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9. The Great Jazz Singers/

Review For Midterm


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For decades the question has been asked:

What is a jazz singer? Some listeners claim

that a vocalist has to scat like a horn (what do

they consider Billie Holiday?) while others say

that simply swinging is enough (do they

include Tony Bennett and Jack Jones?)
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A jazz singer is a vocalist who brings his or herown interpretation to a song and improvises

through words, sounds, notes and/orphrasing. The difference between a jazz and apop singer is that a jazz vocalist isspontaneous in concert. The goal is not to

duplicate a record, but rather to express howone feels at the moment. Respect can beshown for the original lyrics and melody, but ifone is only duplicating the written music, the

chances are that the singer falls into thecabaret area.


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Georges Top 10(ok, 17) Jazz Singers

1. Bessie Smith(April 15, 1894 September 26, 1937)

2. Louis Armstrong(August 4, 1901 July 6, 1971

3. Billie Holliday(April 7, 1915 July 17, 1959)

4. Ella Fitzgerald(April 25, 1917 June 15, 1996)

5. Sarah Vaughn(March 27, 1924 April 3, 1990)

6. Nat King Cole(March 17, 1919 February 15, 1965)

7. Joe Williams(December 12, 1918 March 29, 1999)

8. Dinah Washington(August 29, 1924 December 14, 1963)

9. Nancy Wilson(born February 20, 1937)

10. Betty Carter(May 16, 1929 September 26, 1998)

11. Shirley Horn((May 1, 1934 October 20, 2005)

12. Bobby McFerrin(born March 11, 1950)

13. Cassandra Wilson(born December 4, 1955)

14. Dianne Reeves(born October 23, 1956)

15. Carmen Lundy(born November 1, 1954)

16. Shelia Jordan (November 18, 1928,)

17. Nina Simone((February 21, 1933 April 21, 2003)


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Jokes about Singers

1. How do you know there's a girl singer as a patient on the intensivecare unit?

She's the only one that asks for more echo on the monitor.

2. A chick singer is always calling tunes in strange keys. One day during

a rehearsal the piano player in the band has had enough:

Pianist: Why the heck do you want to sing the tune in D? Why not takeit up a semitone and do it in Eb?

Singer: Eb? Isn't that faster?

3. How does a singer change a light bulb?

She stands on a chair, takes hold of the bulb, and waits for the whole

world to revolve around her. 4. How can you tell when it's a chick singer knocking at your door?

Because she can't find the key, and she doesn't know how to come in.


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Bessie Smith


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Bessie Smith (April 15, 1894 September 26,

1937) was an American blues singer.

Sometimes referred to as The Empress of theBlues, Smith was the most popular female

blues singer of the 1920s and 1930s.She is

often regarded as one of the greatest singersof her era and, along with Louis Armstrong, a

major influence on subsequentjazz vocalists.
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Bessie Smith-St. Louis Woman

Bessie Smith-I'm Wild About That Thing

By 1926 public enthusiasm for the blues isdeclining and Bessie's venues become less

prestigious, she begins using more suggestivelyrics in 1927 in an attempt to stem fallinginterest in her music and records 'Empty BedBlues' in 1928 which becomes a big hit.
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Bessie Smiths death in 1937 were a major

controversy; she was in a car accident and had

lost a lot of blood. Some said she died becausethe white hospital would not admit her, but

some say that they never would have taken

her to a white hospital in the first place. Ah,the logic of racism..


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Louis Armstrong


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I forget who it was that once

said that Louie Armstrong was

the greatest singer in the world

without a voice. And he wasbecause what Louie did to a

song, nobody else could do. -Billy Eckstine


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The question always arises: how could

someone with an untrained voice -- a voice

with limited range and a gravelly quality have

such a profound effect on the course of

American jazz and popular song? The answeris found in Satchmo's disparate vocal

influences.


