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Biography
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Eddie Jefferson
Real name: Edgar Jefferson
Effective period / Period of releases: 1952 - 1999
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.