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Annie Ross

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Annie Ross is a Jazz act. Their sound grew out of Dick Morrissey. Those roots explain a lot about how Annie Ross arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Lorez Alexandria, June Christy, Carmen McRae, Nancy Wilson and Abbey Lincoln, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Count Basie, Joe Williams, Nina Simone, Anita O'Day and Erroll Garner, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 14 connections around Annie Ross, reaching back through Dick Morrissey and forward to Count Basie. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.

Background

Annie Ross was a British-born American singer and actress, best known as a member of the influential jazz vocal trio Lambert, Hendricks & Ross. She helped pioneer the vocalese style of jazz singing, with a style described by critic Dave Gelly as "a kind of dreamy watchfulness that is a definition of 1950s hip." In 2010, she was named a Jazz Master by the National Endowment for the Arts.

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Roots — what shaped themLegacy — who they shapedKindred — same orbit
Annie RossDick MorrisseyCount BasieJoe WilliamsNina SimoneAnita O'DayErroll GarnerLorez AlexandriaJune ChristyCarmen McRaeNancy WilsonAbbey LincolnBetty CarterDinah WashingtonPeggy Lee

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Annie Ross connections

Annie Ross grew out of Dick Morrissey, shares an orbit with Lorez Alexandria, June Christy, Carmen McRae and Nancy Wilson, went on to shape Count Basie, Joe Williams, Nina Simone and Anita O'Day. 14 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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