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I am very surprised....

Posted by Lew on January 9, 2017 at 14:12:02:
that among the many, many great male jazz singers of our lifetimes, you have so far only enjoyed Chet Baker, who was, after all, a trumpet player first and foremost.

Anyway, good that you've picked up on Bobby Troup; he is another rather unappreciated one on the esoteric side, like Baker. A great stylist for sure and musically very gifted, a good pianist too. I recently heard (on the Sinatra channel on Sirius XM) a recording of him doing "Can't Get Started". It was obvious that he wrote extra verses himself, and they were great.

You might check out Sinatra, Bennett, Cole, Hartman, Armstrong, Eckstine, Williams, Torme', Prysock, etc, etc, etc, some time too. Cripes, even Bing Crosby and Dean Martin. And Sammy Davis Jr, Steve Lawrence, Vic Damone.... Not to mention Ray Charles, who did some jazz work and great blues. Have you ever heard Charles Brown? Look him up.