Nancy King Quartet at The 1905

or most of her career, Nancy King has been considered the Pacific Northwest's pre-eminent jazz singer.

By the end of the 1990s, King had become one of the leading jazz singers in the world. An improvising musician in the tradition of singers Sheila Jordan, Betty Carter, and Ella Fitzgerald, King is a master of the bebop-based scat singing style made famous by Louis Armstrong, as well as the vocalese approach developed by singer and lyricist Jon Hendrick.
She’s been called everything from a “Cult figure” and an “uncompromising artist,” (Earshot Jazz) to “the greatest living jazz singer,” (Herb Ellis)...

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or most of her career, Nancy King has been considered the Pacific Northwest's pre-eminent jazz singer.

By the end of the 1990s, King had become one of the leading jazz singers in the world. An improvising musician in the tradition of singers Sheila Jordan, Betty Carter, and Ella Fitzgerald, King is a master of the bebop-based scat singing style made famous by Louis Armstrong, as well as the vocalese approach developed by singer and lyricist Jon Hendrick.
She’s been called everything from a “Cult figure” and an “uncompromising artist,” (Earshot Jazz) to “the greatest living jazz singer,” (Herb Ellis). Nancy is one of the few improvisers in vocal jazz to master the vocabulary. Saxophonist John Handy once said King “puts horn players to shame.”

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