BY ZAN STEWART STAR-LEDGER STAFF Though jazz is primarily an instrumental art form, vocals have long played a key role. Vocalists are often the music's top attractions, and they clearly offer an ...

“There is a flow of sound, like water: you float or surf or sail.” This is how Tamar Korn describes the jazz vocalist’s job. And yes, she does have a little more to add, as if improvising ...

An acclaimed American jazz singer renowned for his smooth voice and classic interpretations of American standards. Achievements: Multiple Grammy Awards, famous for bridging the generation gap with ...

Once upon a time, the emblematic jazz singer was an African-American woman, serenading a smoke-filled room. Think Billie Holiday and Ella Fitzgerald. Today, a talented crop of cosmopolitan young ...

In jazz discussions, the saxophonists and the trumpeters generally dominate the conversation, and rightly so. Equally as integral to the music, though, is the rest of the band. While we've already ...

SPENCER MICHELS: The singer Janice Borla, who runs the only jazz camp devoted to solo jazz singing, also focuses on building an audience as much as on building singers.

The real jazz singers, such as Mark Murphy, Jon Hendricks, Kurt Elling and Bobby McFerrin, simply don’t move enough recordings to earn a long-standing berth on the charts.

Delhi's jazz scene attracts musicians and audiences, but women face visibility challenges in a patriarchal culture. Few ...

The most informative parts of Scott Yanow's exhaustive survey of jazz singers are the introductory sections. Here Yanow outlines the who, what, when, where and why of jazz singing. In these ...

There are no mystical components involved in jazz music — mostly it’s about improvisation and swing. And what holds true for the piano, bass or saxophone also applies to the human instrument ...