John Carl Hendricks (September 16, 1921 – November 22, 2017), known professionally as Jon Hendricks, was an American

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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

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and

Count Basie William James "Count" Basie (; August 21, 1904 – April 26, 1984) was an American jazz pianist, organist, bandleader, and composer. In 1935, he formed the Count Basie Orchestra, and in 1936 took them to Chicago for a long engagement and the ...

. He is considered one of the best practitioners of scat singing, which involves vocal jazz soloing. Jazz critic and historian Leonard Feather called him the "Poet Laureate of Jazz", while ''

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'' dubbed him the "

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of Jive".

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called him "pound-for-pound the best jazz singer on the planet—maybe that's ever been".

Early years

Born in 1921 in

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, Hendricks and his 14 siblings moved many times, following their father's assignments as an AME pastor, before settling permanently in Toledo. The house was often full of visiting jazz musicians, for whom Jon's mother provided meals. Hendricks began his singing career at the age of seven. He has said: "By the time I was 10, I was a local celebrity in Toledo. I had offers to go with

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when I was 12, and offers to go with Ted Lewis and be his shadow when I was 13. He had that song ' Me and My Shadow'. And he had this little Negro boy who was his shadow, that did everything he did. That was his act." The Tatum family lived on the same street as the Hendrickses. Jon Hendricks received his early musical training from piano prodigy

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, and the two of them began appearing together around town. As a teenager, Jon made good money from singing on the radio with a harmony group, The Swing Buddies. This earned him enough money to support his entire family. He continued performing around Toledo and Detroit until he was drafted into the US Army.

World War II

As a soldier during

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, Hendricks took part in the D-Day landings of June, 1944, and was later attached to the quartermaster's headquarters in France. When he and some black fellow soldiers were shot at by white US military police for consorting with white French women, they went on the run with truckloads of army supplies, remaining at large until eventually recaptured and court-martialled in November 1945. By then the war was over, and Hendricks served only 11 months in the stockade before returning home to attend

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on the G.I. Bill as a pre-law major. Just when he was about to enter the graduate law program, the G.I. benefits ran out. Jon met his first wife Colleen "Connie" Moore in Toledo. They were married and eventually had 4 children. One night in 1950, Hendricks got up and scatted at a

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gig in Toledo. Parker encouraged him to come to New York and look him up. Hendricks moved his family there two years later and resumed his singing career.

Lambert, Hendricks and Ross

After several years during which he wrote several songs for

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and recorded with King Pleasure, he teamed up with Dave Lambert, who conceived the idea to record a selection of

's instrumental numbers with voices replacing the Basie orchestra's wind instruments. Jon wrote the lyrics, and they sold the idea to

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, who had recently started working as an A&R man for ABC-Paramount Ampar. After a disastrous initial attempt to record the songs with a choir, they decided to multi-track their own voices, with Annie Ross providing the high notes. It was not the first time the technique of overdubbing had been used, but it was an early and innovative example. The result was a best-selling album, '' Sing a Song of Basie.'' Its success prompted them to form the legendary vocal trio

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(LH&R). With Hendricks as lyricist and Lambert as arranger, the trio perfected the art of vocalese and took it around the world, earning them numerous awards and accolades. In September 1959, they appeared on the cover of Down Beat under the headline "

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", which they adopted as the title of their

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-nominated fourth album. Hendricks typically wrote lyrics not just to melodies but to entire instrumental solos, a notable example being his take on

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's tenor saxophone solo on

's original recording of " Cotton Tail", as featured on the album ''Lambert, Hendricks and Ross Sing Ellington'' (1960). His lyrics to

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's " I Remember Clifford" have been recorded by several other vocalists, including

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, Carmen McRae, Nancy Wilson,

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and

Helen Merrill Helen Merrill (born Jelena Ana Milcetic; July 21, 1930) is an American jazz vocalist. Her first album, the eponymous 1954 recording '' Helen Merrill'' (with Clifford Brown), was an immediate success and associated her with the first generation ...

