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This is Bop - Jon Hendricks and the Art of Vocal Jazz (Hardcover)
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This is Bop - Jon Hendricks and the Art of Vocal Jazz (Hardcover)
Series: Popular Music History
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If any man could be defined as the epitome of the modern jazz
singer, it would surely be Jon Hendricks. His contributions to jazz
as a whole were colossal: a hipster, a bopster, a comic and
raconteur, a wordsmith par excellence, and a fearless improviser
who took the arts of scatting and vocalese to new heights. As a
founder member of the groundbreaking vocal trio Lambert, Hendricks
and Ross, he changed forever the public perception of what a jazz
singer could be. Jon Hendricks started singing professionally at
the age of seven. Within five years he was supporting his entire
family - including three sisters, eleven brothers and a niece -
with his earnings from radio appearances. He was active in jazz
long before the birth of bebop, and didn't stop until he was in his
nineties. Taught by the pioneering bebop pianist Art Tatum,
Hendricks performed with everyone of any consequence in jazz, from
Louis Armstrong to Charlie Parker. Before Lambert, Hendricks and
Ross astonished the world with their album Sing A Song Of Basie, he
was writing songs for Louis Jordan. Later he wrote for stage,
screen and the press, and influenced and worked with Manhattan
Transfer, Bobby McFerrin and Kurt Elling. Not content with writing
lyrics for jazz instrumentals, he turned his hand later in life to
classical works by Rimsky-Korsakov and Rachmaninoff. When Jon
Hendricks died in 2017, he left behind a final masterwork - his
fully-lyricized adaptation of the Miles Davis album Miles Ahead.
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Imprint: |
Equinox Publishing Ltd
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Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
Series: |
Popular Music History |
Release date: |
November 2020 |
Authors: |
Peter Jones
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Dimensions: |
234 x 156 x 25mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Hardcover
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Pages: |
272 |
ISBN-13: |
978-1-78179-874-4 |
Categories: |
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LSN: |
1-78179-874-5 |
Barcode: |
9781781798744 |
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