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I'm comfortable singing jazz. The only thing I was concerned about is that everybody, even in jazz, has their own style. To me, the queen of doodling was Ella Fitzgerald, and scatting is something I never thought I could do.

— Gladys Knight

Sentiment: NEGATIVE

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✓Similar Perspectives

I've been a massive obsessive about jazz singers all my life.

— Eddi Reader

I have a fondness for jazz, particularly for jazz singers, Billie Holiday and Ella Fitzgerald all the way through the Sinatra era.

— Bob Iger

I once tried to sing jazz for real. But jazz didn't do it for me. You can't have jazz without a jazz world, which doesn't exist anymore.

— Jeff Buckley

I always used to say I'm definitely not a straight-ahead jazz singer, because then there's people who would hear what I do and say, 'Is it jazz? I don't know...' Whatever it is, it really comes down to creating music that makes people feel something.

— Gretchen Parlato

One doesn't have to scat to be a jazz singer.

— Kurt Elling

If I'm not a jazz player all the time, I've at least been cued in to what I do by jazz.

— Keith Jarrett

I was brought up in a house with a lot of appreciation for music, all kinds of music, including jazz. But I never knew that it could really be a career. I didn't know any jazz singers. I never saw live jazz. I only heard these records.

— Cecile McLorin Salvant

Jazz was more of a tool for me to use to enhance my musicality.

— John Otto

✗Opposing Perspectives

I've often cringed when I heard myself described as a jazz singer. I've always thought of myself as a jazz vocalist.

— Cassandra Wilson

I'm not a jazz singer.

— Boz Scaggs