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Annie Ross (born Annabelle McCauley Allan Short[1][2]; 25 July 1930 – 21 July 2020) was a British-American singer and actress, best known as a member of the influential jazz vocal trio Lambert, Hendricks & Ross. She pioneered the vocalese style of jazz singing, [3][4] with a style described by critic Dave Gelly as "a kind of dreamy ...
She was featured as a "grand diva" of jazz in a 1992 edition of Essence. [13] In the same year, she also received the Whitney Young Jr. Award from the Urban League. In 1998, she was a recipient of the Playboy Reader Poll Award for best jazz vocalist. In 1986, she was dubbed the Global Entertainer of the Year by the World Conference of Mayors.
Eva Cassidy. Eva Marie Cassidy (February 2, 1963 – November 2, 1996) was an American singer and musician known for her interpretations of jazz, folk, and blues music, sung with a powerful, emotive soprano voice. In 1992, she released her first album, The Other Side, a set of duets with go-go musician Chuck Brown, followed by the 1996 live ...
Rachael Price (born August 30, 1985) is an Australian-American jazz and blues singer, known for her work as the lead singer for the band Lake Street Dive. She was born in Sydney, Australia, and grew up in Tennessee, graduating from the New England Conservatory of Music. She is the great-great-granddaughter of Seventh-day Adventist leader George ...
Website. nataliecole.com. Musical artist. Natalie Maria Cole (February 6, 1950 – December 31, 2015) was an American singer, songwriter, and actress. She was the daughter of singer and jazz pianist Nat King Cole. She rose to prominence in the mid-1970s, with the release of her debut album Inseparable (1975), along with the song "This Will Be ...
June Christy (born Shirley Luster; November 20, 1925 – June 21, 1990) [1] was an American singer, known for her work in the cool jazz genre and for her silky smooth vocals. Her success as a singer began with The Stan Kenton Orchestra. She pursued a solo career from 1954 and is best known for her debut album Something Cool.
Years active. 1959–2018. Leslie Coleman McCann (September 23, 1935 – December 29, 2023) was an American jazz pianist and vocalist. [1][full citation needed] He is known for his innovations in soul jazz and his 1969 recording of the protest song "Compared to What". His music has been widely sampled in hip hop.
Died: April 13, 1960 (aged 28) Greenwich ... 1960, Greenwich Village, New York City) was an American jazz singer. Early life. Kenney was born in Harrison, ...