How Do You Be A Professional Jazz Singer?
Jazz is American music at its best. It has been around since the early 20th century, growing and adapting to the times. It remains a popular form of music that has audiences around the world listening to the sounds of the hottest new instrumentalists and vocalists. If your aim is to have a career as a professional jazz singer, there are some things you should keep in mind. Be certain you have the vocal skills necessary to be a good jazz singer. This is one of the most difficult genres of music, and it requires you be very versatile, vocally speaking. You have to have the ability to get a song across — to be able to swoop, scat, improvise and do a number of other things with your voice. If you are not up to the task, jazz singing may not be for you. Listen to the greats. Many of today’s most popular professional jazz artists were influenced by other singers, whose styles and vocal inflections they studied. Get some recordings of well-known jazz singers of the past, such as Billie Holid
