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John Carl Hendricks (September 16, 1921 – November 22, 2017), known professionally as Jon Hendricks, was an American jazz lyricist and singer. He is one of the originators of vocalese , which adds lyrics to existing instrumental songs and replaces many instruments with vocalists, such as the big-band arrangements of Duke Ellington and Count ...
Sep 16, 2021 · Love (Jon Hendricks & Company) Muse, 1982 Joined by his wife Judith Hendricks, daughter Michele Hendricks and baritone singer Bob Gurland, Jon Hendricks excels in this varied collection of tunes cut in dribs and drabs between tours, with various accompanists. He had recorded several of them at least once before, but rarely as well as they are ...
Nov 23, 2017 · Jon Hendricks, a singer, songwriter and lyricist who pioneered vocalese—the art of crafting words to famed jazz solos—and was a co-founder of the vocal group Lambert, Hendricks and Ross, died November 22. He was 96. Jon died on the same...
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Nov 22, 2017 · Jon Hendricks, the singer and songwriter who Time Magazine called the "James Joyce of jive," died today in New York at the age of 96. Hendricks was best known for his work in the pioneering...
Nov 22, 2017 · Jon Hendricks, a jazz singer and songwriter who became famous in the 1950s with the vocal trio Lambert, Hendricks & Ross by putting lyrics to well-known jazz instrumentals and turning them...
Jon Hendricks (1921–2017) Hendricks was an American jazz lyricist and singer. He was one of the originators of vocalese, adding lyrics to instrumental pieces and replacing instruments with vocalists. He began singing as a child and by the age of 10 was a local celebrity in his home town of Toledo, Ohio.
Nov 27, 2017 · Jon Hendricks, the pioneering jazz singer and lyricist with the vocal ensemble Lambert, Hendricks & Ross who helped create an inventive jazz vocal technique called “vocalese,” has died....
