Jazz Cafe - The Essential Jazz Singers

If, as novelist F Scott Fitzgerald claimed, the Jazz age began in the Twenties, then we shall soon be celebrating the centenary of a style that re-wrote the musical rulebook. And when we do, many of the names featured on this compilation will loom large. The likes of Billie Holiday, Sara Vaughan and Ella Fitzgerald are justifiably renowned and revered the world over, but Dakota Staton, Donna Hightower and Carmen McRae, while well known within jazz circles, are equally worthy of attention.Space problems preludes mention of all the performers whose timeless talents are featured here, but trust us when we say jazz singers don't come much more essential than this!