7. The Singers
Women and Men
Listen: The Women
All audio materials should be available through the Public
Radio MusicSource®, most record stores, The Smithsonian Institution, and some
public libraries.
- The Complete Ella in Berlin: Mack the Knife (Verve 314 519 564-2)
- Billie Holiday: The Golden Years (LP) Columbia C 34 21)
- The Carman McRae-Betty Carter Duets (Verve 314 519 564-2)
- Peggy Lee: Beauty and the Beat with George Shearing (Capitol B 2IY 98454)
- Sarah Vaughan: Live in Japan (Mobile Sound Fidelity Lab MFCD 2 844-2)
Listen: The Men
- Johnny Hartman: Unforgettable (Impulse IMPD 152)
- Joe Williams: Here's to Life (Telarc 20 83357)
- Mel Torme: Night at the Concord Pavilion (Concord CCD 4433)
- Nat Cole Trio: Hit That Jive Jack (Decca CRD 622)
- Kurt Elling: Close Your Eyes (Blue Note CDP 7243 830645)
View: The Women
The videos listed with an asterisk (*) can be ordered from
Jamey Aebersold Jazz Inc., P.O. Box 1244C, New Albany, IN 47151-1224 (800-456-1388).
- The Ladies Sing the Blues (A 77)*
- Ella Fitzgerald on Tour, Volume II (A 335)*
- Sarah Vaughan and Friends (A 136)*
- Peggy Lee: The Quintessential (A 276)*
- Lester Young and Billie Holliday (A 300)*
View: The Men
The videos listed with an asterisk (*) can be ordered from
Jamey Aebersold Jazz Inc., P.O. Box 1244C, New Albany, IN 47151-1224 (800-456-1388).
- Joe Williams: A Song is Born (a 160)*
- Nat King Cole Plus the Mills Brothers (A 153)*
- The Jazz Singers: Various Artists (A 311)*
Read
- Chilton, John. Billie's Blues. Quartet Books Limited, London, 1987 (reprint).
- Friedwald, Will. Jazz Singing. Charles Scribner's Sons, MacMillan Publishing
Company New York, 1990.
- Gourse, Leslie. Sassy, The Life of Sarah Vaughan. Charles Scribner's Sons,
MacMillan Publishing Company, New York, 1993.
- Nicholson, Stuart. Ella Fitzgerald: A Biography of the First Lady of Jazz.
Charles Scribner's Sons, MacMillan Publishing Company, New York, 1993.
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