Jon Hendricks
The group was also known as Lambert, Hendricks and Ross when Canadian jazz singer Anne Marie Moss briefly replaced Annie Ross.
Any hopes of a reunion of the original trio ended with Lambert's death in a road accident in Connecticut in 1966.
CHICAGO PBS-TV: JON HENDRICKS & RAMSEY LEWIS on "Jazz Masters"
For an all-too-brief period of time the local PBS station (WTTW) produced a gem of a series called "Jazz Masters" hosted by Ramsey Lewis. The format involved a free-wheeling, informal panel discussion with that week's hodge-podge of guests, during which they would get up individually and in groups to perform. The stellar cast for this episode was the eminent host plus Nancy Wilson, Jon Hendricks, James Moody, George Wein and Paquito D'Rivera. In this clip you will witness during Jon Hendricks' performance the genuine glee that permeates this mutual-admiration society. In the rarified world of scat-singing, Hendricks reigns supreme as a wise old sage and virtuoso. However, there are budding beboppers wood-shedding at this very moment who could soon be nipping at his heels!
Lambert-Hendricks-Bavan (February 22, 1963):
Dave Lambert, Jon Hendricks, Yolanda Bavan (vocals); Pony Poindexter (alto Saxophone); Gildo Mahones (piano); George Tucker (Bass); Jimmy Smith (drums .)
1. Sugar Hill Blues
2. Another Get Together
3. This Could Be the Start of Something Big
4. Melba's Blues
5. Shiny Stockings
6. Cousin Mary
7. Cloudburst
The group formed in 1957 and recorded their first album Sing a Song of Basie for ABC-Paramount Records. The album featured versions of Count Basie standards and was successful enough that the Count Basie Orchestra collaborated with them on Sing Along With Basie (1959). Sing a Song of Basie was awarded a Grammy Hall of Fame Award in 1998.
Beginning in 1959, the trio recorded three LPs with Columbia Records. They recorded a version of Ross' 1952 song "Twisted", featuring her lyrics set to a Wardell Gray melody. Their High Flying won a Grammy Award for Best Performance by a Vocal Group in 1962. Lambert, Hendricks & Ross were voted Best Vocal Group in the Down Beat Readers Poll from 1959 to 1963.
Annie Ross left the group in 1962, replaced by vocalist Yolande Bavan. The renamed Lambert, Hendricks and Bavan made three live albums before disbanding in 1964. Lambert, Hendricks and Bavan appeared at the 1962 Newport Jazz Festival, and their performance of "Comin' Home" and "Moanin'" can be seen in Buddy Bregman's film The 1962 Newport Jazz Festival.
