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Lambert, Hendricks and Ross with Count Basie

 
 

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September 16, 1921 - November 22, 2017

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We honor the life and work of lyricist and singer, and one of the inventors of vocalese, Jon Hendricks.

Hendricks with Lambert, Hendricks and Ross with the Count Basie Orchestra doing "Avenue C."

Born in Newark, Ohio on September 16, 1921, son of preacher, he was one of fifteen children in the family.

He began singing in public at 7 and by 10 was already a celebrity in Toledo where the family settled.

As a teenager, he and Art Tatum performed on Toledo radio together.

At a stop in Toledo, Charlie Parker heard him and encouraged him to come to New York.

The rest, which included forming Lambert, Hendricks and Ross in 1957, as they say is history.

With the generation he inspired, Al Jarreau and Kurt Elling




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