#Lambert Hendricks & Ross

[arterrorist]

Speakin of Vocal Jazz: Lambert, Hendricks and Ross were revolutionary in using voice as an instrument in jazz. There were some elements of this here and there before, but this trio took it to another level.

[jazzplusplus]

1960 - Lambert, Hendricks & Ross - German tour

[projazznet]

Lambert, Hendricks & Ross ‎– Sing a Song of Basie (Full Album)

Sing a Song of Basie is a 1957 album by Lambert, Hendricks & Ross.

[bobdylan-n-jonimitchell]

Joni Mitchell brings out Annie Ross for an ovation—Wembley Stadium, September 14, 1974.

[nyomkitten]

i’ve been listening to jazz for two (2) days now.

it will not last. i will soon go back to the same 10 pop songs i over-listen to.

(listening = getting 1/5th of the way through a spotify playlist and augmenting my playlist comprising of songs stolen from others’ playlists. and being pleasantly surprised at past me’s taste. but then again i just maintain this playlist; i clearly never listen to it.)

(here’s my playlist btw.)

anyway, these album covers give me gender envy, and i think it’s because they have women in “action” shots, not glamour shots.

except—while looking up the second band to find that album cover, i also found these pictures.

they’re all three so gorgeous. also the lastname-lastname-lastname format as a band name is the utterly sexiest. don’t question this too closely.

i know it doesn’t mean that swinger. but. c’mon.

bonus: i’m not sure if this is really one of their albums, but its design—and that of the other pictured ones— is immaculate. (except for that clown “greatest hits” album.)

[jazzdailyblog]

Jon Hendricks: The Jazz Vocal Innovator

Introduction: In the realm of jazz, few artists have left a more indelible mark than Jon Hendricks. Renowned for his exceptional vocal talents and innovative approach to jazz singing, Hendricks redefined the possibilities of vocal jazz improvisation. This blog post pays tribute to the life, artistry, and enduring legacy of Jon Hendricks. Early Years and Musical Genesis: Born one hundred and…

[timwrightt]

[hezigler]

Live: Joe Williams with Lambert, Hendricks and Ross - Every Day I Have t...

"Going to Chicago," Lambert, Hendricks, and Ross with Joe Williams and Count Bassie on the Hugh Hefner 1950s TV show, Playboy Penthouse.

[arterrorist]

More vocal jazz from Lambert, Hendricks & Ross. Despite the info on the cover it’s not a best of comp. It’s their „The Hottest New Group in Jazz” from 1960 repackaged. Nice artwork depicting three swinging/singing cats taking over the city.

[jazzplusplus]

1961 - George Shearing and his Quintet, Lambert, Hendricks and Ross - Kleinhans Music Hall in Buffalo

[thatrickmcginnis]

BOBBY McFERRIN, TORONTO 1988

Bobby McFerrin was about to have his life changed when I photographed him in the spring of 1988. McFerrin had been developing his unique vocal style for years before he released his first album in 1981, and he had released two more well-reviewed records before Simple Pleasures and its massive hit single was released in 1988. "Don't Worry, Be Happy" would win three Grammy, top the Billboard Top 100 and win gold records in the US, UK, Sweden and Denmark. (It would go platinum in Germany.) But its reputation as a one-hit wonder and a novelty record made it stand out uncomfortably in McFerrin's career, and he rarely if ever performs the whole song in concerts any more.

Bobby McFerrin comes from a musical family - his mother was a singer and teacher and his father an operatic baritone - and he was famous for his vocal skills before the hit that changed his life, bringing a capella and vocalese back into jazz over a decade after it had its heyday in the '50s and early '60s with acts like Lambert, Hendricks and Ross. Influenced by Keith Jarrett's improvisations, he has performed and recorded with jazz luminaries like Chick Corea, Herbie Hancock, the Marsalis brothers and Tony Williams, and he guest conducts symphony orchestras all over the world. In the last few years he has focused on working with vocal ensembles, on record and at a weekly session he holds at a venue in Berkeley, California.

I still have no idea why Bobby McFerrin was moved to mug constantly during my portrait session with him back in 1988, and with time I have also forgot where this was shot and who I was working for. What I do know was that McFerrin restlessly pulled faces for most of the shoot, and that the memory of being unable to control my subject cast a shadow over this session - so much that I skipped it altogether when I was going through my files for my old blog several years ago. Since then, however, the strangeness of these photos has papered over whatever lingering memory I might have had, and legendary Welsh photographer Chalkie Davies recently told me that McFerrin did the same thing with him. So this is probably the first time these photos have been seen since whoever hired me for this assignment published them, nearly forty years ago.

[bobdylan-n-jonimitchell]

Joni Mitchell discussing Lambert, Hendricks, & Ross’ influence on her, Jane Lurie’s apartment, 1968—Archives, Volume 2: The Reprise Years, 2021.

[garudabluffs]

Twisted · Wardell Gray Prestige Records: Jazz Classics ℗ 1998 Original Jazz Classics Released on: 2023-06-30

Associated Performer, Piano: Al Haig Associated Performer, Drums: Roy Haynes Associated Performer, Bass Guitar: Tommy Porter Composer Lyricist: Wardell Gray Composer Lyricist: Annie Ross

from the 1974 album COURT AND SPARK

Twisted · Lambert, Hendricks & Ross The Hottest New Group In Jazz ℗ Originally released 1959.

[leonardcohenofficial]

(hope it isnt weird to drop in like this) there are also very few people in my life that I can talk to about jazz even though i am always down to...are there any musicians/eras in particular that you're interested/invested in?

literally always down to talk about jazz please drop in any time! obviously there is a lot of crossover between subgenres and many musicians moved between different ones throughout their careers but i think at heart i'm a soul jazz girl (which of course has crossover with hard bop on one end of the era and jazz funk on the other end); however i grew up on hard bop and early modal jazz so those artists are also big for me; i didn't like free jazz as a kid but over the years have really come to get into it; this also isn't even beginning to cover genres that are jazz influenced/adjacent like afrobeat (which is its own genre but also has so much crossover), acid jazz, no wave (to an extent), bossa nova.................

all this being said the artists that i listen to the most are: les mccann, eddie harris, quincy jones, nina simone (who didn't like being called a jazz musician anyways but. for the sake of this exercise. she's in here lol), sun ra, pharoah sanders, max roach, alice coltrane, ramsey lewis, doug carn, ahmad jamal, dorothy ashby, cécile mclorin salvant, jimmy smith, wayne shorter, gil scott-heron, george benson, young-holt unlimited, hilton ruiz, don cherry, lambert hendricks and ross.................