Annie Ross - Annie by Candlelight (Bonus Track Version) (2017)

Not just the canary female whose dexterous vocals highlighted recordings by the vocal group Lambert, Hendricks & Ross, Annie Ross recorded more than a dozen albums of solid vocal jazz and appeared in many movies. Though she was the last member to join LH&R, she had been pursuing the same pioneering fusions of vocal music with bop delivery for several years before she joined Dave Lambert and Jon Hendricks. Born Annabelle Lynch in Surrey, England, she moved to Los Angeles at the age of three, with the musical comedienne Ella Logan (either her mother or her aunt, according to differing accounts). By the age of five, she had begun acting and landed roles in the Our Gang series. She later studied acting in New York, then moved back to England where she began singing in nightclubs. Her recording debut came in Paris, with a quartet including James Moody. By 1952, Ross was back in New York and recording with most of the Modern Jazz Quartet for her first album, Singin’ and Swingin’. Later that year, she recorded an album with vocalese pioneer King Pleasure. Though she featured on only four tracks of King Pleasure Sings/Annie Ross Sings, her reprise of tenor Wardell Gray’s solo on the song “Twisted” became a vocalese landmark.

TRACKLIST

1. Gipsy In My Soul (Feat. The Tony Crombie Quartet) (2:36)
2. I Love Paris (Feat. The Tony Crombie Quartet) (2:14)
3. I Didn’t Know About You (Feat. The Tony Crombie Quartet) (3:19)
4. The Lady’s In Love With You (Feat. The Tony Crombie Quartet) (2:10)
5. Taint What You Do (Feat. The Tony Crombie Quartet) (2:41)
6. Don’t Let The Sun Catch You Crying (Feat. The Tony Crombie Quartet) (4:45)
7. Between The Devil And The Deep Blue Sea (Feat. The Tony Crombie Quartet) (2:21)
8. Don’t Worry ’bout Me (Feat. The Tony Crombie Quartet) (2:16)
9. I’ve Told Every Little Star (Feat. The Tony Crombie Quartet) (Bonus Track) (2:23)
10. Manhattan (Feat. The Tony Crombie Quartet) (Bonus Track) (2:06)
11. Please Don’t Talk About Me When I’m Gone (Feat. The Tony Crombie Quartet) (Bonus Track) (2:24)
12. Skylark (Feat. The Tony Crombie Quartet) (Bonus Track) (2:55)
13. Stop It (Feat. Tony Crombie And His Orchestra) (Bonus Track) (2:24)
14. All Of Me (Feat. Tony Crombie And His Orchestra) (Bonus Track) (2:08)
15. Perdido (Feat. Tony Crombie And His Orchestra) (Bonus Track) (3:35)
16. Love You Madly (Feat. Tony Crombie And His Orchestra) (Bonus Track) (2:15)