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• Smooth Jazz For Lovers

When it comes to jazz, incredible female singers are not hard to find. Keep reading as vocal instructor lists some of the top popular jazz songs that are sure to get your foot tapping and your soul singing.As a voice teacher, one of the genres I am consistently suggesting students try is. Why?

One reason is that learning a jazz standard really helps you grow stronger with your vocal phrasing. It’s also great for singers because it allows for more freedom in your musicianship: you can play more with tempo, try some scat, and so on.Please don’t think that jazz is best suited for low, smoky voices, though! Opera diva Renee Fleming, a, is a huge fan of jazz. In fact, she made money performing jazz at night while studying classical voice during the day as a young singer. So ladies, read on for my suggestions on the most popular jazz songs to sing.

And remember, all of these songs have been sung in every imaginable key; this is by far one of the most customizable of musical genres! Popular Jazz Songs for Females 1) “’Round Midnight”This sultry and mysterious tune was written by the great Thelonious Monk.

Will really shine with this piece! Here, we see the legendary Ella Fitzgerald with her interpretation. 2) “The Man I Love”There have been many fantastic renditions of this simple but heartfelt song written by the Gershwins, but this version by Lena Horne is particularly inspiring! 3) “Why Don’t You Do Right?”Perhaps the most memorable performance of this jazz song was done by a cartoon (Jessica Rabbit in “Who Framed Roger Rabbit”), but the legendary Peggy Lee gives it a different kind of sass in this video! 4) “Crazy He Calls Me”This charming 1949 classic is great pick for a singer who really wants to show off her strong middle range. Here, the fabulous Billie Holiday owns the song in her own way. 5) “The Man That Got Away”Do you want a jazz ballad with some serious pain in it?

Well, this song will do the trick! We all know this as one of Judy Garland’s big hits, but part of the fun of being a singer is seeing what YOU can do, even when you’re. 6) “Summertime”Those Gershwins sure could write a memorable jazz tune!

Although originally an aria in an opera (“Porgy and Bess”), most of us know this as a laid-back jazz song sung in a lower key. Here, modern day jazz chanteuse Norah Jones sings her rendition. 7) “Autumn Leaves”Talk about haunting and gorgeous! This song may be short, but it’s so fun to sing.

Here is proof that all voices can sing jazz: the Wagnerian soprano Helen Traubel sounds just as fabulous singing this as she does opera. 8) “Come Rain or Come Shine”This mid-tempo standard has attitude AND heart in it.

Here is yet another opera diva and jazz singer, Eileen Farrell, really selling it. 9) “Send in the Clowns”Yes, technically it’s another musical theatre piece, but many theatre songs have turned into standards that are fit for a jazz club!

This is definitely one of them. Take a listen to see what Sarah Vaughn does with the vocal line and tempo here to make it more jazzy.

10) “Someone to Watch Over Me”Simple, sweet, and we all know it and love it! This is a marvelous song for beginners of all ages. Here, listen to the late, great Amy Winehouse giving it plenty of heart. 11) “Diamonds are a Girl’s Best Friend”Marilyn’s performance may be truly iconic, but there’s no reason why you shouldn’t have fun with this song — and it’s all about the fun factor.

Here is the great Julie London, NOT Marilyn, singing it. 12) “Black Coffee”It’s jazz, but with really blues-y lyrics! This is a rainy day jazz classic that’s good for showing off your. Here, Sarah Vaughn gives it the perfect amount of emotion. 13) “I’ve Got a Crush on You”Flirtatious yet not overtly, this is a wonderful jazz song for females that’s hardly overdone!

In the video above, the versatile vocalist Linda Ronstadt sings it soulfully and beautifully. 14) “Take the A Train”This one is best left for jazz singers with a bit more experience, as you REALLY must know how to scat to sell this swinging number! Here’s one the best scat singers of all time, Ella Fitzgerald, thrilling us with one of her best-known numbers. 15) “Cry Me a River”Very dramatic — this song would be an excellent closer! Like with all jazz songs, it’s all a matter of what you choose to do with the tempo and the words. Here, modern day jazz diva Diana Krall gives a lovely rendition.These are just 15 of the many popular jazz songs for girls to sing! Another fantastic resource to jazz standards is a vocal coach.

An experienced will get to know your voice and abilities well, and can work with you in finding songs to sing that really let you shine. Have fun exploring the jazz genre!

When you can’t express what you feel in mere words, music comes to the rescue. There is nothing more romantic than listening to a singer croon the very words your heart yearns it could utter, snuggled in your beloved’s arms.

