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Eddie Jefferson

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177 PLAYS
Albums
Come Along With Me
Eddie Jefferson
Letter from Home (All Tracks Remastered, Ep) [feat. Wynton Kelly / Johnny Griffin / Clark Terry / Sam Jones / Louis Hayes]
Eddie Jefferson
Milestones of Jazz Legends - Male Jazz Singers, Vol. 7
Eddie Jefferson & Jimmy Scott
Body And Soul
Eddie Jefferson
The Main Man
Eddie Jefferson
Essential Jazz Vocals
Eddie Jefferson
The Jazz Singer
Eddie Jefferson
The Jazz Singer: Vocal Improvisations on Famous Jazz Solos
Eddie Jefferson
Live performances
A Nod To Charlie (Live Chicago '78)
Sonny Stitt, Eddie Jefferson & Charles McPherson
Appearances
The Jazz Playlist, Pt. 18
Various Artists
Rare Swing By Bart & Baker
Bart & Baker
Jazz Dispensary: Purple Funk, Vol. 2
Jazz Dispensary
Jazz Dispensary: Purple Funk, Vol. 2
Various Artists
Body & Soul: The Art Of Jazz Saxophone
Various Artists
Rare Soul & R&B Masters
Various Artists
The Best of Goldwax Singles
Various Artists
Savoy's Finest Volume 1
Various Artists
Savoy's Finest, Vol. 1
Various Artists
Stax/Volt - The Complete Singles 1959-1968 - Volume 3
Various Artists
Compilations
Vocal Ease
Eddie Jefferson
Opus De Funk - The Jazz Giants Play Horace Silver
Phineas Newborn Jr., Milt Jackson, Wes Montgomery, Eddie Jefferson, Art Pepper, Ray Brown, Tommy Flanagan, Vince Guaraldi & Bola Sete, Richard 'Groove' Holmes, Barney Kessel, Shelly Manne, Shirley Scott, Blue Mitchell, Jack McDuff
Biography
Eddie Jefferson (August 3, 1918 – May 9, 1979) was a celebrated 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 his best-known song is "Moody's Mood for Love", though it was first recorded by King Pleasu ... Show More
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