Last week we also lost the great Jazz singer Jon Hendricks. Called “the James Joyce of Jive” by Time magazine, he was a brilliant practitioner of vocalese which is the art of adding lyrics to instrumental Jazz tracks. He first became famous with the trio Lambert, Hendricks, & Ross in the late 50s before going solo and if you’ve never heard anything by them or him before you’re missing a treat.
Here he is working his magic on a Herbie Hancock tune.
Download: Watermelon Man (Live) – Jon Hendricks (mp3)
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