Miles Griffith

Native New Yorker Miles Griffith is among the male jazz vocalists who started recording in the ‘90s -- a relatively small group that also includes Kevin Mahogany, J.D. Walter, Allan Harris, Giacomo Gates, Kurt Elling, and Lou Lanza (among others). Griffith, who grew up in Brooklyn, will not be mistaken for a member of jazz's subtle, restrained cool school -- the gritty, big-voiced improviser favors a hard-swinging, aggressive, full-bodied vocal style whether he is scatting, interpreting standards, or performing his own songs. But for all his aggression, intensity, and forceful...