Lynn Ross
Providing Live Entertainment in Portland
It was more than 55 years ago that Lynn Ross began to sing jazz standards in the studios at CHSJ Television, St. John, New Brunswick, Canada. Jazz is her thing and it has been her whole life, starting with jazz and tap dancing throughout her childhood. It was the music she danced to.
Thinking back, she never imagined that she would enjoy singing the same songs in this day and age. She loves the great composers of the 30s and 40s, and delights in the fact that there is a familiar tune for everyone in her repertoire.
Lynn’s phrasing, understanding and interpretations are derived from singers like Ella Fitzgerald, Anita O’Day, Sarah Vaughan, Billie Holiday and Rosemary Clooney. Spectacular influence that has helped Lynn remain true to composition, yet full of jazzy surprises.
“If music be the food of love, play on.”
-William Shakespeare
I’m a vocalist that loves to sing standards. Old songs. The freedom of jazz allows me to take just about every song and make it different each time I sing it. By this I mean to say, that as well the opportunity to improvise on the melody, intro and ending – I get the freedom to play with the tempo and style as well. I love it! It keeps the song new and exciting for me.
– Lynn Ross
Singing her whole life and still quite excited about musical opportunity and experiences, Lynn has always tried to be in the best music company possible. In Canada, she regularly worked with jazz pianists Norm Amadio and Bernie Senensky, both covered in the Canadian Music Encyclopedia.
In Canada, she worked with Lorne Lofsky (who played for a while with the late great Canadian legend, Oscar Peterson) and in Las Vegas at the Fremont Street Jazz Festival, with jazz guitar virtuoso, Joe Lano. In Dallas, one of Lynn’s favorite musicians whom she worked with on a semi-regular basis at her popular Open Mic Jazz Jam, was the late Marchel Ivery, an amazingly talented and gracious tenor Saxophonist.