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And compiling a long list of new stuff to acquire and explore in the world of (early) jazz, but so far no new-to-me great female vocalists, sadly, except that the movie star Dorothy Dandridge used to sing in clubs when she was younger before she got big but it was never recorded, except she recorded one single album for Verve that then got lost in the vaults until it was released in 1999. Based on the clip played in this documentary ("Minnie the Moocher and Many More", narr. Cab Calloway, 1983) I've gotta get that.

However, it's not very much compared to how much I've watched; there's a lot of focus on the very earliest years in most of these and they give more weight to bandleaders and virtuoso instrumental soloists than to vocalists. Although I realize now that Fats Waller's singing style on the several great songs he wrote is EXTREMELY different from the popular female performances I love, so I've got to track him down too.