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- Born
- 1943
- Works
- 20
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- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1921-09-16
- Active to
- 2017-11-22
americanjazz
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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
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Carl
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Newark
- Place of death
- Manhattan
- Occupation
- university teacher
- Educated at
- University of Toledo
- Employer
- University of Toledo
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Award
- NEA Jazz Masters
- Field of work
- jazz
- Genre
- hip hop culture
- Instrument
- voice
- Conflict
- World War II
- Military branch
- United States Army
- Image
- Jon Hendricks 0157.jpg
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- Jon Hendricks
- date of birth
- 1921-09-16
- member of
- Lambert, Hendricks & Ross
- name in native language
- Jon Hendricks
- date of death
- 2017-11-22
- birth name
- John Carl Hendricks
- start of work period
- 1957-00-00
- copyright representative
- American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers
- has works in the collection
- National Gallery of Art
- ethnic group
- African Americans
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