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Annie Ross

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Not just the canary female whose dexterous vocals highlighted recordings by the vocal group Lambert, Hendricks & Ross, Annie Ross recorded more than a dozen albums of solid vocal jazz and appeared in many movies. Though she was the last member to join LH&R, she had been pursuing the same pioneering fusions of vocal music with bop delivery for several years before she joined Dave Lambert and Jon Hendricks.

Born Annabelle Lynch in Surrey, England, she moved to Los Angeles at the age of three, with the musical comedienne Ella Logan (either her mother or her aunt, according to differing accounts). By the age of five, she had begun acting and landed roles in the Our Gang series. She later studied acting in New York, then moved back to England where she began singing in nightclubs. Her recording debut came in Paris, with a quartet including James Moody. By 1952, Ross was back in New York and recording with most of the Modern Jazz Quartet for her first album, Singin' and Swingin'. Later that year, she recorded an album with vocalese pioneer King Pleasure. Though she featured on only four tracks of King Pleasure Sings/Annie Ross Sings, her reprise of tenor Wardell Gray's solo on the song "Twisted" became a vocalese landmark.

During 1953, Annie Ross toured throughout Europe with one of Lionel Hampton's best bands (including Clifford Brown, Art Farmer, Quincy Jones, and Gigi Gryce). She stayed there for several years and recorded albums for HMV and Pye before returning to America in 1957 when a New York nightclub engagement beckoned. While there, she did a vocal session with Dave Lambert and Jon Hendricks, who were working on an album of Basie solos transposed for vocals. Realizing they shared much in common, Ross was invited to join the group, naturally christened Lambert, Hendricks & Ross.

An immediate success with their first album, 1957's Sing a Song of Basie, the trio revolutionized vocal music with a set of light-speed scats that treated words as mere tools in the construction of exciting feats of vocal musicianship. Relentless touring and rumors of a falling out with Hendricks finally led to Ross' exit from the band in 1962. (Though LH&R soon became LH&B with the addition of Yolande Bavan, it was quite clear that Ross' role had been an important one, and the group disbanded less than two years later.)

Even while involved with the group, Annie Ross had continued her solo career with few interruptions. In late 1957, she recorded Sings a Song with Mulligan for the World Pacific label, with West Coast stars Gerry Mulligan and Chet Baker in support on a set of bright standards that highlighted her interpretive skills as well as a few flights of vocal fancy. Two additional LPs followed for World Pacific, A Gasser! (with Zoot Sims) and a straight rendition of the Broadway hit Gypsy. After LH&R split, she moved back to England and resumed her stage and film career, recording only three more albums during the '60s. A few years back in Los Angeles gained her parts in high-profile movies during the '80s and '90s, including Superman III, Pump Up the Volume, and Robert Altman's Short Cuts. For the latter film, she recorded several numbers for the soundtrack, and re-emerged with a new recording for 1995, Music Is Forever.

Title: Fly Me to the Moon

Artist: Annie Ross

Genre: Pop

Title: Nocturne for Vocalist

Artist: Annie Ross

Genre: Jazz, Rock

Title: The Great Annie Ross

Artist: Annie Ross

Genre: Pop

Title: A Gasser!

Artist: Zoot Sims, Annie Ross

Genre: Jazz

Title: Baby Mine

Artist: Annie Ross

Genre: Pop

Title: Blues Invitation

Artist: Annie Ross

Genre: Pop

Title: A Gasser! + Gypsy

Artist: Annie Ross

Genre: Jazz

Title: Let Me Sing

Artist: Annie Ross

Genre: Jazz, Vocal Jazz

Title: Skylark

Artist: Annie Ross

Genre: Jazz, Vocal Jazz, Bop

Title: Let Me Entertain You

Artist: Annie Ross

Genre: Pop

Title: Page Boy Shuffle

Artist: Annie Ross

Genre: Pop

Title: Reprise (Original Mix)

Artist: Annie Ross

Genre: Pop

Title: Handful of Songs

Artist: Annie Ross

Genre: Pop

Title: I Love Paris

Artist: Annie Ross

Genre: Jazz, Rock, Pop

Collections

Title: Female Jazz Vocals

Genre: Jazz

Title: 50 Best Jazz

Genre: Jazz

Title: The Women of Jazz

Genre: Jazz

Title: Gold - Jazz Divas

Genre: Jazz

Title: Jazz Story 10

Genre: Jazz

Featuring albums

Title: Gold - Jazz Divas

Artist: Various Artists

Genre: Jazz

Title: Vocal Jazz

Artist: Various Artists

Genre: Jazz, Vocal Jazz

Title: 50s Jazz Hits

Artist: Various Artists

Genre: Jazz

Title: Orchestral Jazz

Artist: Various Artists

Genre: Jazz

Title: 50S

Artist: Various Artists

Genre: Pop

Title: Vocal Jazz Hits

Artist: Various Artists

Genre: Jazz

Title: Pride of Scotland

Artist: Various Artists

Genre: Pop

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