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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 ...
Eddie Jefferson for Alto Madness Productions: Richie Cole chronology; Battle of the Saxes (1977) New York Afternoon (1977) Alto Madness (1978)
- October 13, 1976
- Jazz
- 1977
- Eddie Jefferson for Alto Madness Productions
Hollywood Madness with Eddie Jefferson, The Manhattan Transfer (Muse, 1979) Side by Side with Phil Woods (Muse, 1980) Cool 'C' (Muse, 1981) Tokyo Madness (Seven Seas/King [Japan], 1981) Alive! at the Village Vanguard (Muse, 1981) Return to Alto Acres with Art Pepper (Palo Alto, 1982) The Wildman Meets the Madman with Bobby Enriquez (GNP ...
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May 9, 2020 · By the late 70’s, Richie’s collaborations with Eddie Jefferson and the Manhattan Transfer were immensely popular - and his “Hollywood Madness” record was a major jazz hit. On May 9, 1979, Richie’s collaborator and partner Eddie Jefferson was killed in a senseless shooting outside of Baker’s Keyboard Lounge in Detroit. Eddie, it is ...
May 18, 2020 · Cole’s extensive discography stretches from buoyant 1970s recordings such as “Alto Madness” (with vocalist Jefferson) and “Keeper of the Flame” to his 1996 triumph “West Side Story ...
Alto saxophonist Richie Cole, with more than a quarter century of contributions to the jazz world under his belt, is perhaps best known for his four-year partnership with the late Eddie Jefferson. The road was Jefferson and Cole’s home. The pair toured the States in Cole’s minivan, playing just about everywhere until 1979, when Jefferson ...
May 3, 2020 · SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images. Richie Cole in Pittsburgh in 2018, taking part in a memorial after the Tree of Life synagogue shooting. Richie Cole, an alto saxophonist, bandleader and composer with a steadfast commitment to the hard-driving verities of bebop, died on May 2 at his home in Carnegie, Pa., a suburb of Pittsburgh. He was 72.
