Lambert Hendricks & Ross

Vocalese: The Sound of the Jive Jazz Poets

From: Howard Burchette
Series: Jazz Time
Length: 51:53

This one hour program concentrates on the Jazz style of singing refereed to as Vocalese. Many of the artists are also scat singers and Jazz poets. These Jazz classics will be heard by Lambert, Hendricks & Ross, King Pleasure, Eddie Jefferson, Babs Gonzales, Bob Dorough, Slim Gaillard, Joe Carroll and others. Read the full description.

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Playing: Vocalese: The Sound of the Jive Jazz Poets
From: Howard Burchette

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Vocalese: The Sound of the Jive Jazz Poets is a one hour program divided into three sets leaving room for PSAs, the news, announcements, station IDs etc.

Eddie Jefferson - Jazz Singer

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Piece Description

Vocalese: The Sound of the Jive Jazz Poets is a one hour program divided into three sets leaving room for PSAs, the news, announcements, station IDs etc.

Eddie Jefferson - Jazz Singer

Musical Works

Title	Artist	Album	Label	Year	Length
I'm In The Mood For Love	King Pleasure	Moody's Mood for Love.	Blue Note Records	1992	03:15
Moanin'	Lambert Hendricks & Ross,	The Hottest New Group in Jazz.	Sony	1996	02:37
Now's the Time	Eddie Jefferson	Jazz Singer.	Evidence	1993	03:00
Twisted	Annie Ross	King Pleasure Sings/Annie Ross sings.	OJC	2008	02:48
Encore	Babs Gonzales	Weird Lullaby.	Capitol	1992	04:19
Yardbird Suite	Bob Dorough	Devil May Care .	Bethlehem	2005	02:52
The Land of Ooh Bla Dee	Joe Carroll	Man With a Happy Sound.	Collectables	1997	02:50
Laughing In Rhythm	Slim Gaillard	Laughing in Rhythm: The Best of the Verve Years .	Polygram Records	1994	02:55
So What	Eddie Jefferson	Jazz Singer.	Evidence	1993	03:00
Freedom Jazz Dance	Eddie Jefferson	Vocal Ease.	Savoy Jazz	2003	03:59
Keep an Ugly Woman	Babs Gonzales	Sunday Afternoon with Babs Gonzales at Small's Paradise.	Dauntless Records	2004	04:15
Mumbles	Clark Terry	Oscar Peterson Trio Plus One.	Verve	2007	02:00
Freddie Freeloader	Jon Hendricks	Freddie Freeloader.	Denon Records	1993	09:08
Celia (edit)	Phineas Newborn Jr	Great Jazz Piano of Phineas Newborn Jr .	Original Jazz Classics/ Contemporary Records	1991	03:38