Female jazz/blues vocalist for small combo

Minneapolis MN

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Hi -- I'm a piano and bass player and have started doing small combo gigs with piano and tenor saxes. I'd like to find a good female vocalist who is familiar with artists like Dinah Washington, Esther Phillips, Ella, Billie Holliday, Irma Thomas, Etta James, etc. I've played 800+ gigs on bass with a blues band and have done most of the booking over the years, so I know how to get gigs (although the money isnt enough to make a living, obviously). I've started doing small combo jazz gigs on piano at places like Lyn Lake Brwery and SP and Minneapolis farmers markets. In my experience, it's easier to get gigs with a vocalist, especially a female vocalist. rather than just doing instrumentals.