Arising out of bebop vocals, a number of singers in the 1950s began to replicate famous instrumental solos with the human voice. The practice, initiated by Eddie Jefferson, King Pleasure and Annie ...

INDIANAPOLIS (WISH)- Three young musicians have come together to honor the legacy of jazz trio Lambert, Hendricks, and Ross. Gabe Schonman, Emma Hedrick, and Amy Azzara all met while students at the ...

The blues have done their bit, yeah! This jabberwockian fantasy is not the handiwork of a beat generation poet, but the nightly stock in trade of the nation’s slickest new vocal group—the Lambert, ...

Jon Hendricks, the singer and songwriter who Time Magazine called the "James Joyce of jive," died today in New York at the age of 96. Hendricks was best known for his work in the pioneering vocal jazz ...

TOLEDO, Ohio — Jon Hendricks, the pioneering jazz singer and lyricist who with the trio Lambert, Hendricks & Ross popularized the "vocalese" singing style in which words were added to instrumental ...