Best female vocals on CD

So meny, Holly Cole,Diana Krall,Patricia Barber,Jean Armatrading, K.D. Lang. The list is endless!

Eva Cassidy. (I havent read all the entries above and dont know if anyone mentioned her). Try her Live at Blues Alley and Eva by Heart. Honorable mention: Mary Black (not the last 3 cds, go for her earlier stuff), Gilliam Welch (Revival mentioned above), Etta James, Irma Thomas. Iris Dement and Lucinda Williams belong in a class of their own because they are singer-songwriters and, well, because there's non one else like them.

Billie Holiday

All the above singers are wonderful. But! Iam surprised i don't see Phoebe Snow. She not only has a beautiful voice, it is also one of the most unique. Check out the song poetry man.

Hey Subaruguru, I think your comments about Peggy Lee are exactly right and the rest ARE apprentices. I hope I live long enough to hear them grow up. Can you imagine Krall with another twenty or thirty years on her pipes? I can hardly wait!