There are two famous ones. Flora Purim and Marlena Shaw.
Ella Fitzgerald
The Jazz Singers was created in 1919.
No. There were black jazz singers before she was even born.
Bill Goodwin - jazz drummer - was born on 1942-01-08.
A jazz reference book called The Jazz Singers by Scott Yanow gives her d.o.b. as 10 Sept 1949.
Yes. Most jazz singers have wonderful singing voices and can sing in several genres. However, for pop singers who go the way of jazz, it is not so easy to be successful.
Many jazz singers are know to have come from New Orleans. Some famous jazz singers are, Louis Armstrong, Johnny Hartman, Frank Sinatra, and Ella Fitzgerald.
Bessie SmithBillie HollidaySarah VaughnDolly CooperElla FitzgeraldWendy ReneDinah WashingtonHelen HumesMa Rainywho ever wrote this list did not know what they were talking about. Billie was from the 30's and 40's. she was born in 1915. Sarah and Dinah were not born till 1924 so they did not preform in the twenties. Ella was born in 1917 and didn't start preforming till the late 30's. and Wendy Rene was a teenage performer in the late 60's. Helen was from the 40's. Dolly was from the 50"s. The question was who are famous 1920's female jazz singers.Elisabeth Welch Rosa HendersonMargaret Young Viola McCoyMarion Harris Ethel Watersthese are but a few because women were not allowed to sing jazz or blues in most places in the 20's.
What about the Henderson Twins - Win & her sister. They recorded in the very early '40's with Snakehips Johnson
Nina Simone, called the High Priestess of Soul, was a popular female jazz singer of the 60's. Shirley Scott, along with Stanley Turrentine, made some of the most notable soul-jazz records of the early 1960's.
Cleo Laine has written: 'You Can Sing If You Want To' 'Cleo' -- subject(s): Biography, Singers, Jazz singers, Jazz musicians
It is quite possible as she was a black lady with a huge body and a male voice, as it is known that Jazz is usually a male dominated , in the music world.