 | Traditional Pop/Vocal Jazz:The Top 25 Albums |
While traditional pop and vocal jazz aren’t quite the same thing, they share a lot of commonalities. Traditional pop is considered a genre of music that generally pre-dates rock and roll in the 1950s and generally consists of artists performing standards from the American songbook. Crooners such as Frank Sinatra, Bing Crosby, and Perry Como are popular singers of the genre. Musically, the singers were frequently backed by swing bands. Vocal jazz is a sub-genre of jazz in which a singer’s voice is used as an instrument, which includes techniques such as vocal improvisations and scatting in which the singer imitates the instruments. It emerged out of the New Orleans jazz tradition which was built on the field hollers and work songs of African-American slaves. Louis Armstrong, Ella Fitzgerald, Billie Holiday, and Sarah Vaughan are some of the genre’s most notable performers. Like traditional pop, it often leans on standards. 18 sources focused on the best traditional pop, vocal jazz, and standards albums were aggregtated to create this exclusive Dave’s Music Database list. Check out other best-of-genre/category lists here. 
1. Norah Jones Come Away with Me (2002)
6. Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Cole Porter Songbook (1956)
11. Frank Sinatra September of My Years (1965)
16. Ella Fitzgerald Sings the George and Ira Gershwin Songbook (box set: recorded 1959)
21. Nina Simone Pastel Blues (1965)
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First posted 9/15/2024. |
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