swap_horiz Veronica Swift Alternatives

1

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

2

Duke Ellington

Duke Ellington was an American composer, pianist, and bandleader renowned for his sophisticated arrangements and distinc...

Composer Classic Piano Swing

9.9 Brilliant

3

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

4

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

5

Oscar Peterson

Oscar Peterson was a highly acclaimed Canadian jazz pianist renowned for his exceptional technical skill and rhythmic pr...

Virtuoso Classic Piano Swing

9.5 Brilliant

6

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

7

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

8

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

9

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

10

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

11

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

12

Dee Dee Bridgewater

Dee Dee Bridgewater is an American jazz singer and actress who won a Tony Award in 1975 for The Wiz and later led Grammy...

Modern Theater Swing Vocals

8.2 Great

13

Samara Joy

Samara Joy is an American jazz singer from New York who won the 2019 Sarah Vaughan vocal competition and the 2023 Grammy...

Modern Songbook Vocals Young Artist

7.6 Good

14

Gregory Porter

Gregory Porter is an American jazz singer and songwriter whose warm baritone won Grammy awards for Liquid Spirit in 2014...

Modern Songbook Vocals Soul Jazz

7.6 Good

15

Norah Jones

Norah Jones is an American singer, pianist, and songwriter whose jazz-tinged debut Come Away with Me won Album of the Ye...

Modern Jazz Pop Songbook Piano

7.5 Good

16

Karrin Allyson

Karrin Allyson is an American jazz singer and pianist from Kansas, known for multilingual repertoire and Grammy-nominate...

Modern Songbook Piano Bossa Nova

7.4 Good

17

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

18

Nnenna Freelon

Nnenna Freelon is an American jazz vocalist from Cambridge, Massachusetts, known for Grammy-nominated albums including 2...

Modern Songbook Vocals Bandleader

7.2 Good

19

Jose James

Jose James is an American jazz singer from Minneapolis who blends jazz, soul, and hip-hop, debuting with The Dreamer on...

Modern Crossover Hip Hop Vocals

7.1 Good

20

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