One of the finest interpreter of lyrics active in the jazz world during the 1980s and '90s, Susannah McCorkle does not improvise all that much but she brings the proper emotional intensity to the words she sings; a lyricist's dream! She moved to England in 1971 where she worked with Dick Sudhalter and Keith Ingham among others, performing at concerts with such visiting Americans as Bobby Hackett, Ben Webster and Dexter Gordon. McCorkle sang at the Riverboat jazz room in Manhattan during 1975 (gaining a lot of attention) and recorded two albums in England (tributes to Harry Warren and Johnny Mercer) that were released domestically by Inner City. By 1980 she was back in the U.S., recording a Yip Harburg set and a fourth album for Inner City. After that label folded, McCorkle switched over to Pausa but by the late '80s was recording regularly for Concord. She has expanded her pre-bop repertoire to include Brazilian songs and blues and in the mid-'90s Susannah McCorkle is at the top of her field. ~ Scott Yanow
Source: AMG Biography