Classic Jazz Singers

A collection of vintage black and white images featuring elegant jazz singers in glamorous attire, showcasing jazz as a soulful and timeless art form.

Vintage Photograph. Portrait of a negro woman smiling and looking backwards.

American jazz singer Sarah Vaughan.

Shirley Bassey, 70s.

Nancy Wilson, cantante melódica estadounidense.

Anefo photo collection. Opera "Free and Easy" press conference. December 1, 1959

La cantante de jazz Gloria Stewart, en la sala Jamboree. Barcelona, inicios de los años 60. GLORIA STEWARD.

Leontyne Price, American Opera singer, circa 1979

Anefo photo collection. Press conference "Free and Easy", Producer Williams. December 1, 1959

La cantante estadounidense Dionne Warwick.

Vintage Photograph. Portrait of a negro woman smiling and looking backwards.

Vintage Photograph. A young woman facing to the right of frame turned looking at camera smiling.

La cantante estadounidense Dionne Warwick.

Marian Anderson World's Greatest Coloured Singer. Marian Anderson (above) will make her debut The Metropolitan Opera House tonight - first Negro ever to sing there. January 08, 1955. (Photo by Karsh, Photo Pictorial Press)

Vintage Photograph. A portrait of a young woman with a pleasant smile.

Anefo photo collection. Mahalia Jackson during her performance in the Irenehal in Utrecht for Youth Manifestation Youth and Bible, during her performance. May 7, 1964. Utrecht

Anefo photo collection. Dakota Staton (American singer) will perform for AVRO television, Dakota Station. July 12, 1965

La cantante estadounidense Dionne Warwick.

Umm Kulthum, born Fatimah Ibrahim as-Sayyid al-Biltagi, on December 30, and who died February 3, 1975, was an internationally famous Egyptian singer, songwriter, and film actress of the 1920s to the 1970s. Four decades after her death in 1975, she is still widely regarded as perhaps the greatest Arabic singer ever.

Anefo photo collection. Grand Gala du Disque poplar in Kurhaus in Scheveningen Sarah Vaughan. October 12, 1963. Scheveningen, South Holland

Natalie Cole, 70s.

Anefo photo collection. Grand Gala du Disque in the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam. Performance of the American singer Dionne Warwick. October 2, 1966. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland

Anefo photo collection. Odette, gospel singer in Amsterdam. Portrait. December 4, 1961. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland

DIANA ROSS in LADY SINGS THE BLUES (1972), directed by SIDNEY J. FURIE.

PEARL BAILEY in ALL THE FINE YOUNG CANNIBALS (1960), directed by MICHAEL ANDERSON.

Dionne Warwick

Aretha Franklin, 80s.

Democratic U.S. Congresswoman Shirley Chisholm at Podium during Third Session of Democratic National Convention, Miami, Florida, USA, photograph by Warren K. Leffler, July 12, 1972

PAM GRIER in COFFY (1973).

Anefo photo collection. Odette, gospel singer in Amsterdam. Portrait. December 4, 1961. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland

Sarah Vaughan durante una actuación.

MAHALIA JACKSON in ST. LOUIS BLUES (1958), directed by ALLEN REISNER.

Bessie Smith, American blues singer, portrait by Carl Van Vechten, February 3, 1936.

DOROTHY DANDRIDGE in CARMEN JONES (1954), directed by OTTO PREMINGER.

Dinah Washington, cantante estadounidense.

1960S African American Woman Portrait Smiling

Bessie Smith, American blues singer, portrait by Carl Van Vechten, February 3, 1936.

Zora Neale Hurston, American author, anthropologist, playwright, and filmmaker, who was active in the Harlem Renaissance, head and shoulders portrait, Carl Van Vechten, April 1938

Dionne Warwick, 1973.

Vintage Photograph. Portrait of a woman with a furrowed brow looking to the left of frame.

Congresswoman and presidential candidate Shirley Chisholm (November 30, 1924 - January 1, 2005), photographed at Mills College, California, during her historic presidential campaign in 1972.

American jazz singer Sarah Vaughan.

Charlayne Hunter-Gault, Bernard Gotfryd, 1975

Anefo photo collection. Grand Gala du Disque in the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam. Performance of the American singer Dionne Warwick. October 2, 1966. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland

Mary Lou Williams, 1937.

Anefo photo collection. Odette, gospel singer in Amsterdam. Portrait. December 4, 1961. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland

Juliet Prowse, on-set of the Film, "Who Killed Teddy Bear", Magna Corporation, 1965

United States 1940Portrait of opera star Marian Anderson.

American jazz singer Sarah Vaughan.

Anefo photo collection. Grand Gala du Disque poplar in Kurhaus in Scheveningen Sarah Vaughan. October 12, 1963. Scheveningen, South Holland

Kathy Imrie, Head and Shoulders Publicity Portrait for the Film, "Shaft's Big Score!", MGM, 1972

Shirley Chisholm (1924 2005) was an American politician, educator, and author.[1 In 1968, she became the first African American woman elected to the United States Congress, [2 and she represented New York's 12th Congressional District for seven terms from 1969 to 1983. In 1972, she became the first black candidate for a major party's nomination for President of the United States, and the first woman to run for the Democratic Party's presidential nomination

Shirley Chisholm speaking. 1965 - 1985. Portraits, Photographs. Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division. Chisholm, Shirley, 1924-2005, African American women politicians

Anefo photo collection. Dakota Staton (American singer) will perform for AVRO television, Dakota Station. July 12, 1965

Anefo photo collection. The American singer Nina Simone that will appear on television on television. December 14, 1965

PAM GRIER in FOXY BROWN (1974), directed by JACK HILL.

