Twisted

"Twisted" is a blues by the tenor saxophonist Wardell Gray from 1949, best known with the words Annie Ross later wrote to his solo. This page has the Twisted chords and a backing track you can slow down, speed up and transpose.

Who wrote "Twisted"

Wardell Gray composed and recorded it as an instrumental. In 1952 Annie Ross wrote lyrics to the improvised solo — an early example of vocalese — about a patient who is sure it is the analyst, not she, who is mad.

Recordings that made it a standard

• Wardell Gray (Prestige, 1949) — the instrumental original.
• Annie Ross (Prestige, 1952) — the vocalese version.
• Joni Mitchell — Court and Spark (1974).