Born to a family of
touring
Scottish vaudevillians, Annie Ross has been performing as long as she
can remember. From her childhood appearances in film to her
landmark composition "Twisted", as a founding member of Lambert,
Hendricks and Ross, through her classic jazz recordings as well as
roles in theatre and film over the last decades, Annie has long been a
favorite of jazz listeners everywhere. She has sung alongside
a
who's
who of jazz, including James Moody, Kenny Clarke, Milt Jackson, Harry
Sweets Edison, the Count Basie band, Louis Armstrong, Gerry Mulligan,
Art Farmer, Chet Baker and many more.
Currently
Annie is
appearing at venues in New York and in Europe, following the release of
her latest CD, Let Me
Sing.
Recent performances include the
Marbella Jazz Festival in Spain, a tour of Scotland, The Hollywood Bowl
and ongoing weekly performances at The Metropolitan Room in
Manhattan. She is
also working on her autobiography, an eagerly awaited memoir to be
published at a later date. Annie is a recipient of the
prestigious NEA Jazz Masters Award for 2010 and is being inducted into
the ASCAP Jazz Wall of Fame in June 2009.