Albums of Vocal Jazz music
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Malene Mortensen
Can't Help It '2015 -
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Molly Johnson
Because Of Billie '2014 -
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Nicki Parrott
The Last Time I Saw Paris '2013 [SACD] -
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Katie Melua
In Winter (24 bits/48 kHz) '2016 -
Laura Fygi
Fans' Choice 25th Anniversary Collection (2CD) '2015 -
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Billie Holiday
Velvet Mood '1956 -
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Frank Sinatra
Watertown '1970 -
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Grover Washington, Jr.
Prime Cuts (The Columbia Years 1987-1999) '1999 [SACD] -
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Susan Wong
My LIVE Stories '2012 -
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Christy Baron
Retrospective '2004 -
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Laura Fygi
Laura Fygi At Ronnie Scott's '2003 [SACD] -
Zaz
Recto Verso (Deluxe Edition) '2013 -
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Cecile McLorin Salvant
Dreams And Daggers '2017 -
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Diana Krall
Turn Up The Quiet (HDtracks) '2017 -
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Norah Jones
Day Breaks '2016 -
Cecile Mclorin Salvant
The Window '2018 -
Cyrille Aimee
Move On A Sondheim Adventure '2019 -
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Leila Martial
Dance Floor (HDtracks) '2012 -
Akiko
Mood Swings '2003 -
Cecile Mclorin Salvant
The Window [Hi-Res] '2018 -
Kristina Koller
Perception '2018 -
Terez Montcalm
Quand On S'aime '2015 -
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Billie Holiday
Solitude '1956 -
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Billie Holiday
Music For Torching With Billie Holiday '1955 -
Kellye Gray
Rendering (CD1) '2017 -
Kellye Gray
Rendering (CD2) '2017 -
Victoria Rummler
Take Two '2017 -
Rigmor Gustafsson
Alone With You '2007 -
Various Artists
Swing Tanzen Verboten! - 4CD Box Set (German Swing, Dance And Jazz Bands 1937-44) '2003 -
Various Artists
Jazz Lounge '2003 -
Bobby Mcferrin
Beyond Words '2002 -
Carmen Gomes
Carmen Meets Kharma Live '2006 -
Cybill Shepherd
At Home With Cybill '2004 -
Getchen Parlato
The Lost And Found '2011 -
Joanna Wallfisch With Dan Tepfer
The Origin Of Adjustable Things '2015 -
Kevin Mahogany
Pussy Cat Dues: The Music Of Charles Mingus '2000 -
Karen Mantler
My Cat Arnold '1989 -
Indra Rios-Moore
Heartland '2015 -
Melanie De Biasio
A Stomach Is Burning '2007 -
Rachel Taylor
Blame It On My Youth '2003 -
Nikoletta Szoke
Moonglow '2017 -
Beas
Stolen Diamonds '2017 -
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Claire Martin
Time & Place '2014 [SACD] -
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Gregory Porter
Nat King Cole & Me '2017 -
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Carmen McRae
I Am Music '1975 -
Liane Carroll
The Right To Love '2017 -
Julie London
EMI Presents The Magic Of Julie London '1995 -
Julie London
Time For Love - The Best Of Julie London '1991 -
New York Voices
New York Voices '1989 -
Lambert, Hendricks & Bavan
Swingin' Till The Girls Come Home '1963 -
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Claire Martin
When Lights Are Low '2005 [SACD] -
Marcia Ball, Irma Thomas, And Tracy Nelson
Sing It! '1998 -
Swingle Singers, The
Swinging The Classics '2009 -
Michael Feinstein & George Shearing
Hopeless Romantics '2005 -
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Antonio Forcione & Sabina Sciubba
Meet Me In London '1997 -
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Shirley Horn
Here's To Life '1992 [SACD] -
Ann Hampton Callaway
Easy Living '2005 -
Various Artists
A Tribute To Duke '1960 -
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Susanne Abbuehl
The Gift '2013 -
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Sally Night
Ballads For You '2012 [SACD] -
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Antonella Vitale
The Look Of Love '2003 -
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Susannah McCorkle
From Bessie To Brazil '1993 [SACD] -
Sylvia Bennett
Songs From The Heart '2008 -
Various Artists
Audiophile Male Voice '2007
Special sound
Vocal Jazz is a special kind of singing, which is applicable only for the genre of jazz. This is the particular association of musical improvisation, special techniques, and complete harmony with the melody. Vocal Jazz requires from singer a total immersion in the music. The technique of scat is often used. Many of the best vocal jazz songs use this technique. It is an imitation of an instrument with your voice. In a modern way, it reminds beatbox. Vocal jazz songs have one basic thing in common: the ability to improvise. Voice of the performer is almost poured into instrumental music. Jazz vocal songs are unique art, since the same song is sung differently by various performers. It all depends on the ability of their voice and manner of performance.
Facts about singing:
- style, including scat, was founded in West Africa;
- the development of the first peak occurred in the 1920s years;
- the pioneers of the genre were New Orleans jazz- and scatmen;
- sounds issued to simulate instruments jazz.
Interestingly, the best jazz vocal albums were actively compared with the technique of vocalize. Vocalize is the singing of certain sounds that does not carry meaning, especially for sound reproduction. Using this technique is common among the singers for developing bonds. One of the best vocal jazz albums was voice album of swing technique with arrangements of compositions by Bach.
The way forward
In the early 20s, it was hard to focus on commerce. New genres were available not only to buy records. The main goal was to listen it alive. Concerts star of New Orleans focused on the purchase of the idea. Therefore, jazz and scat quickly went ahead. People wanted to buy something that is a kind of novelty. Amazing opportunity to imitate the sound of instruments by human voice was such a thing. Even Ella Fitzgerald was one of the brightest representatives of scat. People wanted to buy her records, not only because of the melodies, but also because of the masterly imitation of instruments by her.
Later this technique was made more complicated. There was a bebop genre and with it, purchase has increased again. You can watch as demand jumps up and down. However, the talent of jazz singers has always been in demand. People always wanted to buy work of known or new artists. The level of demand was high including the cover versions of songs. Popular music is still in our ears.
Of course, now record stores moved far into the background. In front of us, there is a wide spectrum of opportunities to download music. Special programs have allowed recreating even the record of those years in electronic format. Download music of 20s can be to appreciate the talent of the performers. Even at the time, not having the opportunities that we have now, the singers took a maximum of creativity. Now you can download everything in a few seconds. Then recording of a song was taking a huge amount of time.
The more valuable is the fact that it was managed to keep the music lossless. The voice of every singer is almost the same. Lossless audio is available on the Web at the click. Take advantage of this opportunity at least to assess the changes of almost a century.
To listen to the old recordings is better not to choose the MP3 format. It is light enough, but it does not preserve the quality of sound. MP3 has good accessibility. However, there are much more convenient formats. For example, Flac. Despite the more weight, it keeps sounding unchanged. To find Flac is not much more complicated than any other format.