Viola Gertrude Wells
Viola Gertrude Wells Evans was a popular singer specializing in gospel, blues, and jazz music.
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Carmen McRae
Carmen McRae was one of the great singers of jazz, finding the depth of feeling in the lyrics of the songs she interpreted.
Cassandra Wilson
Cassandra Wilson has used her distinctive voice and fascinating arrangements of standards, in not just jazz, but blues, country, and folk as well, to create a body of work that has expanded the definition of jazz.
Sarah Vaughan
Singer Sarah Vaughan (1924-1990) launched her jazz career at the world-renowned Apollo theatre’s amateur-night contest.
Jessye Norman
African-American opera and jazz singer
Anita O’Day
American jazz singer
Ernestine Anderson
Ernestine Anderson launched her amazing career as a jazz singer while still a teenaged Seattle high school student back in the 1940s.
Claire Barry
The Barry Sisters was a popular Jewish-American vocal group whose careers spanned from the late 1930s through the early 1970s.
Merna Barry
The Barry Sisters was a popular Jewish-American vocal group whose careers spanned from the late 1930s through the early 1970s.
Billie Holiday
Jazz and blues icon