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Annie Ross: Billie Holiday, Lady in Satin
by William Ellis
She was my hero, she was my mentor, she was my idol. I got to know her very very well and I was very proud that I did, because she was a real buddy of mine. I think there's a whole life in this voice for her to sing the songs that she sings; I mean, you could cry listening to her and I just think she was like a beautiful ebony statue. Great songs.
read moreAnnie Ross and Stevie Holland at The Metropolitan Room, NYC
by Michael P. Gladstone
During the month of May, there was a most unusual pairing of jazz vocalists--the legendary Annie Ross and rising star Stevie Holland, both performing every Tuesday night at The Metropolitan Room on Manhattan's West 22nd Street. When I caught them on May 22, they were both in fine form, their joint performance inviting some quick comparisons.
Annie Ross' career has been so varied that she could author several books about each of the genres that she's become involved with. ...
read moreAnnie Ross: Let Me Sing
by Marcia Hillman
She may be best known as member of seminal vocalese group Lambert, Hendricks and Ross, but septuagenarian singer Annie Ross has also enjoyed a long and successful career are a solo performer, with over a dozen releases to her name. All About Jazz caught up with Ross to discuss her new record on Consolidated Arts Productions, Let Me Sing.
All About Jazz: Your new CD is called Let Me Sing. Is that the reason you're still out there performing and ...
read moreAnnie Ross: Annie Ross Live in London
by Andrew Velez
Midway into this set, vocalist Annie Ross revisits Jumpin' at the Woodside (Basie/Hendricks) and her high-energy delivery is an instant encapsulation of the halcyon days when she sparkplugged the now-legendary trio known as Lambert, Hendricks and Ross. Even before the trio's success, Ross' clarion pipes, stratospheric vocalizing, and musical know-how had made fans of the likes of Billie Holiday, Sarah Vaughan, and Dizzy Gillespie. This never-previously-released 1965 set was recorded live in her own short-lived London club, ...
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