| Artist |
Summary |
|
Nina Simone |
She generally is classified as a jazz
musician, although she disliked that categorization herself;
and her work also has been described as covering the blues,
rhythm and blues, classical, and soul.
Check out:
- The Very Best
of Nina Simone
- Four Women:
the Nina Simone Philips Recordings |
|
Billie Holiday |
Also called Lady Day, Billie was an American singer, generally
considered one of the greatest female jazz voices of all time,
alongside Sarah Vaughan and
Ella
Fitzgerald. Check out:
- The
Genius of Billie Holiday
-
The Complete Billie
Holiday on Verve 1945-1959 |
|
Dinah Washington |
Dinah was a blues and jazz singer. Because of her strong voice
and emotional singing, she is known as the "Queen of the Blues".
Despite dying of a drug overdose in 1963, Dinah Washington
became one of the most influential vocalists of the twentieth
century. Check out:
-
Smoke Gets in Your
Eyes |
|
Miles Davis |
Davis was the last of the great trumpet
players, employing a lyrical, melodic style that was known for
its minimalism as much as its introspection.
Check out:
- Kind of Blue
- Porgy and Bess
- The Best of Miles
Davis |
|
Ray LaMontagne |
Raycharles "Ray" LaMontagne is a folk singer-songwriter. He
claims that his main influence is
Stephen Stills. Critics have compared LaMontagne's music to
Stills,
Tim Buckley, and
Nick Drake. Albums:
- Trouble
- Till The Sun Turns Black |
|
Tom McRae |
Tom McRae is a singer-songwriter from
England. Albums:
-
Tom McRae
-
Just Like Blood
-
All Maps Welcome |
|
Seth Lakeman |
Seth Lakeman is an English folk singer,
songwriter, and musician from
Yelverton, on the edge of Dartmoor in Devon.
Albums:
- The Punch Bowl
- Kitty Jay
- Freedom Fields |
