Eddie Jefferson
American singer
Died when: 60 years 279 days (729 months)Star Sign: Leo
Eddie Jefferson (August 3, 1918 – May 9, 1979) was an American 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 catapulted the contrafact into wide popularity (King Pleasure even cites Jefferson as a personal influence).
Jefferson's recordings of Charlie Parker's "Parker's Mood" and Horace Silver's "Filthy McNasty" were also hits.
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