And what about Singers ?

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I hope that i didnt miss someone talking about this already, if so, tell me !
So, and what about singers? I have to admit it, the scat thing, or jut the great voices, they really get to me. So this is my top three:

Ella Fitzgerald, she really doesn't need an introduction right? Still, her version of How High the Moon, i could listen to it in loop for hours http://youtu.be/T8Ji4uG4cac this version is as good as the live in berlin one, and she sings a bit of bossa on her solo ! And i have to admit that her humor is a big influence on myself while improvising. O Nosso amor vai ser assim, o nosso amor vai ser assim !

Jon Hendricks, for me the king of scat, different from ella, different from pops, different from everybody else, first of all he does not have a 'beautiful voice' i mean, its not a sinatra, its not a clear thing, its something like a bluesy, whiskey kind of voice, bt damn.. believe me he can sing high, and he's known as the only one that all the other musicians trusted to put lyrics on musics such night in tunisia or translating the O Pato from João Gilberto. And to not forget his work lambert and ross on the trio Lambert, hendricks & Ross ( in this one there is no scat.. bt try to sing that, and then youll see ! http://youtu.be/sgr17FfnxtI there is some weird sounds on the beginning bt it doesnt affect the song.. damn youtube users ahah) 

Maria João, and now something from portugal.. if you dont know her already you really should, some critics call her the portuguese monk (the meredith, not the thelonious), because of  her experiments with her voice while improvising, she is really gifted, and when it comes to improvising she is really inspiring. http://grooveshark.com/#/s/H+Gente+Aqui/33vMb7?src=5 and http://www.musicme.com/#/Maria-Jo%C3%A3o/titres/Modern-Mode---I'm-Old-Fashioned-t1782287.html?play=0602517897830-01_06

what about you, what singers inspire you?

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	I hope that i didnt miss someone talking about this already, if so, tell me ! So, and what about singers? I have to admit it, the scat thing, or jut the great voices, they really get to me. So this is my top three: Ella Fitzgerald, she really doesn't need an introduction right? Still, her version of How High the Moon, i could listen to it in loop for hours http://youtu.be/T8Ji4uG4cac this version is as good as the live in berlin one, and she sings a bit of bossa on her solo ! And i have to admit that her humor is a big influence on myself while improvising. O Nosso amor vai ser assim, o nosso amor vai ser assim ! Jon Hendricks, for me the king of scat, different from ella, different from pops, different from everybody else, first of all he does not have a 'beautiful voice' i mean, its not a sinatra, its not a clear thing, its something like a bluesy, whiskey kind of voice, bt damn.. believe me he can sing high, and he's known as the only one that all the other musicians trusted to put lyrics on musics such night in tunisia or translating the O Pato from João Gilberto. And to not forget his work lambert and ross on the trio Lambert, hendricks & Ross ( in this one there is no scat.. bt try to sing that, and then youll see ! http://youtu.be/sgr17FfnxtI there is some weird sounds on the beginning bt it doesnt affect the song.. damn youtube users ahah) Maria João, and now something from portugal.. if you dont know her already you really should, some critics call her the portuguese monk (the meredith, not the thelonious), because of her experiments with her voice while improvising, she is really gifted, and when it comes to improvising she is really inspiring. http://grooveshark.com/#/s/H+Gente+Aqui/33vMb7?src=5 and http://www.musicme.com/#/Maria-Jo%C3%A3o/titres/Modern-Mode---I'm-Old-Fashioned-t1782287.html?play=0602517897830-01_06 what about you, what singers inspire you?