What are the best jazz albums featuring male vocals?

Are you looking for ONLY male vocals, or do vocal groups with both men and women apply too? If the latter is the case, then I highly recommend the jazz vocalese group Lambert, Hendricks, and Ross. read more

Their 2 disc album The Hottest New Group In Jazz is the best starting point. If you want only male vocals, Nat King Cole's recordings with his trio are great. There's an excellent 4 disc set of his trio recordings on the Proper label that is currently available used on Amazon for under 7 bucks. read more

There is an absolutely essential part of Jazz, the vocal album. They are few and far between, really, since the musicians are the primary focus most of the time. But, throughout Jazz history, a great song was often made into a Pop standard by the addition of a female vocal. read more

Kurt Elling With numerous Grammys under his belt and quite a few other awards like being named"Male Singer of the Year" by the Jazz Journalists Association, Kurt Elling is one of the world's top jazz vocalists. read more

While Frank Sinatra, Tony Bennett, Nat King Cole and Mel Torme made singing jazz standards part of their repertoire, some consider them to be more from the crooners school. Here we've put together a list of the ten of the best male singers who excelled in jazz, whether it be scat singing, vocalese or just having an incredibly distinguishable voice. read more