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- Contemporary Vocal Jazz is a genre of music that combines elements of jazz, pop, and R&B. It is characterized by its use of improvisation, complex harmonies, and often incorporates elements of funk, soul, and hip-hop. It is often performed by vocalists accompanied by a jazz ensemble, and often features scat singing.
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Modern Vocal Jazz represents a new chapter in jazz history, featuring contemporary vocalists who redefine the genre. This style blends traditional jazz elements with diverse influences, including R&B, and pop.
The Sound of Contemporary Vocal Jazz · Playlist · 367 songs · 227 likes.
The Contemporary Vocal Jazz Channel on Stingray Music celebrates jazz vocalists from around the world, who are active in today's jazz scene. Vocalists include: Bobby McFerrin. "Don't Worry Be Happy" may be the song that he is most well known for, but Bobby McFerrin has given the world of vocal jazz a distinguished legacy of vocal music.
- Debut Albums
- Lockdown Music
- Rebirth of A Feeling
- Large Ensembles
- Tribute to Burt Bacharach
- Going Back to The Garden
Samara Joy performed with a jazz band during high school, and later graduated from the jazz program at SUNY Purchase. Surely that training contributed to her development as a vocalist, but when you listen to Joy, who’s 23 years old, you can’t help thinking that this woman was born to sing jazz. On her eponymous debut album, she delivers straightfor...
Stacey Kent grew up in the U.S., moved to Europe after college, eventually settled in France, and, after she became famous internationally, began touring around the world. Then, like the rest of us, she found herself stuck at home due to the COVID-related lockdown, and her latest album, Songs from Other Places, makes clear how much Kent misses the ...
In 1998 an opening occurred for a female vocalist to perform with a jazz ensemble six nights a week at a venue in Manhattan known as the Rainbow Room. Hilary Kole auditioned, even though, at age 19, she was competing against vocalists with considerably more experience. Kole ended up getting hired, and her latest album, Sophisticated Lady, was inspi...
With records on SmallsLive, Venus, Mack Avenue, and other labels, French-born singer Cyrille Aimée has covered a lot of ground stylistically, and her discography includes a 2019 tribute to Stephen Sondheim and a brilliant live album from 2017. In 2018 Aimee moved from NYC to the Big Easy, where she quickly sought out Adonis Rose, conductor of the 1...
Much of Burt Bacharach’s oeuvre can be described as romantic, seductive bedroom music, but it’s not all sweetness and light, and sometimes the bitter and the sweet are so intertwined it’s hard to separate the two. On Whistling in the Dark: The Music of Burt Bacharach, Denise Donatelli explores the dark side of Bacharach’s musical universe. Working ...
Remember the 1960s? Judy Wexler does, and on Back to the Garden the L.A.-based singer returns us to a time when peace and love were part of the equation, or tried to be anyway. The album primarily consists of songs that were popular in the 60s and 70s and helped define that era. Imaginative arrangements by Jeff Colella and Josh Nelson avoid paint-b...
Contemporary Jazz Vocals Album Highlights. Tony Bennett The Best of the Improv Recordings. Bobby McFerrin The Best of Bobby McFerrin. Tony Bennett The Complete Improv Recordings. Branford Marsalis Quartet / Kurt Elling / Branford Marsalis Upward Spiral. Taj Mahal Savoy. Norah Jones Come Away with Me.
Contemporary Jazz Vocals Song Highlights. This Can't Be Love Lorenz Hart / Richard Rodgers. Tony Bennett. Don't Worry, Be Happy Bobby McFerrin. Bobby McFerrin. You Must Believe in Spring Alan Bergman / Marilyn Bergman / Jacques Demy / Michel Legrand. Tony Bennett. From One Island to Another Chris Whitley.
