Jazz Finds

GOOD SOUNDS

Essential
Jazz
Vocalists

A Listening List from 1920 to the present

	Louis Armstrong
	Bessie Smith
	Ethel Waters
	Billie Holiday
	Mildred Bailey
	Bing Crosby
	The Boswell Sisters
	The Mills Brothers
	Frank Sinatra
	Ella Fitzgerald
	Nat King Cole
	Sarah Vaughan
	Peggy Lee
	Lambert, Hendricks & Rose
	Anita O'Day
	Eddie Jefferson
	Joe Williams
	Betty Carter
	Mel Torme
	Carmen McRae
	Chet Baker
	Dinah Washington
	Tony Bennett
	Nancy Wilson
	Mark Murphy
	Sheila Jordan
	Nina Simone
	Flora Purim
	Abbey Lincoln
	Shirley Horn
	Cleo Laine
	Chaka Khan
	Manhattan Transfer
	Al Jarreau
	Dianne Reeves
	Kurt Elling
	New York Voices
	Bobby McFerrin

JAZZ FINDS:
Resources for Learning

Recordings

	Smithsonian Collection of Classic Jazz (Boxed CD Set)
	The Jazz Singers; The Smithsonian Collection of Jazz Vocals from 1919-1994 (Boxed CD Set)

Videos

	Bluesland; A Portrait in American Music
	Ella Fitzgerald; Something to Live For
	Frank Sinatra; A Man and His Music Vols. 1 and 2
	The Story of Jazz

Books and Publications

	Hot and Cool; Jazz Short Stories, Breton, Marcela url.ie.uwindsor.ca/jazz/breton.html
	Singing Jazz; The Singers and their Styles, Crowther, Bruce and Pinfold, Mike
	Jazz Legends; (Book/CD Set), Crumpacker, Bunny
	Stormy Weather; The Music and Lives of a Century of Jazzwomen, Dahl, Linda
	Singers and Crooners: The Art of Jazz Singing, Gourse, Leslie (Written for young people)
	Singers and the Song 2, Lees, Gene
	Periodicals: The Jazz Educator's Journal Jazz Times Downbeat

Websites

	International Association of Jazz Educators, http://www.iaje.org
	Jazz Internet, http://www.jazzinternet.com (offers many sites & links)
	PBS Online; http://www.pbs.org (a good source for videos, recordings, general information and teacher training materials)
	Smithsonian Institution, http://www.si.edu/sp

Note:
Most of these resources can be found and purchased online at Amazon.com or the websites listed above.

Study Tip
The best way for students to learn about the creative, social and political history of jazz and jazz singing is for them to listen, watch and react to the music be it live or recorded. All of the resources above address the social, cultural and creative factors that led to the development of jazz.