In 1957, Annie Ross, a chic redhead with a cool, tart sound, teamed with Dave Lambert and Jon Hendricks to explore a genre known as vocalese — the setting of lyrics to modern jazz solos. The debut album of Lambert, Henricks and Ross; 'Sing a Song of Basie,' the singers overdubbed themselves into a replica of the whole Count Basie orchestra. Ross could lurch into the vocal stratosphere, imitating trumpets and saxophones and tearing through bebop lines with swinging rhythm. The song that made her

Continuing our series on the great cabaret/nightclub entertainers... I wanted to showcase, Lambert, Hendricks & Ross, specifically, Annie Ross. One of the most iconic and distinctive jazz vocal groups to emerge from the 1950s era, they created the "vocalese" style still common today. Annie was and remains a consumate jazz song stylist. Her life was met with a great many highs and lows, but her talent is undeniable especially her sheer technical ability. Here joined by #JoeWilliams to sing Aaron