Results for "Annie Ross"

Annie Ross

Born: July 25, 1930

Annie Ross has been an abundant contributor to the art of jazz for over 50 years. Born in the UK, she has been a permanent resident of the USA for many years and a US citizen since 2001. The following are some highlights of what has been a long and illustrious career in jazz: Annie Ross is one of the pioneers of vocalese and the composer of "Twisted", one of the most well known examples of that art, as well as "Farmers Market", "Jackie" and many others. A founding member of Lambert, Hendricks and Ross, considered the greatest jazz vocal ensemble of all time, her influence is present in all subsequent practitioners of vocalese

Vocalese (1952 - 1961)

by Russell Perry
September 10, 2019

Arising out of bebop vocals, a number of singers in the 1950s began to replicate famous instrumental solos with the human voice. The practice, initiated by Eddie Jefferson, King Pleasure and Annie Ross was known as vocalese and reached its peak in the extraordinary recordings of Lambert, Hendricks & Ross. Playlist Host Intro 0:00 ...

Popsicle Illusion and Sweet Summer Love

by Mary Foster Conklin
September 7, 2019

This midsummer broadcast Included new releases from vocalists Lori Williams, Barb Jungr and Lisa Rich, pianists George Cables, Hiroe Sekine, and a 10th anniversary reissue from bassist John Miller, with birthday shout outs to Jazz Masters Annie Ross and Joanne Brackeen, plus vocalists Lainie Cooke, Janis Siegel, Nnenna Freelon, Karrin Allyson and Carla Hassett, among others. ...

Nuove vocalist all’orizzonte

by Angelo Leonardi
March 19, 2019

Nuove vocalist crescono. Da qualche anno, sia nel jazz che nella black popular music, sono emerse vocalist di talento, prossime a imporsi negli anni a venire. In questa fase storica di globalizzazione spinta anche il canto jazz è entrato in una dimensione globale. Aumentano le possibilità per tutti di apprendere le forme espressive delle musiche afroamericane ...

Ran Blake & Christine Correa: Streaming

by Gareth Thompson
September 29, 2018

Back in 1946, Ran Blake watched The Spiral Staircase and was rather freaked. This classic chiller's opening scene shows a silent film flickering whilst a woman accompanies the visuals on piano. Blake later composed his own piano sketches for each character and wrote fan letters to the entire cast. His only reply came from Carlton, the ...

L'ultimo hipster. La vita e la musica di Mark Murphy

by Angelo Leonardi
May 23, 2017

Non trovate accenni a Mark Murphy nelle più recenti storie del jazz, neanche il nome. Una lacuna che appare inspiegabile (a differenza di Frank Sinatra, Mel Tormè e Tony Bennett) che si giustifica solo col ritardo a collocare il cantante di Syracuse in una prospettiva storica. Eppure già prima della sua scomparsa -il ...

A Handful Of Songs

By Annie Ross

Label: Él Records
Released: 2016
Track listing: CD 1 - A Handful Of Songs; All Of You; Fly Me To The Moon; Nature Boy; Love for Sale; A Lot Of Livin' To Do; Let Me Love You; All Things You Are; I'm Gonna Go Fishin'; Like Someone In Love.

Bonus tracks: A Gasser!: Everything I've Got Belongs to You; Invitation to the Blues; I Didn't Know About You; I Don't Want to Cry Anymore; Lucky Day; I Was Doin' Allright; You Took Advantage of Me; You're Nearer; I'm Just a Lucky so and So; I'm Nobody's Baby Johnny Mercer & The Pied Pipers: Let's Fly (Written by Annie Ross)

CD 2 - Cranks: Who's Who / Adrift; Where Has Tom Gone?; Cold Comfort; Passacaglia; Who Is It Always There; Chiromancy; New Blue; Valse Anglaise; Don't Let Him Know You; Sea Song; Telephone Tango; I'm the Boy You Should Say "Yes" To; Metamorphosis; Would You Let Me Know?; Dirge; Arthur, Son Of Martha; Goodnight. Selections from Lambert, Hendricks and Ross: From: The Hottest New Group In Jazz: Moanin’; Everybody’s Boppin; Gimme That Wine From: The Swingers: Airegin; Love Makes The World Go Round From: Sing Ellington: Cottontail From: High Flying: Cookin’ At The Continental; Come On Home; Popity Pop.

Annie Ross: A Handful Of Songs

by Roger Farbey
October 19, 2016

This release on British label Él Records sells itself short since it's very much more than just A Handful Of Songs. It's actually more like a veritable cornucopia of songs. Covering two CDs, in addition to the title album there's A Gasser! and the original cast of the London Production of the revue Cranks, named after ...

Alyssa Allgood: Out Of The Blue

by Mark Sullivan
October 15, 2016

Chicago vocalist Alyssa Allgood devotes her first full length album to an unexpected source: the classic hard bop repertoire of Blue Note Records. The label is mainly known for instrumental jazz, and all of these selections were originally instrumental. This presents no problem for Allgood, who demonstrates equal facility scatting, singing wordless vocalise, and writing lyrics ...

Camille Bertault: En Vie

by Angelo Leonardi
June 6, 2016

Un vivace talento, una vocalist che swinga con naturalezza come le grandi del passato, un'autrice matura. Non ancora trentenne Camille Bertault illumina la scena del canto jazz come solo Cécile McLorin Salvant ha fatto in questi anni, offuscando in un sol colpo decine di cantanti contemporanee. Questo sorprendente debutto discografico stupirà molti, anche quelli ...