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The links
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 
- 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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