Annie Ross, mainstay of ‘the greatest jazz vocal group that ever was,’ dies at 89

Jazz singer Annie Ross in 2000. (Frank Johnston/The Washington Post)

By Matt Schudel
July 22, 2020 at 11:10 a.m. GMT+9
Annie Ross was 4 when she arrived in America, coming through Ellis Island. But as the daughter of Scottish vaudevillians, she was already acquainted with singing, acting and life on the road. “My mum and dad wanted me to be a star,” she once said. “They used to call me the Scottish Shirley Temple.”

She grew up to become one of the most dynamic jazz artists of her generation, writing lyrics and electrifying audiences with her daring, high-speed singing as part of Lambert, Hendricks and Ross, a groundbreaking vocal trio of the late 1950s.

Ms. Ross, who was 89, died July 21 at her home in Manhattan. She had emphysema and heart disease, said Jim Coleman, her former manager.

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ついにアニーも昨日、８９歳で亡くなりました。ランバートとヘンドリックスが探しに探して見つけた逸材だったのです。この３人のようなジャズ・コーラスは誰にも真似が出来ません。マントラが後を継ぐコーラスと言いますが、天と地です。聴けば納得するでしょ。

われわれ爺さんが、若い時から楽しんできた「時代のスター」がまた１人消えていきました。

あと４日生きてくれたら、目出度く卆壽を迎えるところだったのに。

⇒　Lambert, Hendricks & Rossのページ

(2020/7/22)

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