swap_horiz Cassandra Wilson Alternatives

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Louis Armstrong

Louis Armstrong was a pivotal figure in early 20th-century American music. As a trumpeter and vocalist, he significantly...

Classic Swing Vocals New Orleans

9.9 Brilliant

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Billie Holiday

Billie Holiday was an American jazz musician renowned for her distinctive vocal style. Her interpretations of blues and...

Classic Blues Swing Vocals

9.7 Brilliant

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Ella Fitzgerald

Ella Fitzgerald is an iconic American jazz vocalist celebrated globally for her exceptional vocal range and improvisatio...

Classic Songbook Swing Vocals

9.6 Brilliant

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Sarah Vaughan

Sarah Vaughan was a U.S. singer whose wide range and bebop phrasing earned her major postwar acclaim and a 1989 Grammy L...

Virtuoso Classic Bebop Vocals

9.3 Excellent

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Nat King Cole

Nat King Cole was an American jazz pianist and singer who led the King Cole Trio from 1937 and hosted a national televis...

Classic Piano Swing Vocals

9.2 Excellent

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Nina Simone

Nina Simone was an American singer, pianist, and civil rights voice whose 1964 song Mississippi Goddam joined jazz, clas...

Classic Piano Jazz Soul

8.9 Great

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Milt Jackson

Milt Jackson was an American vibraphonist who co-founded the Modern Jazz Quartet in 1952 and made the vibraphone central...

Classic Blues Bebop Vibraphone

8.9 Great

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Fats Waller

Fats Waller was a U.S. pianist, organist, and songwriter who advanced stride piano and recorded widely popular jazz side...

Classic Piano Organ Vocals

8.8 Great

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Dinah Washington

Dinah Washington was an American jazz and blues singer, nicknamed Queen of the Blues, whose 1959 hit What a Diff'rence a...

Classic Jazz Rnb Blues

8.7 Great

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Kenny Burrell

Kenny Burrell is an American jazz guitarist whose blues-based style is central to hard bop, notably on his 1963 Blue Not...

Classic Guitar Blues Hard Bop

8.7 Great

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George Benson

George Benson is an American guitarist and singer whose jazz-pop crossover reached a wide audience with the 1976 Grammy-...

Classic Guitar Smooth Jazz Vocals

8.5 Great

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Dianne Reeves

Dianne Reeves is an American jazz singer from Denver whose rich contralto and improvising earned Grammy wins for four co...

Modern Songbook Soulful Vocals

8.5 Great

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Cecile McLorin Salvant

Cecile McLorin Salvant is an American jazz singer from Miami whose theatrical phrasing won the 2016 Grammy for For One t...

Modern Songbook Theatrical Vocals

8.5 Great

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Carmen McRae

Carmen McRae was an American jazz singer and pianist from Harlem, born in 1920, noted for precise phrasing and influenti...

Classic Bebop Vocals Ballads

8.4 Great

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Betty Carter

Betty Carter was an American jazz vocalist known for bold improvisation; her 1988 album Look What I Got! won the Grammy...

Classic Avant Garde Bebop Vocals

8.4 Great

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Mel Torme

Mel Torme was an American jazz singer, drummer, and songwriter, nicknamed the Velvet Fog and co-writer of The Christmas...

Classic Swing Cool Vocals

8.4 Great

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Jack Teagarden

Jack Teagarden was a U.S. trombonist and singer whose fluid technique and blues feeling made him a leading jazz trombone...

Classic Trombone Brass Swing

8.3 Great

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Anita O'Day

Anita O'Day was an American jazz singer noted for rhythmic phrasing, rising with Gene Krupa's band in 1941 and appearing...

Classic Swing Cool Bebop

8.2 Great

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Madeleine Peyroux

Madeleine Peyroux is an American jazz singer and guitarist whose Billie Holiday-influenced style reached a wide audience...

Modern Songbook Blues Vocals

7.3 Good

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Melody Gardot

Melody Gardot is an American singer and songwriter from New Jersey who emerged after a 2003 accident and became known fo...

Modern Jazz Pop Songbook Blues

7.1 Good