What albums make your desert island list?
I made thee following list of a dozen albums that would be at the top of my desert island list for jazz singers. It was incredibly hard to narrow it to twelve (ten was impossible). Vocal group albums would be even harder for me.
Chet Baker Sings
Kurt Elling The Questions
Ella Fitzgerald Live In Berlin
Shirley Horn May The Music Never End
Bobby McFerrin Play
Carmen McRae & Betty Carter Duets
Mark Murphy Rah
Frank Sinatra Sinatra at the Sands
Mel Tormé Live At Marty’s
Sarah Vaughan Live in Japan
Joe Williams Here’s To Life
Nancy Wilson Nancy Wilson/Cannonball Adderley
Missing from the list: Louis Armstrong, Nat “King” Cole, Billie Holiday, Blossom Dearie, Cécile McLorin Salvant, and many other contemporary singers.