Anne Marie Moss (February 6, 1935 – February 29, 2012) was a Canadian-born jazz vocalist and music educator. She was born in

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. She did not study music formally except for some lessons on breath control from

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. Moss began performing at a young age. During the early 1950s, she performed in Toronto with groups led by American pianists Calvin Jackson and Joey Masters. She also sang with

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s led by

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, Ferde Mowry and Benny Louis and appeared on variety shows on

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television. From 1956 to 1958, she toured in the United States and Canada with

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Don Thompson. In 1959, she joined the big band of

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. Moss also performed with the

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and the Boss Brass,

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and the

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Trio. For a time, she replaced Annie Ross in the vocal trio

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. She married

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in 1961 and began performing and touring with him. In 1980, she began performing as a solo artist again. The couple divorced in the late 1980s. Moss gave private voice classes. In 1987, she began teaching at the

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. Her students included

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and Jane Blackstone. Moss died in 2012 at the age of 77 from undisclosed causes.

Selected recordings

* ''Live at the Maisonette'', with Jackie Paris (1974) * ''Don't You Know Me?'' (1981)

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Moss, Anne Marie 1935 births 2012 deaths Canadian women jazz singers Canadian jazz singers Canadian music educators Canadian women music educators Singers from Toronto Voice teachers Canadian expatriates in the United States