. From 1957 through 1962, the trio recorded six albums, including ''High Flying'' (1961), which won a Grammy for Best Performance by a Vocal Group, before Annie Ross departed due to health problems. She was replaced by

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, and the group was billed as Lambert, Hendricks and Bavan for the three live albums they recorded, 1962–64. Countless singers cite the work of LH&R as an influence, including

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, Al Jarreau and Bobby McFerrin. The song "

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", for which Hendricks composed the lyrics, became a no.1 hit in 1965 for British R&B-jazz singer

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, who continues to record and perform Lambert, Hendricks & Ross compositions to this day. In 1966 Hendricks recorded "Fire in the City" with the Warlocks, who shortly after changed their name to the

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. Hendricks wrote lyrics for several

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songs, including " In Walked Bud", which he performed on Monk's 1968 album '' Underground''. For a performance at the 1960

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, he created and starred in a musical he called ''Evolution of the Blues Song'' (later shortened to ''Evolution of the Blues''), which featured such acclaimed singers as Jimmy Witherspoon, Hannah Dean, and "Big" Miller, as well as saxophonists

and

Pony Poindexter Norwood "Pony" Poindexter (February 8, 1926, New Orleans, Louisiana – April 14, 1988, Oakland, California) was an American jazz saxophonist. Poindexter began on clarinet and switched to playing alto and tenor sax. In 1940 he studied unde ...

. The ensemble played not only Hendricks' words and music but also

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's classic " Please Send Me Someone to Love", the driving D. Love gospel song "That's Enough", and the blues evergreen, " C.C. Rider". In 1961, Columbia Records released an LP of the production and Hendricks later presented the show at the On Broadway Theater in San Francisco, where it ran for five years, and at the Westwood Playhouse in Los Angeles, where it was produced by attorneys Burton Marks and Mark Green.

Solo

Hendricks recorded two albums in 1961 – '' Salud! João Gilberto'' (Reprise) and ''Fast Livin' Blues'' (Columbia). Having divorced Colleen and married Judith Dickstein, Hendricks moved to Mill Valley, California, reuniting with his children, who had been farmed out to relatives since the divorce. There he recorded ''Recorded in Person at the Trident'' (Smash). Later that year he was invited by Duke Ellington to take part in the latter's Concert of Sacred Music at San Francisco's Grace Cathedral. In 1968, he moved the family again, this time to London, England, partly so that his four children could receive a better education, and partly to distance them from the pervasive Californian drug culture. Using London as his base, he toured Europe and Africa, performed frequently on British radio and television with such stars of the day as Lulu and

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, as well as Ronnie Scott and the comedian Marty Feldman. His sold-out club dates at

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drew fans such as the

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and the

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. Hendricks also recorded two albums in London – ''Jon Hendricks Live'' (Fontana) and ''Times of Love'' (Philips), which was released in the US as ''September Songs'' (Stanyan, 1975). After five years, the Hendricks family returned to Mill Valley, where Hendricks worked as the jazz critic for the ''

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'' and taught classes at

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at Sonoma and the

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at Berkeley. In 1973 he recorded two songs with Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers – Bobby Timmons's " Moanin'" and

's "Along Came Betty" which appeared on Blakey's '' Buhaina'' album. His album ''Tell Me the Truth'' (Arista, 1975) was produced by Ben Sidran. ''Love'' (Muse, 1982) by Jon Hendricks & Company came next, and featured his daughter Michele. He collaborated with old friends

for their seminal 1985 album, '' Vocalese'', which won seven

Awards. He served on the Kennedy Center Honors committee under presidents Carter,

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, and Clinton. His final studio album, the

-nominated ''Freddie Freeloader'', was released in 1990, and featured an all-star line-up that included

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, Al Jarreau, Bobby McFerrin,

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, Larry Goldings,

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, The Manhattan Transfer and the Count Basie Orchestra. In 2000 Hendricks returned to his home town to teach at the

