Annie Ross, the dexterous jazz singer and leading practitioner of the art of "vocalese" heard on her signature song, "Twisted," has died.
She was 89. Ross died Tuesday at her home in Manhattan of complications from emphysema and heart disease, her former manager, Jim Coleman, toldThe Washington Post.
Ross performed with fellow vocalists Dave Lambert and Jon Hendricks in the acclaimed jazz trio Lambert, Hendricks &Ross from 1957 to 1962.
They made dozens of instrumental classics their own and recorded several albums, starting with 1957'sSing a Song of Basie, which employed overdubs to multiply their voices.
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