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 ...

INDIANAPOLIS (WISH)- Three young musicians have come together to honor the legacy of jazz trio Lambert, Hendricks, and Ross. Gabe Schonman, Emma Hedrick, and Amy Azzara all met while students at the ...

The blues have done their bit, yeah! This jabberwockian fantasy is not the handiwork of a beat generation poet, but the nightly stock in trade of the nation’s slickest new vocal group—the Lambert, ...

TOLEDO, Ohio — Jon Hendricks, the pioneering jazz singer and lyricist who with the trio Lambert, Hendricks & Ross popularized the "vocalese" singing style in which words were added to instrumental ...

With the enormous success of Lambert, Hendricks & Ross' Sing a Song of Basie in 1958, copycat groups were quickly formed to duplicate the swinging vocalese and rake in some of the dough. Though none ...

The Royal Bopsters, who just appeared at Birdlandand who have a pandemic-era release, “Party of Four” (Motema Records), offer a possible clue regarding a major conundrum specific to the world of jazz: ...

Leonard and Mary Gaskin Papers, 1923-2006, Archives Center, National Museum of American History. Leonard Gaskin Papers / Series 7: Performance and Publicity Materials / 7.4: Audiotapes of Performances ...

Annabelle McCauley Allan Short (25 July 1930 – 21 July 2020), known professionally as Annie Ross, was a British-American singer and actress, best known as a member of the jazz vocal trio Lambert, ...