, where he was appointed Distinguished Professor of Jazz Studies and received an honorary Doctorate of the Performing Arts. He was selected to be the first American jazz artist to lecture at the Sorbonne in Paris. His 15-voice group, the Jon Hendricks Vocalstra at the University of Toledo, performed at the Sorbonne in 2002. Hendricks also wrote lyrics to some classical pieces including "On the Trail" from Ferde Grofe's ''

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''. The Vocalstra premiered a vocalese version of Rimsky-Korsakov's "

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" with the

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. In the summer of 2003 Hendricks went on tour with the "Four Brothers", a quartet consisting of Hendricks, Kurt Elling, Mark Murphy and

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. He worked on setting words to and arranging Rachmaninoff's second piano concerto as well as on two books, teaching and touring with his Vocalstra. He wrote lyrics to Gershwin's Piano Prelude No. 1 for the a cappella ensemble Pieces of 8's 2004 album ''Across the Blue Meridian''. He appeared in cameo roles in the films '' People I Know'' (2002) and '' White Men Can't Jump'' (1992). In 2012, Hendricks appeared in the documentary film '' No One But Me'', discussing his former bandmate and friend, Annie Ross. In 2015, Hendricks lost his second wife Judith to a brain tumor. Hendricks also appeared on three tracks from the 2016 release of the JC Hopkins Biggish Band titled "Meet Me at Minton's". He performs vocalese on "Suddenly (In Walked Bud)", is included in the ensemble on the album's title track "Meet Me at Minton's", and croons a duet of the Monk tune "How I Wish (Ask Me Now)" with singer and 2016 Thelonious Monk Competition winner

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. At the time of the recording he was 93 and Horn was 23. In 2017, Hendricks' full lyricization of the album '' Miles Ahead'', including

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' solos and Gil Evans' orchestrations, was completed fifty years after he had first conceived the idea. It was premiered in New York by UK-based choir the London Vocal Project, with Hendricks in attendance, with a studio recording to follow.

Death

Hendricks died on November 22, 2017 in Manhattan, New York City, aged 96.

Awards and honors

Hendricks was recognized with an

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award in 1993, multiple

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, and in 2004, he was honored in France with the

Legion of Honour The National Order of the Legion of Honour (french: Ordre national de la Légion d'honneur), formerly the Royal Order of the Legion of Honour ('), is the highest French order of merit, both military and civil. Established in 1802 by Napoleo ...

Discography

As leader

* '' A Good Git-Together'' (World Pacific, 1959) * ''Evolution of the Blues Song'' (Columbia, 1960) * ''Live Recording at Birdland'' with Count Basie (Roulette, 1961) * ''Fast Livin' Blues'' (Columbia, 1962) * '' ¡Salud! João Gilberto, Originator of the Bossa Nova'' (Reprise, 1963) * ''Recorded in Person at the Trident'' (Smash, 1965) * ''Jon Hendricks Live'' (Fontana, 1970) * ''Times of Love'' (Philips, 1972) * ''Tell Me the Truth'' (Arista, 1975) * ''Cloudburst'' (Enja, 1982) * ''Love'' (Muse, 1982) * '' Freddie Freeloader'' (

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, 1990) * ''Boppin' at the Blue Note'' (Telarc, 1995) With

Lambert, Hendricks and Ross Lambert, Hendricks & Ross were an American vocalese trio formed by jazz vocalists Dave Lambert, Jon Hendricks and Annie Ross. From 1962 to 1964, Ross was replaced by vocalist Yolande Bavan. History The group formed in 1957 and recorded their f ...