Whether you’re young or old, rich or poor, tall or short, fair or dark, love usually hits you when you least expect it. It could either hit you with the full force of a Mack truck – wham! Or it could creep up behind you, sneak into your heart, and firmly places itself there, without even letting you know that you’re already in too deep. Whether you fall or rise in love, it’s the most wonderful feeling in the world. And there’s no better way to spend a lazy afternoon, cuddling your love in your arms and listening to love songs. And in my opinion, jazz love songs are the best kind to create that invisible bubble, where only you and your lover are there, gazing at each other lovingly, and let the jazz ballads weave their magic around you, forgetting the world altogether.Image source: Google, copyright-free image under Creative Commons LicenseSo, without further ado, lets jump right in to our list of top 15 jazz love songs that will let you and your lover to float away in that magical bubble!1. As Time Goes By – Frank SinatraAlthough this famous song was written way back in 1931, it wasn’t until it was used in the 1942 movie Casablanca, starring the dashing Humphrey Bogart and the beautiful Ingrid Bergman, that millions of people got to know of it.

A slow melody, this one just makes you believe in eternal love.Lyrics that work:And when two lovers wooThey still say: I love youOn that you can relyNo matter what the future bringsAs time goes byMoonlight and love songs – never out of dateHearts full of passion – jealousy and hateWoman needs man – and man must have his mateThat no one can deny. Suggested read:2. Dream A Little Dream Of Me – Louis ArmstrongThis ballad in Louis Armstrong’s voice is just the song you’d want to listen to when you’re in bed with your sweetheart.

The words from this song just speak what’s on your mind when you’re in that gray zone between wakefulness and sleep – how you wish to hold your love tight in your arms and place a tender kiss on their brow. Tell them you’ll miss any separation from them – however small or big. That you’ll always love them.Lyrics that work:Stars fading but I linger on dearStill craving your kissI’m longing to linger till dawn dearJust saying thisSweet dreams till sunbeams find youSweet dreams that leave all worries behind youBut in your dreams whatever they beDream a little dream of me. All The Things You Are – Ella FitzgeraldRemember those early days when you and your sweetheart were not quite an item, but you yearned to hold him in your arms someday? You couldn’t wait to profess your love to him and spend all of your spare time with him, talking about everything and nothing, holding hands, kissing him just because you felt like it, and sharing that secret smile from across the room. Such is sweet torture of first love!

This heady feeling is what Ella Fitzgerald croons in this lovely song.Lyrics that work:You are the angel glow that lights a starThe dearest things I know are what you areSome day my happy arms will hold youAnd some day I’ll know that moment divineWhen all the things you are, are mine. Till There Was You – Etta JonesLove makes the world seem more beautiful. You start noticing the splendor that is all around you – the sky seems impossibly bluer, the birds seem to rejoice in your happiness, the leaves on the trees rustle just so that they can provide background score for your love story, the flowers seem to bloom just to make you smile, and music – oh, the music seems sweeter than it ever was! Such is the power of love!Lyrics that work:And there was musicAnd there were wonderful roses,They tell me in sweet fragrant meadowsOf dawn and dewThere was love all aroundBut I never heard it singingNo, I never heard it at allTill there was you.

Crazy He Calls Me – Billie HollidayWhen in love, you feel like nothing could ever bring you down, that you have the power to move even mountains, bring down the stars – if that’s what your beloved wishes from you, and you’re ready to walk through fire for your love. In short, you feel invincible! That feeling of seeming invincibility is what Billie Holliday croons in this melody.Lyrics that work:I say I’ll go through fireAnd I’ll go through fireAnd he wants it, so it shall beCrazy, he calls meSure I’m crazyCrazy in love, you seeLike the wind that shakes the boughHe moves me with a smileThe difficult I’ll do right nowThe impossible will take a little while. Unforgettable – Nat King ColeWhen you love someone, you feel like they’ve become a part of every atom of your being. Like they’ve taken up residence in a corner of your heart.

That you could never say or do or think anything without thinking of them first. They become unforgettable.

And you know it’s true love when they think you’re unforgettable too! That is what Nat King Cole sings beautifully in one his best jazz love songs.Lyrics that work:Like a song of love that clings to me,How the thought of you does things to me.Never beforeHas someone been more UnforgettableIn every way,And forever moreThat’s how you’ll stay.That’s why, darling, it’s incredibleThat someone so unforgettableThinks that I amUnforgettable, too. Suggested read:7. They Say It’s Wonderful – Johnny HartmanAll the words you read and heard about how love makes everything – from mundane to the prosaic – seem wonderful, becomes a reality when you fall in love. Listen to Johnny Hartman’s deep baritone croon the same in this jazz number.

