Annie Ross with special guest Warren Vache, Support: The Ronnie Scotts All Stars Wednesday 5th May - Thursday 6th May

Annie Ross vocals, Warren Vache cornet, Tardo Hammer piano, Dave Green bass, Steve Brown drums

Ross is one of the early practitioners and legends of vocalese.

She recorded seven albums with Lambert, Hendricks & Ross between 1957 and 1962. Their first, Sing a Song of Basie (1957), was to have been performed by a group of singers hired by Jon Hendricks and Dave Lambert with Annie brought in only as vocal consultant. When the first two tracks were recorded and deemed unsatisfactory, it was decided that the trio should attempt recording the material and overdub all the additional vocals themselves. The resulting album was a hit and the trio became an international sensation recording hit albums such as Lambert, Hendricks, & Ross! (aka The Hottest New Group In Jazz, 1959), Sing Ellington (1960), High Flying (1962), and The Real Ambassadors (1962), written by Dave Brubeck and featuring Louis Armstrong and Carmen McRae.

Ross is also an accomplished actress and has appeared in a number of films.