Sing With a Jazzy Vibrato Like Ella Fitzgerald

From: Singing Style of Your Favorite Female Artists
by Reagan James

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Description:


In this first style lesson, Reagan will over some of the key takeaways from the "Queen of Jazz", Ella Fitzgerald. She was most noted for her mesmerizing vibrato, impeccable tone, and her one-of-a-kind scatting technique. In this lesson, Reagan starts you off with a helpful vocal exercise where you go up and down the scale, singing the syllable "be".

Song Lyrics:
Be careful I'm fragile
I been around the block too many times
I'm a little messy, sorta jealous
Overzealous
Cry all the time
I wear my heart on my sleeve
It's not always so easy
Fall in love or lay down
I'm always on my feet
But I never see the ground
I'm grounded 

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Instructor: Reagan James


R&B singer-songwriter Reagan James, thrust into the national spotlight in 2014 as a Top 10 artist on NBC’s The Voice, combines soulful melody with contagious groove in her growing catalog of original music. Awards include The Voice Season 7 Top 10 and winner of the Kidd Kraddick/Scooter Braun National Talent Scout competition. Her influences are Sia, Norah Jones, Lorde, John Legend, Colbie Caillat, Amy Winehouse, and Queen.