#1 is Ray Charles. Yes, I know he not strictly a jazz vocalist, but he is probably the best jazz vocalist in spite of this. He is also the best country and the best soul singer.
Louis Armstrong got the whole thing going. His singing is incomparable.
A personal favorite is Chuck Baker, for an arbitrary reason: his voice is kind of similar to mine in timbre and range. I like the fact he doesn't have to have a rich, Johnny Hartman type of voice.
But I also like Johnny Hartman!
Sinatra? Well, yes. I have many good Sinatra associations, but I am not crazy about his mannerisms. The same with Tony Bennet.
Nat King Cole is one of my favorites as well. He has impeccable jazz phrasing, and also a beautiful voice. I hate, though, the lazy hazy days of summer. That is as painful as Satchmo's "It's a wonderful world."
The depth of the male vocalists is not the same as with the women.
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