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A ballad and blues singer with small recordings, Speed was overshadowed by Sinatra, but rivaled Johnny Desmond, Chet Baker, and Bobby Darin.

Although not just a jazz singer, Herb Jeffries was the last surviving person in the 1940 Duke Ellington Orchestra and an excellent interpreter of swing tracks and ballads. He performed with Erskine Tate in the first ’30s, Earl Hines (1931-1934), and Blanche Calloway, before getting the first dark cowboy professional …

With hardly any exceptions, the career of Harry Connick, Jr., could be divided in two — his 1st two albums encompassed straight-ahead New Orleans jazz and stride piano while his later on profession (which paralleled his increasing celebrity position) alternated between more sophisticated New Orleans music and pop vocals having …

Among the best-known arrangers from the post-World Battle II period, Marty Paich had stronger jazz qualifications than a lot of his peers, because of his active existence within the Western Coast scene through the ’50s. Paich was created in Oakland, CA, on January 23, 1925; he began like a pianist, …

Having just started performing jazz professionally in 1998, Karen Shane has already been making her tag with her first record It’s Anybody’s Planting season, released in the same season. The street which had taken her to a profession in jazz had not been always as obviously marked since it is …

The son of the Reverend, Larry Dalton is constantly on the fuse his musical skills and his religious convictions. A normal performer on such Christian-oriented cable displays as Hour Of Power and the700 Membership, Dalton has offered as music movie director for Mouth Roberts Television, penning several thousand tunes which …

Chick Bullock was a prolific vocalist in the ’30s, whose whole profession seems somewhat shrouded in secret and confusion. Actually the facts of his delivery provoke wide physical disagreement, perhaps only if to protect the trustworthiness of a corrupt typesetter someplace. A trusted jazz biographical resource says he hailed from …

British jazz experienced Chris Ellis is definitely a perfect exemplory case of a skilled singer that has spent a lot of his career in back of the scenes. Like a vocalist, Ellis offers recorded infrequently over time — much towards the regret of his supporters — but he has already …

Number 1 cabaret vocalist whose allegiance is towards the pop/crooning tradition. Fantastic baladeer; underappreciated designer.

Though he still left performing for composing by the end from the ’50s and stayed apart a long time before returning, Bobby Scott made some entertaining, delightful music. He was an excellent pianist, effective vocalist, and above typical vibist. Scott also performed accordion, bass, cello, and clarinet. He examined on …