Annie Ross
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Annie Ross was a British-born American singer and actress, best known as a member of the influential jazz vocal trio Lambert, Hendricks & Ross. She helped pioneer the vocalese style of jazz singing, w
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Kenny Clarke
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Kenneth Clarke Spearman, known professionally as Kenny Clarke and nicknamed Klook, was an American jazz drummer and bandleader. A major innovator of the bebop style of drumming, he pioneered the use o
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…London, Side by Side by Sondheim, and in the Joe Papp production of The Pirates of Penzance (1982). In 1949, Ross had a brief affair with drummer Kenny Clarke. This affair produced a son, Kenny Clarke Jr. (1950–2018), who was raised by Clarke's brother and his wife. During her time with Lambert, Hendricks…
Clarke in 1971
Clarke (center) in Europe with Hans Rossbach (left) and Bud Powell (right)