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Also known as John C. Hendricks

American jazz singer, lyricist, jazz critic and historian (1921–2017)

Person · Open Library

Born
1943
Works
20

Top works

  • Fluxus, etc. Addenda I
  • Yes Yoko Ono
  • Gerontology tomorrow
  • The need for theory
  • The evolution of the aging self

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Gender
Male
Origin
United States
Active from
1921-09-16
Active to
2017-11-22
americanjazz

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
30,248
Total plays
136,577

Tags

jazzjazz vocalfree soulvocal jazzBossa Nova

John Carl Hendricks (September 16, 1921 – November 22, 2017), known professionally as Jon Hendricks, was an American jazz lyricist and singer. He is considered 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). Furthermore, he is considered one of the best practitioners of scat singing, which involves vocal jazz soloing. <a href="https://www.last.f

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Academic profile · OpenAlex

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Works
170
Cited by
2,037

Research areas

SociologyPsychologyPolitical scienceComputer scienceLaw

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Jon Hendricks
date of birth
1921-09-16
name in native language
Jon Hendricks
date of death
2017-11-22
birth name
John Carl Hendricks
start of work period
1957-00-00
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