Because Emilie-Claire Barlow is a female jazz singer from Canada, some American jazz enthusiasts have inevitably compared her to Canada's most famous jazz export: Diana Krall. But truth be told, Barlow doesn't sound anything like Krall. While Krall's performances have a sultry, dusky, very nocturnal quality, Barlow's singing has favored a... [+] Read More

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Like Soesja Citroen -- one of Holland's best-known jazz singers -- Fay Claassen is a Dutch jazz vocalist who has no problem getting around in the English language. Claassen has brought a slice trace of a Dutch accent to her post-bop recordings, but only a slight trace -- and she obviously has a great understanding of the English-language... [+] Read More

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One of Jodi Stevens' press releases described her first jazz album, Girl Talk, as "Ann-Margret crashing a Blue Note session," and there's a grain of truth in that. Although the East Coast singer/actress can handle jazz, she isn't a hardcore jazz singer in the way that Kitty Margolis, Judi Silvano, Karrin Allyson, Carla White, and Judy Niemack... [+] Read More

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