This is Bop by Peter Jones
If any man could be defined as the epitome of the modern jazz singer, it would surely be Jon Hendricks. His contributions to jazz as a whole were colossal: a hipster, a bopster, a comic and raconteur, a wordsmith par excellence, and a fearless improviser who took the arts of scatting and vocalese to new heights. As a founder member of the groundbreaking vocal trio Lambert, Hendricks and Ross, he changed forever the public perception of what a jazz singer could be. Jon Hendricks started singing professionally at the age of seven. Within five years he was supporting his entire family - including three sisters, eleven brothers and a niece - with his earnings from radio appearances. He was active in jazz long before the birth of bebop, and didn't stop until he was in his nineties. Taught by the pioneering bebop pianist Art Tatum, Hendricks performed with everyone of any consequence in jazz, from Louis Armstrong to Charlie Parker. Before Lambert, Hendricks and Ross astonished the world with their album Sing A Song Of Basie, he was writing songs for Louis Jordan. Later he wrote for stage, screen and the press, and influenced and worked with Manhattan Transfer, Bobby McFerrin and Kurt Elling. Not content with writing lyrics for jazz instrumentals, he turned his hand later in life to classical works by Rimsky-Korsakov and Rachmaninoff. When Jon Hendricks died in 2017, he left behind a final masterwork - his fully-lyricized adaptation of the Miles Davis album Miles Ahead.-
Formation
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Jazz Me Blues
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Long Agos and Worlds Apart
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Keith Jarrett
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Eberhard Weber
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Ivor Cutler
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The Last Miles
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Hidden Man
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The Long Shadow of the Little Giant
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Cool Cat Blues
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Lee Morgan
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Out of the Long Dark
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Mr. P.C.
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Rufus Wainwright
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Jazz Visions
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Trad Dads, Dirty Boppers and Free Fusioneers
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This is Hip
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Mosaics
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Bill Russell and the New Orleans Jazz Revival
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Scouse Pop
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Hear My Train A Comin'
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Being Prez
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Handful of Keys
- Seventy Latin Jazz Masterpieces (since 1970)
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Cool Heat
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Song for Someone
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Soul Unsung
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Chasin' the Bird
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Dancehalls, Glitterballs and DJs
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Ray Brown
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Two Bold Singermen and the English Folk Revival
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Lionel Richie
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Vinyl Ventures
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Desperado
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Kansas City Jazz
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Komeda
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The Ultimate Guide to Great Reggae
Peter Jones is a jazz singer and journalist based in London. He read English at St Peter's College, Oxford, and has an MA in Film and Television Studies from the University of Westminster. For several years he played bass in a jazz sextet, before deciding to concentrate on singing. He has two albums: 'One Way Ticket to Palookaville' - 2013 and 'Utopia' -2016. He is the author of the award winning This is Hip: The Life of Mark Murphy (Equinox, 2018).
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| ISBN 13 | 9781781798744 |
| ISBN 10 | 1781798745 |
| Title | This is Bop |
| Author | Peter Jones |
| Series | Popular Music History |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Equinox Publishing Ltd |
| Year published | 2020-11-05 |
| Number of pages | 272 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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