Eddie Jefferson
American jazz vocalist and lyricist / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Not to be confused with Eddie Jefferson (baseball).
Eddie Jefferson (August 3, 1918 – May 9, 1979)[1] was an American jazz vocalist and lyricist. He is credited as an innovator of vocalese, a musical style in which lyrics are set to an instrumental composition or solo. Jefferson himself claims that his main influence was Leo Watson. Perhaps Jefferson's best-known song is "Moody's Mood for Love" which was recorded in 1952, though two years later a recording by King Pleasure catapulted the contrafact into wide popularity (King Pleasure even cites Jefferson as a personal influence). Jefferson's recordings of Charlie Parker's "Parker's Mood" and Horace Silver's "Filthy McNasty" were also hits.[2]
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 Jefferson at Half Moon Bay, California, October 10, 1978 | |
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| Born | (1918-08-03)August 3, 1918 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Died | May 9, 1979(1979-05-09) (aged 60) Detroit, Michigan, U.S. |
| Genres | Jazz |
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| Instrument(s) | Vocals |
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