Adelaide Hall

vocals · 1901–1993 · Brooklyn

Singer and dancer of the Harlem Renaissance, considered one of the first jazz singers and a pioneer of wordless singing. She settled in Great Britain in 1938 and continued her career there until her death.

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Styles

• Vocal jazz, scat, vocalese
• Harlem: Henderson, Redman, Ellington

Landmark tracks

• I Must Have That Man (1928)

Sources

• Source

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