Known as the First Lady of Song, Ella Fitzgerald popularised "scat singing" where she used her voice to sound like a ...

The night opened with an instrumental version of “Tea for Two,” “Tangerine,” and “You Go to My Head,” played by the band, including Fulton. The entire evening was a glorious celebration of female ...

This year is the centennial of the birth of Anita O’Day, born Anita Belle Colton, a daring jazz vocalist who developed her own style and created a vast body of innovative vocals while being tagged ...

Voices honoring female jazz and blues legends Billie Holiday, Phyllis Hyman, Nancy Wilson and Bessie Smith drifted through Aretha's Jazz Café, in Detroit's Music Hall Center for the Performing Arts, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Sheila Jordan - Credit: Marc Marnie/Redferns/Getty Images Sheila Jordan, the jazz vocalist who tugged at the boundaries of music ...

The death of Cleo Laine Thursday at the age of 97 has inspired a slew of admiring headlines for the acclaimed English vocal and theater star, nearly all of them hailing her as a great jazz singer.

Reflecting upon her extraordinary 25-year career as one of Los Angeles’ premiere and most respected jazz producers, Barbara Brighton connects powerfully with—and continues to wholeheartedly embody—an ...