Jazzsänger unterscheiden sich in Art und Weise des Gesangs stark von denen der klassischen Musik. Typisch ist z. B. der Scat-Gesang bei dem kein Text gesungen wird, sondern Laute in schneller Abfolge eine Melodie bilden.
Sängerinnen
- Abbey Lincoln
- Adelaide Hall
- Alberta Hunter
- Anita Baker
- Anita O' Day
- Ann Burton
- Ann Hampton Callaway
- Annette Hanshaw
- Annette Sanders
- Annie Ross
- Annie-Marie Moss
- Aretha Franklin
- Astrud Gilberto
- Barbara Lea
- Bea Wain
- Bessie Smith
- Betty Blake
- Betty Buckley
- Betty Carter
- Betty Roché
- Billy Holiday
- Blossom Dearie
- Carmen Bradford
- Carmen Mc Rae
- Carol Sloane
- Cassandra Wilson
- Chaka Khan
- Chris Connor
- Claire Austin
- Claire Martin
- Cleo Laine
- Daryl Ryce
- Dee Dee Bridgewater
- Della Griffin
- Diana Krall
- Diane Schuur
- Dianne Reeves
- Dinah Shore
- Dinah Washington
- Donna Byrne
- Doris Day
- Eartha Kitt
- Eden Atwood
- Elis Regina
- Elizeth Cardoso
- Ella Fitzgerald
- Emiliana Torrini
- Ernestine Anderson
- Ernie Andrews
- Erykah Badu
- Esther Phillips
- Ethel Ennis
- Ethel Waters
- Etta James
- Etta Jones
- Etta Scollo
- Eva Cassidy
- Eydie Gorme
- Flora Purim
- Gabrielle Goodman
- Gloria Lynne
- Heather Bishop
- Helen Forrest
- Helen Humes
- Helen Merrill
- Helen O'Connell
- Helen Ward
- Holly Cole
- Ida Cox
- Ivie Anderson
- Janis Joplin
- Janis Siegel
- Jay Clayton
- Jeanne Lee
- Jeri Southern
- Jo Stafford
- Joni James
- Joni Mitchell
- Josephine Baker
- Joya Sherrill
- Judy Garland
- Julie London
- June Christy
- Karrin Allyson
- Kay Davis
- Kay Starr
- Kelly Eisenhour
- Laura Fygi
- Lauren Newton
- Laurie Anderson
- Lee Wiley
- Lena Horne
- Lorez Alexandria
- Lou Rawls
- Luciana Souza
- Lucille Bogan
- Lucy Reed
- Mabel Mercer
- Marcia Ball
- Margaret Whiting
- Maria Joao
- Marie Ellington
- Marilyn Moore
- Marlena Shaw
- Marlene VerPlanck
- Martha Tilton
- Mary Ann McCall
- Mary Stallings
- Maxine Sullivan
- Melissa Walker
- Meredith D'Ambrosio
- Mildred Bailey
- Millie Vernon
- Morgana King
- Nancy Harrow
- Nancy Kelly
- Nancy Wilson
- Nancy York
- Nina Simone
- Nnenna Freelon
- Norma Winstone
- Patricia Barber
- Patti Austin
- Patty Waters
- Peggy King
- Peggy Lee
- Phoebe Snow
- Rachel Gould
- Rachelle Ferrell
- Rickie Lee Jones
- Roberta Flack
- Roseanna Vitro
- Rosemary Clooney
- Ruth Brown
- Sandra King
- Sarah Vaughan
- Sheila Jordan
- Shirley Bassey
- Shirley Horn
- Silje Nergaard
- Slim Gaillard
- Sussanah McCorkle
- Sylvia Syms
- Tania Maria
- Teresa Brewer
- Urszula Dudziak
- Vanessa Rubin
- Viktoria Tolstoy
- Zakiya Hooker
Sänger
- Al Bowlly
- Al Hibbler
- Al Jarreau
- Al Jolson
- Andy Bey
- Barry Manilow
- Billy Eckstine
- Bing Crosby
- Bobby Darin
- Bobby Mc Ferrin
- Brook Benton
- Chet Baker
- Dave Frishberg
- Dave Lambert
- Dick Haymes
- Eddie Jefferson
- Elvis Costello
- Frank Sinatra
- Fred Astaire
- George Benson
- Jack Teagarden
- James Brown
- Jeff Buckley
- Jeffery Smith
- Jimmy Rushing
- Jimmy Witherspoon
- Joao Gilberto
- Joe Williams
- John Lee Hooker
- Johnny Hartman
- Jon Hendricks
- Kevin Mahogany
- King Pleasure
- Kirby Stone
- Kurt Elling
- Louis Armstrong
- Lucky Peterson
- Mark Murphy
- Michael Schiefel
- Oscar Brown Jr
- Perry Como
- Phil Perry
- Ray Charles
- Richard Rodney Bennett
- Ron Kaplan
- Stevie Wonder
- Teddi King
- Theo Bleckmann
- Tom Waits
- Tony Bennett
- Nat King Cole