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.
Dionne Warwick
World-renowned African-American recording artist
Sarah Vaughan
Singer Sarah Vaughan (1924-1990) launched her jazz career at the world-renowned Apollo theatre’s amateur-night contest.
Astrud Gilberto
Astrud Gilberto spread bossa nova to a welcoming world – but got little love back in Brazil
Mavis Staples
Powerful gospel and rhythm and blues singer
Antoinette de Saint-Étienne
First Nations nun who sang for a queen
Deborah Cheetham
World-renowned Aboriginal Australian opera singer, composer, playwright and creator of Australia’s first Aboriginal opera.
Elizabeth Rebecca Edwin
1800s Irish actress and singer