* '' Sing a Song of Basie'' (ABC-Paramount, 1958) * ''

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'' (Roulette, 1958) * ''The Swingers!'' (World Pacific, 1959) * ''

'' (Columbia, 1959) * ''Sing Ellington'' (Columbia, 1960) * ''High Flying'' (Columbia, 1961) * '' The Real Ambassadors'' (Columbia Masterworks, 1962) * ''Basie Live in Person'' (Natural Organic, 1979) * ''Everybody's Boppin'' (Columbia, 1989) With Lambert, Hendricks and Bavan * ''At Newport '63'' (RCA Victor, 1963) * ''Recorded Live at Basin Street East'' (RCA Victor, 1963) * '' Havin' a Ball at the Village Gate'' (RCA Victor, 1964) * ''Swingin' Till the Girls Come Home'' (Bluebird, 1987)

As guest

* 3 Cohens, ''Family'' ( Anzic, 2011) * Karrin Allyson, ''Footprints'' (Concord Jazz, 2006) *

Art Blakey Arthur Blakey (October 11, 1919 – October 16, 1990) was an American jazz drummer and bandleader. He was also known as Abdullah Ibn Buhaina after he converted to Islam for a short time in the late 1940s. Blakey made a name for himself in the ...

, '' Buhaina'' (Prestige, 1973) * Terence Blanchard, ''People I Know'' (Decca, 2003) *

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, '' Young Lions & Old Tigers'' (Telarc, 1995) * Benny Carter, ''

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, ''In My Lifetime'' (Columbia, 1996) * Kurt Elling, '' Live in Chicago'' (Blue Note, 1999) *

, ''Cool Cat Blues'' (Go Jazz, 1991) *

, ''Al Grey Fab'' (Capri, 1990) * Joyce, ''Language and Love'' (Verve, 1991) * King Pleasure, ''King Pleasure Sings'' (Prestige, 1954) *

, ''

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'' (Atlantic, 1981) * The Manhattan Transfer, '' Vocalese'' (Atlantic, 1985) * Ellis Marsalis Jr., ''Ellis Marsalis Trio'' (Blue Note, 1991) *

, '' Crescent City Christmas Card'' (Columbia, 1989) * Wynton Marsalis, '' Blood on the Fields'' (Columbia, 1997) * Bobby McFerrin, '' Spontaneous Inventions'' (Blue Note, 1986) *

, '' Underground'' (Columbia, 1968) *

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and

Stan Getz Stanley Getz (February 2, 1927 – June 6, 1991) was an American jazz saxophonist. Playing primarily the tenor saxophone, Getz was known as "The Sound" because of his warm, lyrical tone, with his prime influence being the wispy, mellow timbre ...

, '' The Peacocks'' (Columbia, 1975) * George Russell, '' New York, N.Y.'' (Decca, 1959) * Janis Siegel, ''Experiment in White'' (Atlantic, 1982) * Take 6, '' The Standard'' (Heads Up, 2008) * Larry Vuckovich, ''Cast Your Fate'' (Palo Alto, 1984) * Royal Bopsters – ''The Royal Bopsters Project'' (Motema, 2015)

Filmography

*''

Music in Monk Time ''Music in Monk Time'' is a 1983 American documentary film about Jazz improvisation, improvisational jazz pianist Thelonious Monk and his music. Its full name is ''Music in Monk Time: A Retrospective Tribute to Thelonious Sphere Monk.'' Although t ...

'', a documentary tribute to

, Hendricks served as co-writer, performer and narrator (1983, production by Songfilms International, Inc.) *'' The Steve Allen Plymouth Show'' Episode #4.11 (1958): Lambert, Hendricks & Ross *''

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'' Duke Ellington – A Concert of Sacred Music (1967): Jon Hendricks *''Jazz Is Our Religion'' (1972) *'' White Men Can't Jump'' (1992): one of the Venice Beach Boys *''Foreign Student'' (1994): April's Father''Foreign Student'' 1994-July-29 (Jon Hendricks)
IMDb. *''Jon Hendricks, Tell Me The Truth'', a documentary about the artist, directed by Audrey Lasbleiz (2008, production Mosaïque Films, Paris). *''Blues March: Soldier Jon Hendricks'', a documentary about the artist fighting on two fronts in World War II by Malte Rauchof ( Strandfilm Productions (2009)

References

External links

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