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As a boy, Armstrong worked for the

Karnofskys, a family of Jewish immigrants;

their music impacted his singing

The Creole and Black bands of New Orleans

impacted him

He loved Bessie Smith, and also Enrico Caruso

and Irish tenor John McCormick

John McCormick-My Wild Irish Rose
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Heebie Jeebies

La Vie En Rose

What A Wonderful World
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Interesting

Bing Crosby, a great admirer of Armstrong's,

brought Louis' innovations into the world of

pop music, first as part of the Rhythm Boys

with the Paul Whiteman Orchestra and thenas the premier "crooner" of the 1930s.

Crosby's baritone voice saved the world from

the many "boy tenors" who were threateningto dominate music of the late 1920s.
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Crosby... was important in introducing into the

mainstream of popular singing an Afro-American

concept of song as a lyrical extension of speech...His techniques - easing the weight of the breath

on the vocal cords, passing into a head voice at a

low register, using forward production to aid

distinct enunciation, singing on consonants (a

practice of black singers), and making discreet

use ofappoggiaturas, mordents, and slurs to

emphasize the text - were emulated by nearly alllater popular singers.
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Just One More Chance

Now You Have Jazz White Christmas
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Billie Holliday


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Ken Burns

Episode 6 49:38-52:54

Episode 7 1:10:49-1:15:51

Episode 8 1:28:49-1:32:30


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Billie Holiday (born Eleanora Fagan[1] April 7,

1915 July 17, 1959) was an Americanjazz

singer and songwriter. Nicknamed "Lady Day"by her friend and musical partner Lester

Young, Holiday had a seminal influence on jazz

and pop singing. Her vocal style, strongly

inspired by jazz instrumentalists, pioneered a

new way of manipulating phrasing and tempo.
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Critic John Bush wrote that Holiday "changedthe art of American pop vocals forever."Sheco-wrote only a few songs, but several ofthem have becomejazz standards, notably"God Bless the Child", "Don't Explain", "Fineand Mellow", and "Lady Sings the Blues". She

also became famous for singing "Easy Living","Good Morning Heartache", and "StrangeFruit", a protest song which became one ofher standards and was made famous with her

1939 recording.
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God Bless The Child

Good Morning Heartache

Strange Fruit

"Strange Fruit" is a song performed most famously byBillie Holiday, who released her first recording of it in1939, the year she first sang it. Written by the teacher

Abel Meeropolas a poem, it exposed American racism,

particularly the lynching ofAfrican Americans. Suchlynchings had occurred chiefly in the South but also in

all other regions of the United States.
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Lyrics to Strange Fruit

Southern trees bear strange fruitBlood on the leaves and blood at the rootBlack bodies swinging in the southern breezeStrange fruit hanging from the popular trees

Pastoral scene of the gallant southThe bulging eyes and the twisted mouthScent of magnolias, sweet and freshThen the sudden smell of burning flesh

Here is fruit for the crows to pluckFor the rain to gather, for the wind to suckFor the sun to rot, for the trees to dropHere is a strange and bitter cry


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Lynching, the practice of killing people by

extrajudicial mob action, occurred in the

United States chiefly from the late 18thcentury through the 1960s. Lynchings took

place most frequently in the South from 1890

to the 1920s, with a peak in the annual toll in1892.


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Ken Burns

Episode 6 1:19:29-1:26;56

Episode 9 1:08:44-1:13:14


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Ella Fitzgerald


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Ken Burns

Episode 6-1:10;58-1:19:24


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Ella Jane Fitzgerald (April 25, 1917 June 15,

1996), also known as the "First Lady of Song"

and "Lady Ella," was an Americanjazz andsong vocalist.[1] With a vocal range spanning

three octaves (Db3 to Db6), she was noted for

her purity of tone, impeccable diction,phrasing and intonation, and a "horn-like"

improvisational ability, particularly in her scat

singing.
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St. Louis Blues-with Chick Webb Orchestra

A Tisket A Tasket-with Chick Webb

One Note Samba with Tommy Flanagan piano1969

So In Love-from Cole Porter Songbook
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Big Band Singers

During the Swing Era, every band had a singer,female and male. Sometimes, the singer wasthe bandleader(Billy Eckstine, Cab Calloway).

