NANCY WILSON ( Class + virtuosity) Jazz History, 41

Nancy Wilsons debut was auspicious. She scored a hit with her first single and recorded an album early in her career with Cannonball Adderley that has achieved iconic status, inspiring generations of young jazz singers. Over the course of five decades she displayed a vocal instrument that would be the envy of anyone, eventually rising to the status of elder statesperson, a position that she occupied with commanding grace and dignity. ABOUT THIS SERIES The Jazz History series is a video adaptation of a PowerPoint presentation used to teach a university course. It traces the roots of jazz from Ragtime at the turn of the 20th century to jazzrock fusion at the end of the 1960s. Youll find a lot more videos like this one in the JAZZ HISTORY playlist on this channel. If you want to learn more about the nuts and bolts of playing jazz, check out the videos in the JAZZ TACTICS playlist. JAZZ TACTICS SUGGESTIONS Do You Speak Jazz What Makes Jazz J