Eddie Jefferson (August 3, 1918 – May 9, 1979) was a jazz vocalist and lyricist. He is credited as an innovator of vocalese, a musical style in which lyrics are set to an instrumental composition or solo. Jefferson himself claims that his main influence was Leo Watson. Perhaps Jefferson's best-known song is "Moody's Mood for Love" which was recorded in 1952, though two years later a recording by King Pleasure would catapult the contrafact into wide popularity (King Pleasure even cites Jefferson as a personal influence). Jefferson's songs "Parker's Mood" and "Filthy McNasty" were also hits.
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Eddie Gladden
American musician
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Richie Cole
American jazz saxophonist, composer, and arranger
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James Moody
American jazz musician
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King Pleasure
American singer
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Barry Harris
American bebop jazz pianist
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Sonny Stitt
American jazz saxophonist
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Kenny Burrell
American jazz guitarist
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Mickey Tucker
American pianist
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Roy Brooks
American drummer
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Joe Newman
American musician
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Dave Burns
American musician, trumpeter and music educator
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Louis Hayes
American drummer
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Sam Jones
American double bassist and cellist
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Cedar Walton
American hard bop jazz pianist
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Charles McPherson
American jazz alto saxophonist
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Major Holley
American jazz upright bassist
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Bruce Forman
American musician
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Ben Tucker
American double-bassist
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Albert Dailey
American musician
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Hugh Lawson
American pianist
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Ronnie Mathews
American musician
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Rick Laird
Irish musician
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Art Taylor
American jazz drummer
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Billy Mitchell
American jazz tenor saxophonist
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Dexter Gordon
American jazz tenor saxophonist
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George Duvivier
American musician
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Gene Ammons
American jazz tenor saxophonist
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Eric Kloss
American musician
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Johnny Coles
American trumpeter
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Teddy Edwards
American jazz tenor saxophonist
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Ray Mantilla
American jazz drummer
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Alan Dawson
American musician
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Billy Higgins
American jazz drummer
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Shirley Scott
American jazz organist and recording artist
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Roland Hanna
American pianist
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Bob Magnusson
American musician
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Thad Jones
American jazz trumpeter
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Norman Simmons
pianist and arranger
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Jimmy Forrest
African American jazz musician
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Ed Thigpen
American jazz drummer
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George Andrew Cables
American jazz pianist
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Frank Foster
American jazz musician and bandleader
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Al Foster
American musician
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David "Fathead" Newman
American jazz and rhythm-and-blues saxophonist
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Albert Heath
American drummer
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Bob Cranshaw
American musician
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Curtis Fuller
American jazz musician
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Al Grey
American jazz musician
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Walter Booker
American jazz double-bassist
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Houston Person
American saxophonist
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Don Patterson
American jazz organist
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Bill Hardman
American musician
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Grover Washington, Jr.
American recording artist, jazz-funk / soul-jazz saxophonist (1943-1999)
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Sonny Criss
American jazz musician
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Vic Juris
American jazz guitarist
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Benny Bailey
American musician
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Cecil Payne
American jazz saxophonist
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Howard McGhee
American trumpeter
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Johnny Griffin
American musician
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Red Holloway
American jazz tenor saxophonist
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Bernard Purdie
American drummer
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Eddie Daniels
American musician
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Wardell Gray
American musician
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Woody Shaw
American musician
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Walter Perkins
American drummer
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George Mraz
Czech jazz bassist
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Kirk Lightsey
American musician
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Charlie Rouse
American musician
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Illinois Jacquet
American jazz tenor saxophonist, songwriter
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Phil Woods
American saxophonist
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Billy Butler
American musician
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Ray Barretto
Puerto Rican jazz musician
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Kenny Drew
American jazz pianist
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Bobby Durham
American musician
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Sahib Shihab
American jazz saxophonist and flautist
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Mark Murphy
American singer
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Oliver Jackson
American drummer
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Doug Watkins
American jazz double bassist