jazz singer

noun

a singer whose vocal technique is similar to that of a musical instrument, and whose singing has a strong jazz feeling, chiefly imparted through phrasing, melodic improvisation, and rhythmic subtlety.

First recorded in 1925–30

I never suspected a jazz singer might be lurking behind the meat suit, or inside the large plexiglass egg.

As a jazz singer, she operates at a much higher level than any of us had a right to expect.

When I was a jazz singer, he came and spent a lot of time hanging out in the clubs.

She was really a great jazz singer, the only one of her contemporary singers, as far as I was concerned.

She was a jazz singer, then a voice coach, then a cabaret singer, then an author, and she had to keep moving.

April 23, 2024inveterate

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