Jazz Singing: Crooning Vocal Style
by Abram Poliakoff
Description:
This standalone style tutorial explores the intimate, romantic art of jazz crooning through tone development, light mix technique, expressive stylization, and full song application. Using “Someone to Watch Over Me” by George Gershwin as the primary repertoire, this lesson builds the warm, reverberant chest voice and subtle stylistic details that define classic crooners like Frank Sinatra and Ella Fitzgerald. By the end, singers will be able to apply smooth legato phrasing, glides, scoops, falls, and dove-tail vibrato in a cohesive and expressive full performance.
Lessons:
- 1: Welcome
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2:
Tone and Technique
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3:
Stylization
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4:
Songwork
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5:
Conclusion: Performance
Instructor: Abram Poliakoff
Abram Poliakoff is a singer, guitarist, pianist, teacher, conductor, and composer. He received a Bachelors of Music in Vocal Arts from USC’s Thornton School of Music and has been teaching music for 8 years. He is currently both the Associate Artistic Director and a tenor in the L.A. Choral Lab, which recently released its first studio album Sonic Visions in the fall of 2019. Abram teaches and performs a wide range of genres including Classical, Jazz, Folk and Popular music in the Los Angeles area. He has also sung with the San Francisco Opera and Pocket Opera in the Bay Area. His teaching mission is to help his students utilize vocal technique to find their authentic and healthy voice while maximizing genre flexibility and a naturalness of expression.