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Today, institutions of higher learning — high schools, summer camps and university-level programs — are an industry unto themselves, dominating formal jazz pedagogy. But before they arrived, many creative individuals had plenty of reasons to seek them out.

The human voice can be a powerful instrument, as evidenced by these famous jazz singers in our list of 10 great artists that influenced the genre.