JON HENDRICKS
(+Support Thur 8: Barbara Jay with the Tommy Whittle Quartet, 9/10 RS All Stars)
Ronnie Scott’s has the pleasure in welcoming a true innovator for this spectacular three night residency. Offering a very different take on the art of jazz singing from the previous three nights, Hendricks is credited with the invention of vocalese, a technique wherein the singer puts words to a piece of instrumental music that often results in a hugely impressive display of vocal control and dexterity.
Also regarded as one of the finest scat singers in jazz history, Hendricks composed the lyrical arrangements for the album Vocalese by jazz vocal group Manhattan Transfer, which went on to win seven Grammy Awards, including one for himself as ‘Best Singer’. Perhaps more important however, is the fact that he is still regarded, at the age of 87, as one of the finest, most influential and most innovative singers ever in jazz, his appearance at Ronnie Scott’s is an unmissable opportunity to witness a master in action.
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