Eddie Jefferson (3 August 1918 - 9 May 1979) was a celebrated jazz vocalist and lyricist. Events 8 - Roman Empire General Tiberius defeats Dalmatians on the river Bathinus. Year 1918 ( MCMXVIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Events 1457 BC - Battle of Megiddo (15th century BC between Thutmose III and a large Canaanite coalition under the King of Year 1979 ( MCMLXXIX) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1979 Gregorian calendar) Jazz is an American Musical art form which originated in the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States A lyricist is a Writer who specializes in Song Lyrics, usually paid for by a band to write a custom song(s He is credited with inventing vocalese, a musical style in which lyrics are set to an instrumental composition or solo. Vocalese is a style or genre of Jazz Singing wherein Lyrics are written for melodies that were originally part of an all-instrumental Lyrics (in singular form Lyric) are a set of words that accompany music either by speaking or singing Perhaps his best-known song is "Moody's Mood for Love", though it was first recorded by King Pleasure, who cited Jefferson as an influence. King Pleasure ( March 24, 1922 - March 21, 1981) was a Jazz vocalist and an early master of Vocalese, where a singer sings Jefferson's songs "Parker's Mood" and "Filthy McNasty" were also hits.
Jefferson's last recorded performance was at the Joe Segal's Jazz Showcase in Chicago and was released on video by Rhapsody Films. He shared the stand with Richie Cole (alto sax), John Campbell (piano), Kelly Sill (bass) and Joel Spencer (drums). Not to be confused with the footballer Richie Cole or the Led Zeppelin tour manager Richard Cole. The performance was part of a tour that Jefferson and Cole led together. Their opening night in Detroit was at the legendary Baker's Keyboard Lounge, a jazz club built in the 1920's that has played host to everyone from Dexter Gordon to Sonny Stitt. Eddie Jefferson was shot and killed at Baker's on May 8th 1979, two days after the Chicago performance. He had left the club with fellow band leader 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. The driver was later picked up by Detroit police and identified as a disgruntled dancer whom Jefferson once worked with and had fired from a gig. The suspect did not have enough evidence against him to be held in jail and was later acquitted.
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