Plus the sax in the background is – ‘wonderful’!Lyrics that work:If there’s a moon up above, it’s wonderfulWonderful in every way, so they sayYou leave your houseAnd without any warningYou find yourself shoutin’ that love is grandTo hold your girl in your arms is wonderfulWonderful in every way, so they say. Houston Person – My RomanceLove makes a regular, average joe into a poet with flowing words and wild imagination. You let your imagination run wild – talking about going to the moon, or building a stairway to the stars, or hear the sound of violins when there’s silence all around! Nothing seems impossible when you’re in love. This wild nighttime stroll on a stairway to the stars is what is being described in this song.Lyrics that work:We’ll hear the sound of violinsOut yonder where the blue beginsThe moon will guide us as we go drifting alongCan’t we sail away on a lazy daisy petalOver the rim of the hill?Can’t we sail away on a little dreamAnd settle high on the crest of a thrill!Let’s build a stairway to the starsA lovely stairway to the stars. You Don’t Know What Love Is – Billie HollidayYou know how they say you don’t really appreciate what you have until it’s gone? Well, it’s true when it comes to love as well.

Unless you’ve gone through heartbreak at least once, you won’t fully appreciate what you have. Billie Holliday croons the same in this jazz melody.Lyrics that work:You don’t know how lost heart feelsAt the thought of reminiscing?And how lips that taste of tearsLose their taste for kissingYou don’t know how hearts burnFor love that cannot live yet never diesUntil you’ve faced each dawn with sleepless eyesYou don’t know what love is. Cold, Cold Heart – Dinah WashingtonRemember I said that you need to experience a broken heart to appreciate what your present love?

Well, sometimes, this heartbreak does the opposite and makes one guard their heart against even the slightest of opportunities for love. It takes one courageous person to melt this guarded heart and make room for love within these walls.Lyrics that work:Another love before my time made your heart sad and blueAnd so my heart is paying now for things I didn’t doIn anger unkind words are said that make the teardrops startWhy can’t I free your doubtful mind and melt your cold, cold heart?You’ll never know how much it hurts to see you sit and cryYou know you need and want my love yet you’re afraid to tryWhy do you run and hide from life? To try it just ain’t smartWhy can’t I free your doubtful mind and melt your cold, cold heart? My Funny Valentine – Frank SinatraLove is blind and all-consuming and makes you lose all your senses! You can’t find any faults in your sweetheart, all her annoying quirks make her endearing, all his idiosyncrasies make you adore him more! You accept these imperfections to build a relationship that is perfect for you. Talking about these seeming imperfections is Frank Sinatra in this famous ballad.Lyrics that work:My funny valentineSweet comic valentineYou make me smile with my heartYour looks are laughableUnphotographableYet you’re my favorite work of art.

Suggested read:12. The Very Thought Of You – Red GarlandThe heady onrush of feelings you experience when you’re in love is nothing short of walking on the clouds! It makes you feel as if you’re living in your own little bubble, far away from the vagaries of life, time, and space.

Smooth Jazz For Lovers

You just want and need to be with your sweetheart, and everything seems right in the world. To be young and in love!Lyrics that work:The very thought of you and I forget to doThe little ordinary things that everyone ought to doI’m living in a kind of daydream, I’m happy as a kingAnd foolish though it may seem, to me that’s everythingThe mere idea of you, the longing here for youYou’ll never know how slow the moments go till I’m near you. The Nearness Of You – Ella Fitzgerald and Louis ArmstrongWhen you’re in love, all material things and external factors start to seem superfluous. You just have one thought and one thought only – to hold your sweetheart in your arms and forget everything else and everyone else. If you’re just near your beloved, all is right in the world. You start to crave being in your lover’s arms – all other things start to seem useless!

In one of the most romantic jazz love songs by these two legends croon about the same.Lyrics that work:It’s isn’t your sweet conversationThat brings this sensation, oh noYes, it’s just the nearness of youWhen you’re in my armsAnd I feel you so close to meAll my wildest dreams come true. My Baby Just Cares For Me – Nina SimoneThis is a light-hearted take on how when you become the world to one person, despite there being seven billion other people on the planet. Check out the song.Lyrics that work:My baby don’t care for showsMy baby don’t care for clothesMy baby just cares for meMy baby don’t care for cars and racesMy baby don’t care for high-tone placesLiz Taylor is not his styleAnd even Lana Turner’s smileIs somethin’ he can’t seeMy baby don’t care who knowsMy baby just cares for me. La Vie En Rose – Louis ArmstrongThis is the perfect finish to this list of amazing jazz love songs.

The French phrase, la vie en rose, literally means life in pink. However, upon better translation, it means life viewed through rose-tinted glasses. This legendary and classic song by Louis Armstrong is one of my all-time favorites. The lyrics are so simple, yet hold a wealth of meaning.

See for yourself, the magic of words and music combined together.Lyrics that work:Hold me close and hold me fastThe magic spell you castThis is la vie en roseWhen you kiss me heaven sighsAnd though I close my eyesI see la vie en roseWhen you press me to your heartI’m in a world apartA world where roses bloomAnd when you speakAngels sing from aboveEveryday words seemsTo turn into love songGive your heart and soul to meAnd life will always be la vie en rose.