Famous Jazz Singers - List of Famous Jazz Singers - page 2

Jazz singers are musicians who compose and sing jazz music, a genre dating back to early 1800s. Jazz singers are often composers also and play instruments and compose songs and albums for the music lovers. A jazz singer is often associated with other forms of music like blues, reggae and ragtime. Jazz singers often form a band with other members playing instruments like guitar, piano etc. Jazz singers travel a lot of places across the globe to play for their fans. Like many other musicians Jazz singers offer their audiences a different world to unwind and let go. This genre of music has survived for a century now and is still as famous as ever. Jazz singers have now modernized their music and there are new forms like acid jazz which include modern elements like synthesizer, whereas Jazzcore is for heavy metal lovers and Punk jazz combines with punk rock music. However, the jazz music is still popular for its inherent charm and the singers are working hard to keep the tradition alive. From Miles Davis to Wynton Marsalis, there have been eminent jazz singers around the world who have redefined the art time and again. To discover more about famous Jazz singers enter this space and read their biographies which include their life histories, interesting facts and trivia.

The Most Famous Jazz Singers

NameBirthdayNationalityBio
Janis JoplinJanuary 19, 1943AmericanJanis Joplin was an American singer-songwriter, also known as the ‘First Lady of Rock n Roll’
Chet BakerDecember 23, 1929AmericanChet Baker was an American singer and jazz trumpeter
Cab CallowayDecember 25, 1907AmericanCab Calloway was a jazz singer and bandleader
Tom WaitsDecember 7, 1949AmericanTom Waits is a singer cum actor known for his eccentric albums and songs
Lena HorneJune 30, 1917AmericanLena Horne was a famous American actress and civil rights activist and is remembered for her roles in ‘The Duke Is Tops’ and ‘Cabin in the Sky’
Stevie WonderMay 13, 1950AmericanStevie Wonder is an American musician, singer and songwriter, considered to be one of the most creative musical performers of the 20th century
K. D. LangNovember 2, 1961CanadianK
Pat MethenyAugust 12, 1954AmericanPat Metheny is an American jazz guitarist and composer best known as the founder of The Pat Metheny group
Linda RonstadtJuly 15, 1946AmericanLinda Maria Ronstadt is an American popular singer and songwriter who has earned 11 Grammy Awards
Nina SimoneFebruary 21, 1933AmericanNina Simone was one of the most iconic American musical icons of the 20th century
Lena Horne

Lena Horne

Lena Horne was a famous American actress and civil rights activist and is remembered for her roles in ‘The Duke Is Tops’ and ‘Cabin in the Sky’

AmericanJune 30, 1917309 views

Gilbert Becaud

Gilbert Becaud is a composer and singer belonging to France

FrenchOctober 24, 1927149 views

Charles Aznavour

Charles Aznavour is a French and Armenian singer-songwriter and is one of France’s most popular performers

FrenchMay 22, 1924106 views

Abbey Lincoln

Anna Marie Wooldridge, better known by her stage name Abbey Lincoln, was a popular American jazz singer and songwriter

AmericanAugust 6, 1930124 views

Charles Brown

Charles Brown was a renowned American blues singer who had a major influence on the development of blues music during the 1940s and 1950s

AmericanSeptember 13, 1922112 views

Leslie Odom Jr.

Leslie Odom Jr

AmericanAugust 6, 1981117 views

Nat King Cole

Nat King Cole was an American musician, singer and jazz pianist

AmericanMarch 17, 1919133 views

Joss Stone

Joss Stone is an English soul singer-songwriter and actress

BritishApril 11, 1987144 views

Tom Waits

Tom Waits is a singer cum actor known for his eccentric albums and songs

Della Reese

Della Reese was an American singer, actress, as well as an ordained minister

AmericanJuly 6, 1931225 views