Yet today they are an endangered species at best, an anachronism at worst. The once-glamorized male jazz singer practically has vanished from America’s cultural radar. Worse, the men are AWOL at ...

Jazz has a rich history, and modern black male jazz singers continue pushing the genre forward. This list highlights 30 talented artists shaping jazz’s future with their unique voices ...

Jazz music has been graced by multiple incredible male vocalists who have left an unforgettable mark on the genre. These legendary singers not only possessed extraordinary voices but could invest ...

Here we've put together a list of the ten of the best male singers who excelled in jazz, whether it be scat singing, vocalese or just having an incredibly distinguishable voice. Keep reading for ...

Yanow notes the relative absence of male jazz singers in the late 20th and early 21st centuries, balancing the observation with commentary on the exploding number of female vocalists constantly ...

1/2 Ian Shaw, “Soho Stories,” Milestone. Welsh-born Shaw, 39, describes the dearth of male jazz singers in somewhat more colorful language, noting that when he first considered a career as a ...

(The Root) — When was the last time the culture produced a great black male jazz singer? To be sure, there is no shortage of contemporary black female jazz vocalists — Dianne Reeves ...

He is truly an entertainer, for all ages and styles, as audiences enjoy the music, the interaction on the bandstand between him and his musicians, the spontaneity, the humor, the stories about the ...

Internationally, live audiences for jazz, as well as those teaching, lecturing, researching, booking, promoting and writing about the music, were predominantly male. Clearly, something was not right.