Rebecca Parris (Ruth Blair MacCloskey, Newton, Massachusetts, December 28, 1951 – June 17, 2018) was an American jazz singer. Rebecca has performed all over the world with her own groups, as well as with some of jazz's greatest legends, including Dizzy Gillespie, Buddy Rich, Woody Herman, Terry Gibbs, David "Fathead" Newman, Norman Simmons. Harold Jones, Andy Simpkins, Gerry Wiggins, Bill Cunliffe, Red Mitchell, Buster Cooper, Nat Pierce, and many others. Read more on Last.fm