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So You Want to Sing Jazz

- A Guide for Professionals

About So You Want to Sing Jazz

In So You Want to Sing Jazz, singer and professor of voice Jan Shapiro gives a guided tour through the art and science of the jazz vocal style. Throughout, Shapiro hones in on what makes jazz singing distinctive, suggesting along the way how other types of singers can make use of jazz. She looks at such key matters in jazz singing as the role of improvisation, the place of specific singers who influenced and even defined vocal jazz as we know it today, and the unique way in which jazz incorporates vibrato, conversational delivery, rhythmic phrasing, and melodic embellishment and improvisation.

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  • Language:
  • English
  • ISBN:
  • 9781442229358
  • Binding:
  • Paperback
  • Pages:
  • 208
  • Published:
  • December 16, 2015
  • Dimensions:
  • 227x153x21 mm.
  • Weight:
  • 322 g.
Delivery: 2-4 weeks
Expected delivery: August 2, 2025

Description of So You Want to Sing Jazz

In So You Want to Sing Jazz, singer and professor of voice Jan Shapiro gives a guided tour through the art and science of the jazz vocal style. Throughout, Shapiro hones in on what makes jazz singing distinctive, suggesting along the way how other types of singers can make use of jazz. She looks at such key matters in jazz singing as the role of improvisation, the place of specific singers who influenced and even defined vocal jazz as we know it today, and the unique way in which jazz incorporates vibrato, conversational delivery, rhythmic phrasing, and melodic embellishment and improvisation.

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