Jon Hendricks and Company Live at Estival Jazz : RSI Archives 1987.

Format:

Video

Contributor:

Hendricks, Jon, performer.

RSI.

Language:

English

Genre:

Internet videos.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1 video file (48 min., 8 sec.)) : sound, color

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] : RSI, 1987.

System Details:

digital

video file

Summary:

The best jazz singers are as versatile and perhaps even more daring than instrumentalists: Sarah Vaughan's voice was often compared to Dizzy Gillespie's trumpet, and Ella Fitzgerald could scat a rhythm as rich as any melodic sequence. Jon Hendricks has to be considered as one of the greats, and he demonstrates this theory perfectly: at one point he plays air double bass, singing the notes and showing some of the boldness and skill that gave him world renown. Hendricks was a pioneer of vocalese, a style that added lyrics to popular jazz standards and replaced certain instruments with vocals. This is exactly what he does on several classics here, like "In Summer" (which used Bruno Martino's "Estate" as source material), two Thelonious Monk tracks, the famous "Stardust," which was popularized by the father of jazz, Louis Armstrong, and three tracks often played by the Count Basie Orchestra. It is a performance that oozes charm, showcasing a seasoned veteran who is joined by a stellar quartet, as well as his wife and daughter on vocals.

Contents:

Estate (In Summer) / Bruno Martino

Bye Bye Blackbird / Ray Henderson

Crepuscule With Nellie / Jon Hendricks

Evidence / Thelonious Sphere Monk

Stardust / Judith Hendricks

That's What / Jon Hendricks

April In Paris / Jon Hendricks

Count Basie (Lil' Darlin) / Jon Hendricks

Jumpin At The Woodside / Count Basie.

Participant:

Jon Hendricks, singer.

Notes:

Recorded 1987 Estival Jazz Festival, Lugano, Switzerland.

Vendor-supplied metadata.

Contains:

Container of: Martino, Bruno. Estate (In Summer)

Container of: Henderson, Ray. Bye Bye Blackbird.

Container of: Hendricks, Jon. Crepuscule With Nellie.

Container of: Monk, Thelonious Sphere. Evidence.

Container of: Hendricks, Judith. Stardust.

Container of: Hendricks, Jon. That's What.

Container of: Hendricks, Jon. April In Paris.

Container of: Hendricks, Jon. Count Basie (Lil' Darlin)

Container of: Basie, Count. Jumpin At The Woodside.

OCLC:

1252974355