Jon Hendricks RIP

Jon Hendricks dead at 96

veteran Vocalese singer and lyricist.

Thank you for all the witty lyrics, wonderful singing and 

being a great teacher to generations of Vocalese singers!

His breakthrough came with the outstanding Trio

Lambert Hendricks and Ross Doodling Song

Lambert, Hendricks & Ross - Sing a Song of Basie (Full Album)

Joe Williams with Lambert, Hendricks and Ross - Every Day I Have the Blues

He performed his lyrics with many Jazz greats over the years:

Art Blakey with Jon Hendricks "Moanin"

Jon was a great influence on the vocal Quartet Manhattan Transfer 

and was featured on their Vocalese album:

He performed also many times live with the band:

Jon Hendricks & The Manhattan Transfer

He was teacher and mentor to Bobby McFerrin

and didn't shy away from modern Jazz

Jon Hendricks, Bobby McFerrin, Al Jarreau 

"Freddie Freeloader" (by Miles Davis)

Live on the Arsenio Hall Show

Obituaries:

In 1997, he was in a touring ensemble that performed 

Wynton Marsalis' Pulitzer Prize-winning "Blood on the Fields".