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Rachelle Ferrell (born Berwyn, 1961) is an American jazz singer who has also had success as an R&B, pop and gospel singer. Although she has had some success in the mainstream R&B, pop, gospel and classical music circuits, she is known for her talents as a contemporary jazz singer. In contemporary jazz, she is known for her empathy, control, range, improvised vocal percussion, scatting and access to the flute register. Ferrell began singing at age six and developed a six-octave range in adulthood. Her range also includes the ability to sing in the flute register. Ferrell's highest notes in It Only Took A Minute (1992) have been described as “Minnie Riperton-like wailing. She received classical violin and piano lessons at an early age and performed professionally on both instruments and as a singer as a teenager.
After enrolling at Berklee College of Music and graduating a year later, having learned arranging and developed her skills in singing and songwriting, she got a job teaching music for the New Jersey State Council on the Arts alongside Dizzy Gillespie. From 1975 to 1990, Ferrell sang in the background for Lou Rawls, Patti LaBelle, Vanessa Williams and George Duke. Ferrell's debut First Instrument was released in 1990 in Japan, five years prior to its release in the United States.
Recorded with bassist Tyrone Brown, pianist Eddie Green and drummer Doug Nally, several famous jazz accompanists also recorded on her album.
They included trumpeter Terence Blanchard, pianists Gil Goldstein and Michel Petrucciani, bassists Kenny Davis and Stanley Clarke, tenor saxophonist Wayne Shorter and keyboardist Pete Levin. Her take on such standards as You Send Me by Sam Cooke, What Is This Thing Called Love? by Cole Porter and My Funny Valentine by Rodgers and Hart earned her a significant Japanese jazz audience. Ferrell's 1992 album of the same name was released by Capitol Records. She has also released jazz albums with Blue Note Records. In 2014, Rachelle Ferrell appeared in the new web series Now What with Kevin E. Taylor, where she was the season premiere of the series. Moved by Spirit, Ferrell decided to sing her entire interview and at one point brought the host to tears.
