The Hottest New Group in Jazz

by Lambert, Hendricks & Ross

The Hottest New Group in Jazz cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: December 1959
  • Label: Columbia
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 28:49
  • Community rating: 3.52/5 from 3 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Following up their groundbreaking Count Basie tribute, the astonishingly agile vocal trio expands their repertoire to include complex hard bop compositions by Horace Silver and Miles Davis. Demonstrating breathtaking technical mastery, the singers effortlessly translate rapid-fire instrumental solos into incredibly dense, highly humorous lyrical narratives. The wildly inventive session firmly established the ensemble as the undisputed, most technically advanced pioneers of the vocalese style.

Genres

Descriptors: vocal-group, technical, complex, progressive, alcohol

Tracklist

  1. Charleston Alley (3:18)
  2. Moanin' (2:34)
  3. Twisted (2:16)
  4. Bijou (3:16)
  5. Cloudburst (2:16)
  6. Centerpiece (2:27)
  7. Gimme That Wine (2:58)
  8. Sermonette (3:47)
  9. Summertime (1:44)
  10. Everybody's Boppin' (4:11)

Credits

  • Lambert, Hendricks & Ross - primary artist, vocals
  • Dave Lambert - vocals
  • Jon Hendricks - vocals
  • Annie Ross - vocals
  • Harry "Sweets" Edison - trumpet
  • Gildo Mahones - piano
  • Ike Isaacs - bass
  • Walter Bolden - drums

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