Barbara M. Watson (1918-1983), American Diplomat and first black person and woman to serve as Assistant Secretary of State, half-length portrait while serving as Assistant Secretary of State for Security and Consular Affairs, Washington DC, USA, Warren K. Leffler, US News & World Report Magazine Collection, December 9, 1971

Anefo photo collection. Portrait of the American singer Nina Simone that will appear on television on television. December 14, 1965

1970s PORTRAIT STYLISH AFRICAN-AMERICAN WOMAN LOOKING AT CAMERA AFRO HAIRSTYLE

OPRAH WINFREY.

Aretha franklin, 1976

Fannie Lou Hamer, Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party Delegate, Democratic National Convention, Atlantic City, New Jersey, USA, Warren K. Leffler, August 22, 1964

Dinah Washington, cantante estadounidense.

SARA MONTIEL.

Angela Davis (born January 26, 1944) is an American political activist, philosopher, academic, scholar, and author. She is a professor at the University of California, Santa Cruz. A Marxist, Davis was a longtime member of the Communist Party USA (CPUSA) and is a founding member of the Committees of Correspondence for Democracy and Socialism (CCDS). She is the author of over ten books on class, feminism, race, and the US prison system.

Anefo photo collection. Arrival Della Reese (American singer) at Schiphol. June 14, 1965. Noord-Holland, Schiphol

Anefo photo collection. Portrait of the American singer Nina Simone that will appear on television on television. December 14, 1965

Coretta Scott King, in a studio portrait of 1964. During her marriage to Martin Luther King Jr., she evolved from an aspiring classical soprano, to a seasoned veteran of the Civil Rights Movement (BSLOC_2020_2_88)

Anefo photo collection. Mahalia Jackson during her performance in the Irenehal in Utrecht for Youth Manifestation Youth and Bible, during her performance /. May 7, 1964. Utrecht

Anefo photo collection. TV recordings of English singer Shirley Bassey. January 11, 1971

Mabel Kwong, on-set of the TV Movie, "Nightsongs", American Playhouse, PBS, 1984

Anefo photo collection. TV: Just a summer evening (VARA): Salena Jones, cup, singer. July 10, 1970

1970s PORTRAIT OF YOUNG HISPANIC-AMERICAN WOMAN SMILING LOOKING AT CAMERA

VONETTA MCGEE in BLACULA (1972), directed by WILLIAM CRAIN.

Portrait of Mary Jackson. 2017 Hall of Honor inductee. Langley Research Center NACA and NASA Hall of Honor. In honor and recognition of the ambition and motivation that enabled her career progression from human computer to NASA s first Afican-American female engineer, and subsequent career supporting the hiring and promotion of other deserving female and minority employees.

La cantante de jazz Gloria Stewart, en la sala Jamboree. Barcelona, inicios de los años 60. GLORIA STEWARD.

Anefo photo collection. Odette, gospel singer in Amsterdam. Portrait. December 4, 1961. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland

PAULA KELLY in TROUBLE MAN (1972), directed by IVAN DIXON.

JUANITA MOORE in IMITATION OF LIFE (1959), directed by DOUGLAS SIRK.

Fannie Lou Hamer, Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party delegate, at the Democratic National Convention, Atlantic City, New Jersey, August 1964 / WKL. - digital file from original | Library of Congress

Anefo photo collection. Odette, gospel singer in Amsterdam. Portrait. December 4, 1961. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland

American singer Aretha Franklin.

Olga James, Head and Shoulders Publicity Portrait for the Film, "Carmen Jones", 20th Century-Fox, 1954

Ella fitzgerald, 1968

American-Belgian jazz singers in Kijk de Rijk Show, Donna Higtower after the press conference (head) Date April 10, 1964.

La cantante estadounidense de R&B Ruth Brown.

American jazz singer Sarah Vaughan.

Anefo photo collection. Nina Simone at Schiphol. March 14, 1969. Noord-Holland, Schiphol

Anefo photo collection. Gladys Knight (and the Pips) at Schiphol (will perform at Grand Gala). March 5, 1969. Noord-Holland, Schiphol

Ivan Dixon, Abbey Lincoln, on-set of the Film, "Nothing But A Man", Cinema V, 1964

MIRIAM MAKEBA South African singer and political activist 1932 to 2008

Tina Turner. New York City, press conference for film "Tommy". March 18, 1975.

Anefo photo collection. Mahalia Jackson during her performance in the Irenehal in Utrecht for Youth Manifestation Youth and Bible, during her performance. May 7, 1964. Utrecht

THE REBELLIOUS LIFE OF MRS. ROSA PARKS (2022), directed by YORUBA RICHEN and JOHANNA HAMILTON.

OPRAH WINFREY.

New York State Congresswoman Shirley Chisholm speaking into Microphone, Washington, D.C., USA, Warren K. Leffler, May 24, 1971

Anefo photo collection. Josephine Baker in Castle Les Milandes Portrait J. B .. June 26, 1961. France

Anefo photo collection. Pick up Josephine Baker in France. Portrait J. B .. June 26, 1961. France

La cantante estadounidense de soul y pop, Dionne Warwick.

Cousins of Queen Salote, Paul Tupow and Veiongo Fakaua. May 26, 1954.;Cousins of Queen Salote, Paul Tupow and Veiongo Fakaua.

James Baldwin, 1963

Anefo photo collection. Minister of Health of Trinidad Miss Teshea at Schiphol Aagaoma. Miss Teshea. September 4, 1963. Noord-Holland, Schiphol

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