> By the way, if you don't have any of their work, run, > don't walk to your nearest record store and pick up > some Lambert, Hendricks and Ross. They are amazing! > There's a double cd set called 'The Hottest New Group in Jazz' that has 3 of LR&H's albums on it plus some previously unreleased and extra tracks that didn't appear on the original vinyl records. Everything on it is stellar.
I saw Hendricks & Ross (Dave Lambert is deceased) a couple of years ago in a Seattle jazz club. It remains near the top of my list of awesome live music experiences. John & Annie may be in their 70s but the two of them can swing like crazy and you wouldn't believe how fast they can spit out some of those crazy lyrics. There have been other jazz vocal groups that have attempted some of their material (Manhatten Transfer for one) but no-one has quite captured the groove they had going on, imo. They sang & harmonized together seamlessly but distinctively. Soulful, swinging, cool, often beautiful without being sentimental or trite. The more I listen the more I am in awe of them. And to think it was Joni who led me to them! Mark E.
