I need a female jazz vocalist. No Krall, No Norah

Etta James. Her Jazz album, Time after Time 1995. I listen to it over and over and over.
Sings Blues, Funk, and Rock too, with feeling.

Can't take Norah, like fingernails on a blackboard...

Basia for a mix of jazz, latin and carribean.

Paula Morelenbaum!

It was through Dennisb's thread I learned of the remarkable album, Morelenbaum (2)/Sakamoto: Casa (Tribute to Jobim. If you like the old Bossa Nova standards of Antonio Carlos Jobim this is a must listen.

Cellist Jaques Morelenbaum and his Paula teamed up with Ryuichi Sakamoto to create a truly magical album. It was actually recorded at Jobim's Rio De Janeiro home and Sakamoto was playing Jobim's own piano.

Paula has the voice of an angel, but I must admit it was Sakamoto's piano that really reached my heart. His minimalist style is both deeply moving and the perfect frame for when Paula's voice seems to emerge from nowhere.

Just amazing!

Try Carmen McRae. She does a great version of I Only Have Eyes For You. Its off her 1972 live LP "The Great American Songbook"

Gunbei,

Thanks for the recommendation. It is just the kind of music that I like. i have not heard of that album before. I llok forward to listening to it. Cello, voice and piano. great combination. I hope my system is up to it. Thanks!

One I haven't seen mentioned is Jacquie Naylor. "Live from the Plush Room" is a good place to start.

Second (or Third or 95th) the recommendations of Eva Cassidy "Live at Blues Alley," Cassandra Wilson (have four discs and all are great), Christy Baron, Patricia Barber (her cover of "Light My Fire" might be the five sexiest minutes of music I own), Madeleine Peyroux (esp. "Hey Sweet Man") and, of course, the great Ella (especially her duets with Louis Armstrong). Good listening.

Rebekka Bakken
http://rebekkabakken.universalmusic.at/

Also Tracie de Jong
http://www.traciedejong.com/

Cai Qin. She is a chinese vocalist and is awesome. While you wont understand the words, no need. The music is beautiful and so are the sonics. You can probably get it outside of Hong Kong in Chinese music stores in places where there are chinese vendors, chinatown, etc. JVC I think makes and XRCD of this. I believe the CD number is 7243 5 32378 20. I know Chinese audiophiles use this alot for demonstration. It was even playing in a famous chinese movie in a high end audio store for one scene. I am not Chinese but my wife is. I learned about her from a work associate in Taiwan. Another good chinese vocalist is Teresa Teng. You wont understand the words but trust me, the music, voice and sonics on most CD's are good.

Sarah Vaughn, Rosemary Clooney, Dinah Washington

Madeleine Peyroux.

Mary Stallings has been mentioned before. She has a new release "Rember Love" on Half Note Records. Some scat, some lush jazz renditions of standards. Excellent music, recording is very high quality. Good place to start if you haven't heard her yet.

Nina Simone....Sarah Vaughan....Peggy Lee

Joss Stone isn't exactly Jazz, but a refreshing change from some of the stuffy Jazz vocalists doing the rounds, dare I say.

Quick follow up - I can't edit worth a crap! The Stallings album is "Remember Love".