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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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onhwy61
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Check out Kurt Elling, Nat King Cole (Trio only) and early Louis Armstrong. Mr. Armstrong virtually invented jazz singing (just ask Billie Holiday).
rockvirgo
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Jimmy Scott sings jazz like nobody else. Try his album 'all the way'.
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goodwine59
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Check out Kurt Elling.. especially his live album.
elgordo
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Let's not forget the late, great Mel Torme. Don
bbtuna
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Some repeats but it might be good to hear the names more than once.

Frank Sinatra (if you don't have "Sinatra I recommend Sinatra, Live at the Sands" with Count Basie -- remastered, pretty good recording great music)

Tony Bennett

Joe Williams (double cd Best of Joe Williams Live the Verve Years 2nd disc -- or "Every Day I Have the Blues" 1988 verve)

Nat King Cole

Luqman Hamaz - not well known but been around a long time recently recorded on Groove Note lable "Luqman Hamza, With This Voice"

Jimmy Scott

Charles Brown

Tom Waits (not Jazz exactly more folk/blues)

Louie Armstrong

Jimmy Durante (sp)

I would like to find others since I like Jazz/Blues voices so much....

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