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Women of Jazz

Artist Song
Billie Holiday  God Bless the Child  
Dinah Washington  What a Difference a Day Makes  
Ella Fitzgerald  How High the Moon  
Carmen McRae  My Foolish Heart  
Diana Krall  I've Got You Under My Skin  
Sarah Vaughan  Moanin'  
Billie Holiday  Good Morning, Heartache  
Dinah Washington  You're Nobody Til Somebody Loves You  
Diana Krall  Frim Fram Sauce  
Peggy Lee  It's Been a Long, Long Time  
Esther Phillips  Fever  
Alice Coltrane & Pharoah Sanders  Journey In Satchidananda  
Dianne Reeves  Better Days  
The Crusaders featuring Randy Crawford  Street Life  
Carmen McRae  Something to Live For  
Ella Fitzgerald  I'm Getting Sentimental over You  
Nina Simone  Feeling Good  
Tania Maria  Come With Me  
Cannonball Adderley & Nancy Wilson  Save Your Love for Me  
Joe Sample & Randy Crawford  Rio de Janeiro Blue  
Betty Carter  I Can't Help It  
Billie Holiday  Strange Fruit  
Joe Sample & Lalah Hathaway  Fever  
Flora Purim  Bridges  
Dinah Washington  Is You Is Or Is You Ain't My Baby  

Comment:

Who better to begin with than the immortal Billie Holiday, whose sultry vocals straddled the ever-blurry jazz-blues line? Holiday's co-composition "God Bless the Child" showcases her at her best, while her lynching-inspired "Strange Fruit" — at the time deemed too controversial for a major label — remains haunting more than 65 years later. Female vocalists, it seems — many of whom straddle the same jazz-blues line — have an uncanny ability to tap into an emotional core that's generally eluded male jazz singers.
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