Annie Ross: Next Steps
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Known best for her dazzling bop vocalese with Lambert, Hendricks & Ross, Annie Ross also shines outside that trio's swinging harmonies. The singer/songwriter scat-sings impressively on the early "Annie's Lament" (1954), digs hard into Peggy Lee's man-wary "I'm Gonna Go Fishin'" (1963) and praises the gods of jazz amid a chorus of vocalese heirs in "Music Is Forever" (2015).
