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Eddie Jefferson was shot and killed outside Baker's Keyboard Lounge on May 8, 1979, aged 60. [1] . He had left the club with fellow bandleader Cole around 1:35 a.m. and was shot while walking out of the building. A late-model Lincoln Continental was spotted speeding away from the scene.
10 de may. de 1979 · DETROIT, May 9 (AP) — Eddie Jefferson, the vocalist regarded by critics as one of the great innovators of modern jazz, was shot to death early today as he left a popular nightclub where he...
28 de jul. de 2011 · Eddie Jefferson, who worked with Richie Cole in the late 1970s, was having a revival of his career when he was shot to death in 1979 outside of a Detroit club. Tags. Eddie Jefferson Vocalist. Photos. Music. Recent Releases. Recordings: As Leader | As Sideperson. Vocal Ease. Repertoire Records. 1999. The Live-Liest. Repertoire Records. 1979.
Eddie Jefferson was shot and killed outside Baker's Keyboard Lounge on May 8, 1979, aged 60. He had left the club with fellow bandleader Cole around 1:35 a.m. and was shot while walking out of the building. A late-model Lincoln Continental was spotted speeding away from the scene.
In the mid-1970s, Eddie Jefferson finally received the popular and critical acclaim that was long overdue. His 1977 Inner City LP The Main Man has long been considered his finest work, with Jefferson singing definitive versions of his greatest vocalese pieces, backed by a remarkable all-star band. Thomas Cunniffe takes another listen in this month's Retro Review.
Eddie Jefferson was born August 3, 1918 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and died tragically after a gig with saxophonist Richie Cole, when he was shot outside of a Detroit club on May 9, 1979 by...
Eddie Jefferson (born 3 August 1918 in Pittsburgh, died 9 May 1979 in Detroit) was a celebrated jazz vocalist and lyricist. He is credited with having invented 'vocalese', a musical style in which lyrics are set to an instrumental composition or solo.