But this was an era when instrumentals weremore popular than vocals. That changedpartially due to the recording ban of 1942.Obviously, its rare that an instrumental song

reaches any pop chart. Maybe there should bean American Instrumental Idol.


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Recording ban/Musicians Strike of

1942-44

One unexpected result of the strike was thedecline ofthe importance in popular music of thebig bands of the 1930s and early 1940s. The strikewas not the only cause of this decline, but it

emphasized the shift from big bands with anaccompanying vocalist to an emphasis on thevocalist, with the exclusion of the band. In the1930s and prestrike 1940s, big bands dominated

popular music; after the strike, vocalistsdominated popular music.
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Interesting.

It should be pointed out that before the strikebegan there were signs that the increasingpopularity of singers was beginning to reshape

the big bands. When Frank Sinatra joined

Tommy Dorsey's band in 1940, most selectionsstarted with a Tommy Dorsey solo. By the timeSinatra left in 1942, his songs with the band

began with his singing, followed by any solos

by Dorsey or others.
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Sarah Vaughn


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Ken Burns

Episode 9 34:50-39:46


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Sarah Lois Vaughan (March 27, 1924 April 3,1990) was an Americanjazz singer, described byScott Yanow as having "one of the most wondrous

voices of the 20th century." 1943 won a talent show at the Apollo Theater with

a version of Body And Soul

Sang with Earl Hines and Billy Eckstine Rose to Stardom in 1948

1954-recorded with Clifford Brown

Hit songs included Misty and Send In The

Clowns Also an accomplished pianist
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Sarah Vaughn with Clifford Brown-Lullabye Of

Birdland

Misty

I Got Rhythm

Theme From Peter Gunn
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Nat King Cole


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Nathaniel Adams Coles (March 17, 1919February 15, 1965), known professionally asNat King Cole, was an American musician whofirst came to prominence as a leadingjazzpianist. He owes most of his popular musicalfame to his soft baritone voice, which he used

to perform in big band and jazz genres. Hewas one of the first black Americans to host atelevision variety show, and has maintainedworldwide popularity since his death.
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Nature Boy

When I Fall In Love
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Joe Williams


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Joe Williams (born Joseph Goreed; December

12, 1918 March 29, 1999) was a well-known

jazz vocalist, a baritone singing a mixture ofblues, ballads, popular songs, and jazz

standards.

Started with Jimmy Noone in 1938 Worked with Lionel Hampton in 1942

Worked steadily with the Count Basie Band

throughout the 1950s
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Everyday I Have The Blues-Count Basie

Here's To Life
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Dinah Washington


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Dinah Washington, born Ruth Lee Jones (August 29, 1924

December 14, 1963), was an Americanblues, R&B andjazz

singer. She has been cited as "the most popular black

female recording artist of the '50s", and called "The Queen

of the Blues".

Won talent contest at age 15, started in Chicago clubs in

1941

1943-worked with Lionel Hampton

Between 1948 and 55 had 27 top 10 R and B hits

What a Difference a Day Makes was #4 on the Pop charts

in 1959
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From Allmusic guide:

"[She] was at once one of the most beloved andcontroversial singers of the mid-20th century - belovedto her fans, devotees, and fellow singers; controversialto critics who still accuse her of selling out her art tocommerce and bad taste. Her principal sin, apparently,was to cultivate a distinctive vocal style that was athome in all kinds of music, be it R&B, blues, jazz,middle of the road pop - and she probably would havemade a fine gospel or country singer had she the time.

Hers was a gritty, salty, high-pitched voice, marked byabsolute clarity of diction and clipped, bluesyphrasing..."


