Lambert, Hendricks & Ross were an American vocalese trio formed by jazz vocalists Dave Lambert, Jon Hendricks and Annie Ross. From 1962 to 1964, Ross was replaced by vocalist Yolande Bavan.[1]
Lambert, Hendricks & Ross | |
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 Lambert, Ross and Hendricks (ca. 1959) | |
| Background information | |
| Origin | New York City, New York, United States |
| Genres | Jazz, vocalese, vocal jazz |
| Years active | 1957–1964 |
| Labels | ABC-Paramount, Roulette, Columbia |
| Past members | |
History
editThe group formed in 1957 and recorded their first album Sing a Song of Basie (1958) for ABC-Paramount Records. The album featured versions of Count Basie standards and was successful enough that the Count Basie Orchestra collaborated with them on Sing Along With Basie (1959). Sing a Song of Basie was awarded a Grammy Hall of Fame Award in 1998.
Beginning in 1959, the trio recorded three LPs with Columbia Records. They recorded a version of Ross's 1952 song "Twisted", featuring her lyrics set to a Wardell Gray melody. Their High Flying album won a Grammy Award for Best Performance by a Vocal Group in 1962. Lambert, Hendricks & Ross were voted Best Vocal Group in the DownBeat Readers Poll from 1959 to 1963.
Before she married Jackie Paris in 1961, Canadian jazz singer Anne Marie Moss replaced Annie Ross in some early 1960s performances. The group were known as Lambert, Hendricks and Moss.Anne Marie Moss
For personal reasons Annie Ross left the group in 1962 and she was replaced by Yolande Bavan. The band were renamed Lambert, Hendricks and Bavan. Their appearance at the 1962 Newport Jazz Festival, and performances of "Comin' Home" and "Moanin'" can be seen in Buddy Bregman's film The 1962 Newport Jazz Festival. Lambert, Hendricks and Bavan released three live albums before disbanding in 1964.
Any hopes of a reunion of the original trio ended with Lambert's death in a road accident in Connecticut on October 3, 1966.[2]
In 2012, No One But Me, a documentary film about Annie Ross, featured contributions from Hendricks and contained footage of the duo reuniting for a performance.[3] Jon Hendricks died on November 22, 2017. Annie Ross died on July 21, 2020.[4]
Discography
edit- Sing a Song of Basie (ABC-Paramount, 1957)
- Sing Along with Basie (Roulette, 1958)
- The Swingers! (Pacific Jazz, 1958)
- The Hottest New Group in Jazz (Columbia, 1959)[5]
- Lambert, Hendricks & Ross Sing Ellington (Columbia, 1961)[6]
- High Flying with Lambert, Hendricks & Ross (Columbia, 1961)[7]
- Recorded "Live" at Basin Street East (Lambert, Hendricks and Bavan) (RCA Victor, 1963)
- At Newport '63 (Lambert, Hendricks and Bavan) (RCA Victor, 1963)
- Havin' a Ball at the Village Gate (Lambert, Hendricks and Bavan) (RCA Victor, 1964)
- Swingin' Til the Girls Come Home (Lambert, Hendricks and Bavan) (RCA Bluebird, 1964)[8]
References
edit- ^ Heckman, Don (November 4, 1999). "Hendricks and Ross Pursue a New Sound". Los Angeles Times.
- ^ Colin Larkin, ed. (1992). The Guinness Encyclopedia of Popular Music (First ed.). Guinness Publishing. p. 1424. ISBN 0-85112-939-0.
- ^ "Jon Hendricks « No One But Me". Noonebutme.co.uk. Retrieved August 9, 2013.
- ^ Matt Schudel (July 21, 2020). "Annie Ross, mainstay of 'the greatest jazz vocal group that ever was,' dies at 89". The Washington Post. Retrieved July 22, 2020.
- ^ Randy Watts, Mike Callahan, David Edwards, and Patrice Eyries, "Columbia Album Discography, Part 10 (CL 1400-1499) 1959–1961", October 26, 2015.
- ^ Randy Watts, Mike Callahan, David Edwards, and Patrice Eyries, "Columbia Album Discography, Part 11 (CL 1500 to CL 1599) 1960–1961", October 27, 2015.
- ^ Randy Watts, Mike Callahan, David Edwards, and Patrice Eyries, "Columbia Album Discography, Part 12 (CL 1600-1699/CS 8400-8499) 1961–1962", October 28, 2015.
- ^ "Lambert, Hendricks & Ross | Album Discography". AllMusic. Retrieved December 11, 2016.
External links
edit- Lambert, Hendricks & Ross at AllMusic
- Lambert, Hendricks & Ross discography at Discogs
- Lambert, Hendricks & Ross at IMDb