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The best vocal jazz group ... in general

  • The Real Group: the very best a capella vocal jazz group of the world. No doubt
  • Singers Unlimited: the fans continue to keep alive the myth
  • Take 6: the famous group with incredible arrangements (some transciptions availables on their website)
  • Manhattan Transfer: the fan club website
  • Vox Polish : amazing Danish vocal group (new name: Vox P) unfortunatly separated (but the 2 CDs remain available)
  • Vocapella: another fantastic Danish group danois to discover...
  • Touché: a true vocal orchestra (Danish again).
  • King's Singers: Not really Jazz, but always vocal and very high level of musicality
  • New York Voices
  • The Ritz: former group from Boston. Fantastic
  • Swingle Singers: do we need to indtorduce them? The British eclectism
  • Vox One: considered as one of the best North American vocal group (unfortunatly disbandes)
  • The Idea of North: Australian quartet, a cappella, top level
  • BR6: 5 singers and a vocal percussion from Brasil. Another approach of vocal jazz and latin feeling. Bewitching !
  • Banda de Boca: Brasil provides a quintet very talented

... other groups from all around the world

... from French-speaking world

... and in France

To buy CDs of vocal jazz groups CD animé

  • Primarily A Cappella: tons of CDs, a cappella (jazz, barbershop, classical, etc.), scores, educational, books... Unavoidable. It's very easy to order with an international debit card.
  • DJ Records: specialits of King's Singers et many other vocal groups and choirs
  • Mainely A Cappella: the brother of Primarily A Cappella. Complementarity
  • Price Minister: French secondhand buy. Esay to find some bargains in vocal jazz

To find sheet music for jazz choirs

  • Musikal Spezial: the Alladin's cave of sheet music for jazz vocal groups in Germany (30 km to Frankfurt)
  • UNC Jazz Press: interesting address with many scores for jazz choirs, with original music from New York Voices, Real Group, Rare Silk, etc.
  • Primarily A Cappella: a lot of sheet music, although this is not the purpose of this website (pack of scores, etc.)
  • Jamey Aebersold: publish the playback CDs to practice the soloist jazz. You must have the blues CD !
  • MUSICA: the most complete database of choral scores. It's a must ! 
  • Editions A Cœur Joie: a serie of choral jazz scores very interesting, growing up every day, and often well written
  • Comptoir Musical Français (COMUFRA) : offers an excellent SATB collection "Jazz Vocal", supervised by Christiane Legrand, with arrangements written by Claude Germain.

Associations related to Choral Singing

  • Jazz Choral - France is THE website which gather all kind of information about jazz and choir in France. Jazz choirs, vocal group, workshps, schools, teachers, concerts, records, CDs. Essential.
  • Sympaphonie, website with groups and scores
  • A Coeur Joie, the great French association of choral singing (to which Charlatan Transfer is affiliated)
  • CASA  : Contemporary A Cappella Society of America
  • ChoralNet: informations about choirs from all the world 
  • RARB - The Recorded A Cappella Review Board: reviews of vocal jazz CDs
  • Solevoci : a festival in Italy which qui schedules a cappella vocal groups... There is also a contest and masterclass

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