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Birth name | John Carl Hendricks |
Born | Newark, Ohio, U.S. | September 16, 1921
Died | November 22, 2017 New York City, U.S. | (aged 96)
Genres | Jazz |
Occupation(s) | Singer, lyricist |
Years active | 1957–2017 |
Formerly of | Lambert, Hendricks & Ross |
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Children | 4[1][2] |
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 Basie. 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 Time dubbed him the "James Joyce of Jive". Al Jarreau called him "pound-for-pound the best jazz singer on the planet—maybe that's ever been".[3]
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