Feminine Soul Sounds
The sweet soul-embracing songs of Jazz takes you on a serene journey
which makes it all the more pleasant to listen. If you've heard that
familiar expression, 'All that Jazz' it does mean more than that 1979
musical. For Jazz is a uniting and melodic music artwork that has been
blended to perfection over the years. Moreover, when it's the fairer sex
who sing beautiful Jazz that it makes it a delight to hear. Can you even
believe that Sri Lanka was an inspiration for Jazz music as well?
 Just imagine the gorgeous jazz singer Sade walking on the captivating
Hikkaduwa beach while thinking of her lyrics. Her Promises album was
made when she was completely inspired by Sri Lanka. What is Jazz? Jazz
is a musical form which originated at the beginning of the 20th century
in African American communities in the Southern United States from a
confluence of African and European music traditions.
From its early development until the present, jazz has incorporated
music from 19th and 20th century American popular music. The word "jazz"
began as a West Coast slang term of uncertain derivation and was first
used to refer to music in Chicago in about 1915.
KATIE MELUA
Ketevan "Katie" Melua is a Georgian/British singer, songwriter and
musician.
She was born in Georgia, but moved to Northern Ireland at the age of
eight and then relocated to England at the age of 14. Melua is signed to
the small Dramatico record label, under the management of songwriter
Mike Batt and made her musical debut in 2003. In 2006, she was the
United Kingdom's biggest-selling female artiste [4] and Europe's highest
selling European female artiste.
NORAH JONES
Norah Jones (born March 30, 1979) is an Indian-American
singer-songwriter, pianist, keyboardist, guitarist, and actress. She is
the daughter of sitarist Ravi Shankar, and the half-sister of Anoushka
Shankar. Her career began with her 2002 debut album Come Away with Me,
an adult contemporary vocal jazz album with a soul/folk/country tinge,
that received five Grammy Awards, including "Record of the Year" and
"Best New Artiste". This was followed by her second album, Feels like
Home, released in 2004. In 2007, she released her third album, Not Too
Late. Jones released her fourth album, The Fall, on November 17, 2009.
She has sold more than 16 million albums in the US and over 36 million
records worldwide; altogether, she has sold more albums than any other
female jazz artiste during the 2000s. On December 11, 2009, Jones was
named Billboard's 60th artiste of the decade.
ELLA FITZGERALD
She grew up poor, and was homeless for a year before she got her big
break in a talent contest at the Apollo Theatre in Harlem. While still a
teenager, she became the vocalist for the Chick Webb band, where she
sang such hits as "A-Tisket, A-Tasket." She matured into perhaps the
most gifted jazz singer of all, excelling in bop-flavoured scat singing
, in ballads, and in recorded collections of the songs of America's
greatest composers. Even though she's gone, she's still called "The
First Lady of Song," and her recordings show that the title was
well-earned.
BILLIE HOLIDAY
Her childhood was a nightmare, but in her teens she found that she
could sing, and she made her first recordings when she was 18. She
developed a personal and dramatic style which earned her the nickname of
"Lady Day".
NINA SIMONE
She showed musical talent as a child in her church choir and
supporters in her hometown helped pay for her studies at the Juilliard
School. She wrote and sang protest songs during the civil rights
movement. |
