much as I adore and respect the great jazz vocalists it's nice to hear recordings of these tunes where the melody is done fairly close to the original.

**guitarbuddy** · 02-03-2019, 04:10 PM

Such a wide-open question. I'll start with a few I've heard live in the last decade or so, pretty much all jazz.

Cécile McLorin Salvant
Esperanza Spaulding
Roberta Gambarini

There are others who are very good, but any of these three are pretty much guaranteed to knock your socks off.

**PeteE** · 02-03-2019, 04:33 PM

Susan Tedeschi
Rachael Price from lake street dive and other projects.

**gcb** · 02-03-2019, 06:01 PM

Sarah Vaughan, Dinah Washington, Ella Fitzgerald, Anita O'Day, P. Lee.

**grahambop** · 02-03-2019, 07:26 PM

Nancy Wilson.

**wintermoon** · 02-03-2019, 07:36 PM

Carmen McRae
Sarah Vaughan
Jo Stafford
Dinah Washington
Betty Carter
June Christy

**sgosnell** · 02-03-2019, 07:47 PM

Billie Holiday. Ella. One of the great tragedies for me was Linda Ronstadt's disability. She was absolutely great in several genres. Diana Krall.

**lawson-stone** · 02-03-2019, 08:36 PM

Originally Posted by robertm2000

Linda Ronstadt! She had a rock-solid vocal sound that just blew out the doors when she sang rock, and when she sang other styles she did an incredible job of fitting her voice with the style of the songs. Her three albums with Nelson Riddle are for me the epitome of serious pop music performance.

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Saw her live back in the day, I was seated on the floor in the second row. She was a heart-stopping performer on stage. Sheer electricity.

**lawson-stone** · 02-03-2019, 08:37 PM

I'll say it:

Dianna Krall. Her voice just melts me.

**MarkRhodes** · 02-03-2019, 11:30 PM

Originally Posted by David B

Blossom Dearie
(heck of a piano player too)

I love Blossom Dearie too. Love to hear her sing Cole Porter's "The Ooh-La-La".

**cosmic gumbo** · 02-04-2019, 04:05 AM

I too, dig Blossom Dearie. Some must remember when she had a gig singing some tunes for the Schoolhouse Rock series of cartoons.

**ThatRhythmMan** · 02-04-2019, 04:09 PM

What? No Julie London love in here?

**coolvinny** · 02-04-2019, 07:09 PM

Anita O'Day is my favorite. Check her out with Oscar Peterson and Herb Ellis (and Ray Brown and John Poole!) on "Anita Sings The Most". "Anita Sings The Winners" is another amazing album, though more arranged and with larger bands.

As for living female vocalists, Greta Matassa who lives and gigs around the PNW is a real treat...and actually it was Greta who hipped me to Anita O'Day. Greta is an incredible musician! She's married to Clipper Anderson who's a monster on bass. Greta and Mimi Fox recorded an album together "Two For The Road" which I can highly recommend.

Also highly recommended is Diana Panton from Canada. Many of her albums include the great Reg Schwager (guitar) and Don Thompson (piano/bass) as well as other superb musicians.