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What A Difference A Day Makes

Teach Me Tonight
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Nancy Wilson

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Nancy Wilson (born February 20, 1937) is an

American singer with more than 70 albums,

and three Grammy Awards. She has beenlabeled a singer ofblues,jazz, cabaret and

pop; a "consummate actress"; and "the

complete entertainer." The title she prefers,

however, is song stylist.She has received many

nicknames including "Sweet Nancy", "The

Baby", "Fancy Miss Nancy" and "The Girl With

the Honey-Coated Voice".
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Nancys debut single, "Guess Who I Saw Today", was sosuccessful that between April 1960 and July 1962Capitol Records released five Nancy Wilson albums.Her first album, Like in Love, displayed her talent in

Rhythm and Blues, with the hit R&B song "Save yourLove for Me." Adderley suggested that she should steeraway from her original pop style and gear her musictoward jazz and ballads.In 1962, they collaborated and

produced an album Nancy Wilson/Cannonball whichpropelled her to national prominence.
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Guess Who I Saw Today

Save Your Love For Me

Happy Talk-from Nancy Wilson and

Cannonball Adderly

The Old Country
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Betty Carter


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Betty Carter (born Lillie Mae Jones, May 16,

1929[1] September 26, 1998) was an

Americanjazzsinger known for her

improvisational technique. Vocalist CarmenMcRae once claimed that "there's really only

one jazz singer - only one: Betty Carter."[2]
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All Or Nothing At All-with Dave Holland

How High The Moon
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3cuuNlCP-ak&feature=relatedhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yFywEM5tGOY&feature=relatedhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yFywEM5tGOY&feature=relatedhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3cuuNlCP-ak&feature=relatedhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3cuuNlCP-ak&feature=relatedhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3cuuNlCP-ak&feature=related


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Shirley Horn

Shirley Valerie Horn (May 1, 1934 in


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y ( y ,

Washington, D.C. October 20, 2005) was an

Americanjazz singer and pianist.

Did her first recordings in 1960, went back to

D.C. to raise her family

Was Rediscovered in 1981, gaining much

notoriety for 1991-You Wont Forget Me

Used the same rhythm section(Charles Abels

on bass guitar and Steve Williams on drums)

for 25 years
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Wild Is Love from Loads Of Love

Here's To Life-arr Johhny Mandel 1992
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PMMnknWmDtMhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b0_5xlzl1e8http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b0_5xlzl1e8http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b0_5xlzl1e8http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b0_5xlzl1e8http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b0_5xlzl1e8http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b0_5xlzl1e8http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PMMnknWmDtM


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Bobby McFerrin

Robert "Bobby" McFerrin, Jr. (born March 11,


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y , ( ,

1950) is a virtuoso American vocalist and

conductor. He is best known for his 1988 hit

song "Don't Worry, Be Happy". He is a ten-time Grammy Award winner. He is well known

for his unique vocal techniques and singing

styles.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don't_Worry,_Be_Happyhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grammy_Awardhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grammy_Awardhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don't_Worry,_Be_Happy


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Blackbird

with Chick Corea-Blue Bossa
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=37DHXrFfwrEhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uUiPazMJ0eMhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uUiPazMJ0eMhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uUiPazMJ0eMhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uUiPazMJ0eMhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=37DHXrFfwrE


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Cassandra Wilson


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Cassandra Wilson (born December 4, 1955)is

an Americanjazz musician, vocalist,

songwriter, and producer from Jackson,Mississippi. Described by critic Gary Giddins as

"a singer blessed with an unmistakable timbre

and attack [who has] expanded the playing

field" by incorporating country, blues and folk

music into her work, Wilson has won two

Grammy Awards.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jazzhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jackson,_Mississippihttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jackson,_Mississippihttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_Giddinshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timbrehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Country_musichttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blueshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Folk_musichttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Folk_musichttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grammy_Awardshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grammy_Awardshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Folk_musichttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Folk_musichttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blueshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Country_musichttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timbrehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_Giddinshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jackson,_Mississippihttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jackson,_Mississippihttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jazz


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"Destination" from Sine Die with Steve

