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Pioneers of vocalese include King Pleasure , Eddie Jefferson and Babs Gonzalez . The best-known practitioners are probably Lambert, Hendricks And Ross , which was made up of Jon Hendricks , Dave Lambert and Annie Ross . Ross's 1952 lyrics for the song "Twisted", a blues improvisation by Saxophonist Wardell Gray , are considered a classic of the genre. Latter-day performers known for vocalese include Kurt Elling , Al Jarreau , and Manhattan Transfer . Some performers, notably Slim Gaillard , Cab Calloway and Leo Watson , combine vocalese improvisations with scat singing. Most vocalese lyrics are entirely syllabic, as opposed to Melisma tic. This may lead to the use of many words sung quickly in a given Phrase , especially in the case of Bebop . SEE ALSO REFERENCES
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