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Male Jazz singers - any recommendations?

I have a great appreciation for female jazz singers (Sarah Vaughan being my favorite). But when I was listening to a Horace Silver cd, lately (BTW: the RvG edition and some others are on sale right now at Towers for 9.99$), there was a male singer on the last track and it suddenly struck me, that I was completely oblivious of male jazz singers so far.
Now I'm looking for some recommendations. The Kind-of-Blue/My-Favorite-Things/Koeln-Concert-type of male jazz singer performances. Any suggestions are very welcome.
pipetman

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unsound
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Chazzbo, I'll give most anybody one more try at entertaining me. Are any of the above recommendations available on CD?
unsound
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Jazz is hard to categorize, but I like Johnny Hartman,Joe Williams and Ray Charles. Good listening.
unsound
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To each his own, and I wouldn't deny you your joy. But I just can't stand Chet Baker's voice. He was flat, off key and had no range or dynamics. Just an over rated pretty boy junkie "pop" Jazz marketing tool. He left behind a rather infamous reputation. I should be more forgiving of the dead, but I just don't understand what the fuss was about. I will say he did play with some of the most lyrical, intellectual and imaginative musicians of his era. Mind you, I have even less talent.
unsound
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Bbtuna, I think that Tom Waits "Nighthawks at the diner" certainly qualifies as a Jazz recording. Now some of you will think me inconsistent recommending this Tom Waits (HIGHLY!) recording after I just blasted Chet Baker's voice.
Waits is hardly a vocal virtuoso. But he is a poet. On this recording he reminds me of a beatnik Bob Dylan with a clever sense of humor. Not all of his music is like this! It's quite amazing how eclectic he can be. Certainly a lot of his music would not be considered Jazz.
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