Bobby McFerrin

Bobby was born in 1950 to opera singers Robert McFerrin, Sr., the first African American to sing at the Metropolitan Opera in New York, and Sara Cooper. It's no wonder that, being raised by such parents, Bobby became one of the most talented vocalists of our time. His vocal technique includes the skills to quickly switch between regular register and falsetto, he is a master of vocal polyphony and throat singing, and also uses the percussion capabilities of his vocal apparatus and body. Bobby often sings a-cappella and recorded the whole jazz album The Voice (1984), all parts on which he performed himself without an orchestra and without overdubbing.
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