Mr. O'Meally's suggestion that rap and soul stars might be the key to the future of jazz singing seems problematic.

But it's incredible that so few others have even pretended that jazz singing can be a literary as well as musical endeavor.

And at its most exuberant, her uptempo jazz singing is charged with a lilting verve and humor.

Besides, I already knew who the Next Thing in jazz singing would be: Dominique Eade.

I don't think jazz singing is leaving us anytime soon.

I wanted to show that jazz singing is quite various and diffuse.

True jazz singing demands a rare personality.

Other jazz singers can do this; jazz singing is an academic subject now and using one's range is basic, a primary skill.

Ms. Wilson shows that jazz singing doesn't have to be an anachronism in the 1980's.

THE golden age of jazz singing ended many years ago, but its passing has been felt with particular force since the early 1990's.