Vocalese is a style of jazz singing in which words are added to an instrumental soloist's improvisation. Vocalese uses recognizable lyrics that are sung...

Vocalese is the ninth studio album by Jazz band The Manhattan Transfer, released on September 3, 1985 on Atlantic Records. Recording sessions took place...

Transfer is an American vocal group founded in 1969, performing a cappella, vocalese, swing, standards, Brazilian jazz, rhythm and blues, and pop music. They...

an American jazz lyricist and singer. He is one of the originators of vocalese, which adds lyrics to existing instrumental songs and replaces many instruments...

"Twisted" is a 1952 vocalese song with lyrics by Annie Ross, set to a tenor saxophone solo of the same name by Wardell Gray that was recorded in 1949....

woman's part sung by Blossom Dearie. The song helped to popularize the vocalese jazz singing style. It has since been covered by many artists. Moody himself...

conversation between Lee Morgan and Rudy Van Gelder going over Morgan's solo. A vocalese version of "Moanin'" was later written by Jon Hendricks and recorded by...

influential jazz vocal trio Lambert, Hendricks & Ross. She pioneered the vocalese style of jazz singing, with a style described by critic Dave Gelly as "a...

language. Kidjo often uses Benin's traditional Zilin vocal technique and vocalese. Kidjo was born in Ouidah, French Dahomey, in what is now Benin. Her father...

appearance was on the album Extensions (1979), which won the group its first Grammy Award, Best Jazz Fusion Performance for a vocalese version of the song...