Nicole Biamonte, Assistant Professor of Music Theory at McGill University in Montreal, will give a talk on Classic American Jazz Singers and give you a closer look—and listen—at the styles and techniques of 4 classic jazz vocalists:
Louis Armstrong, Ella Fitzgerald, Billie Holiday, and Frank Sinatra. Each of these singers manipulates different elements of music to create a uniquely recognizable signature style that is the basis of their enduring popularity.
