Eddie Jefferson

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Eddie Jefferson

voc, 1918-1979 US, Pittsburgh
Singer of Jazz

Eddie Jefferson (3 August 1918 - 9 May 1979) was a celebrated jazz vocalist and lyricist. He is credited with having invented 'vocalese', a musical style in which lyrics are set to an instrumental composition or solo.

Genres

Jazz
R&B/Soul
Blues

Plays With

Eddie Jefferson And His Quintet

James Moody And His Orchestra

Band Members

Discography

Title	Artist	Year	Type
Why Don't You Do Right / Psychedelic Sally	Mark Murphy / Eddie Jefferson	2004	Single
Vocal Ease	Eddie Jefferson	1999	Compil.
North Sea Jazz Sessions - Volume 4	Toots Thielemans, Dave Pike, Helen Merrill, Conte Candoli, Frank Rosolino, Eddie Jefferson, Louis Van Dyke Trio	1992	Album
There I Go Again	Eddie Jefferson	1980	Compil.
Hollywood Madness	Richie Cole With Eddie Jefferson	1980	Album
The Live-Liest	Eddie Jefferson	1979	Album
The Main Man	Eddie Jefferson	1977	Album
The Jazz Singer	Eddie Jefferson	1976	Album
Still On The Planet	Eddie Jefferson	1976	Album
Things Are Getting Better / Freedom Jazz Dance	Eddie Jefferson	1974	Single
Things Are Getting Better	Eddie Jefferson	1974	Album
The Bebop Singers	Eddie Jefferson, Joe Carroll & Annie Ross	1970	Album
Come Along With Me	Eddie Jefferson	1969	Album
Body And Soul	Eddie Jefferson	1968	Album
Psychedelic Sally	Eddie Jefferson	1968	Single
Letter From Home	Eddie Jefferson	1962	Album
Body And Soul	Eddie Jefferson	1959	Single
Billie's Bounce / I'm In The Mood For Love	Eddie Jefferson With James Moody And His Orchestra	1957	Single
Rockin' & Rollin' The Blues / Hair Dressen Women (Put Your Business In The Street)	Babs Gonzales And Eddie Jefferson	1955	Single
Stop Talkin' Start Walkin' / Strictly Instrumental	Eddie Jefferson	1953	Album
I Got The Blues / Body And Soal	Eddie Jefferson	1952	Album

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Acknowledgements

To all the music fans that are contributing on Discogs, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia. Thanks to Franz Flückiger for providing Storygram used to visualize band membership.

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