Women in Jazz (4/4)

Annie Ross (born 25 July 1930, Mitcham, London, England, UK) is an English jazz singer, chanteuse and actress, best-known as a member of the trio Lambert, Hendricks & Ross. Ross is one of the early practitioners of a singing style known as vocalese, which involves the setting of original lyrics to an instrumental jazz solo. Her 1952 treatment of saxophonist Wardell Gray’s “Twisted“ is a classic example of vocalese.[4] “Twisted“ has been recorded by Joni Mitchell, Bette Midler, Maria Friedman, and many oth