Coleman-1992

You Don't Know What Love Is
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7gbl5fRe6MYhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7gbl5fRe6MYhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kV6eCwXz0Bkhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kV6eCwXz0Bkhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7gbl5fRe6MYhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7gbl5fRe6MYhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7gbl5fRe6MYhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7gbl5fRe6MY


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Dianne Reeves


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Dianne Reeves (born October 23, 1956) is an

Americanjazz singer. She currently lives in

Denver, Colorado. Born to musical family in Detroit, raised in

Denver

Keyboardist George Duke is her cousin

Moved to LA in 1976, toured with Harry

Belafonte in the 80s

Signed to Blue Note in 1987
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Softly As In A Morning Sunrise

Speak Low
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Oey2aykfSEhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZmsSB9-XYk4&feature=relatedhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZmsSB9-XYk4&feature=relatedhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Oey2aykfSE


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Carmen Lundy


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Carmen Lundy (born November 1, 1954) is an

Americanjazzsinger, composer, songwriter,actress, and painter. She has been performing

for three decades, with a focus on original

material.She has been positively compared

with Aretha Franklin, Ella Fitzgerald and Sarah

Vaughan.[2] She is also the sister of bassist

Curtis Lundy.
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In Love Again

Better Days
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fkZUfc2L8iUhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zqNSviD9Q-8http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zqNSviD9Q-8http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fkZUfc2L8iU


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Shelia Jordan


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Sheila Jordan (b. Sheila Jeanette Dawson;November 18, 1928, Detroit, Michigan is an

Americanjazz singer and songwriter. Jordan hasrecorded as a session musician with an array ofcritically acclaimed artists in addition to a notablesolo career.

Although her mainstream success has beensomewhat limited, Jordan's music has earnedpraise from many critics, particularly for herability to improvise entire lyrics; Scott Yanow

describes her as "[o]ne of the most consistentlycreative of all jazz singers."
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Falling IN Love With Love-Portrait of Sheila

1962

Anthropology
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ew4R_9frzq0&feature=relatedhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ew4R_9frzq0&feature=relatedhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Vwfd6KGc3M&feature=relatedhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Vwfd6KGc3M&feature=relatedhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ew4R_9frzq0&feature=relatedhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ew4R_9frzq0&feature=relatedhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ew4R_9frzq0&feature=relatedhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ew4R_9frzq0&feature=related


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Nina Simone

hl ( b


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Eunice Kathleen Waymon (February 21, 1933

April 21, 2003), better known by her stage

nameNina Simone ,was an American singer,songwriter, pianist, arranger, and civil rights

activist widely associated withjazz music.

Simone aspired to become a classical pianistwhile working in a broad range of styles

including classical,jazz, blues, folk, R&B,

gospel, and pop.
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Ain't Got No

Mississippi Goddamn

Four Women

I i l f f f i
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GUcXI2BIUOQhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AUR9yWzN3zc&feature=relatedhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qCwME6Jpn3shttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qCwME6Jpn3shttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AUR9yWzN3zc&feature=relatedhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GUcXI2BIUOQ


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Itpains me to leave four of my favorite

singers, Al Jarreau, Chaka Khan, Jon

Hendricks and Sammy Davis Jr. off of the list.Im guessing we are way over time at this

point. Anyway here are 4 links:

AL Jarreau-Spain by Chick Corea

Chaka Khan-High Wire(Chick Corea)

Lambert, Hendricks and Ross -Airegin

Sammy Davis Jr. 1963 I've Got You Under MySkin
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LRbtvRQUi8whttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vW7mX2IBVPchttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ul54NWmwLxshttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4hVfmk9KSlohttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4hVfmk9KSlohttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4hVfmk9KSlohttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4hVfmk9KSlohttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ul54NWmwLxshttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ul54NWmwLxshttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ul54NWmwLxshttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vW7mX2IBVPchttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vW7mX2IBVPchttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vW7mX2IBVPchttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LRbtvRQUi8whttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LRbtvRQUi8whttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LRbtvRQUi8w

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