Love gospel song "That's Enough", and the blues evergreen, " C. Rider ". Pursuing a solo career, and after divorcing his first wife, Colleen Connie , Hendricks moved his children to London, England, in , partly so that his four children could receive a better education.

His sold-out club dates drew fans such as the Rolling Stones and the Beatles. The piece he wrote for the stage about the history of jazz, Evolution of the Blues , ran for five years at the Off-Broadway Theatre in San Francisco and two years in Los Angeles. Hendricks recorded several critically acclaimed albums on his own, some with his wife Judith and daughters Michele and Aria contributing.

He collaborated with old friends The Manhattan Transfer for their seminal album, Vocalese , which won seven Grammy Awards. In Hendricks returned to his home town to teach at the University of Toledo , where he was appointed Distinguished Professor of Jazz Studies and received an honorary Doctorate of the Performing Arts. He was selected to be the first American jazz artist to lecture at the Sorbonne in Paris.

He worked on setting words to and arranging Rachmaninoff's second piano concerto as well as on two books, teaching and touring with his Vocalstra. He wrote lyrics to Gershwin's Piano Prelude No. At the time of the recording he was 93 and Horn was In , Hendricks' full lyricization of the album Miles Ahead , including Miles Davis ' solos and Gil Evans ' orchestrations, was completed.

With Lambert, Hendricks and Ross. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. This article is about the jazz musician. One of the first bop-oriented jazz musicians to start doubling on soprano in the ies, Pony Poindexter should have been much better known during his lifetime.

Pony was based in the San Francisco Bay area during much of his life. He worked steadily as both a sideman and a leader in local clubs throughout the ies.

His saxophone playing career having been halted through illness. Throughout his performances, Pony displayed a wide appreciation of various aspects of the jazz form, in particular bop.

However he slipped away into obscurity and never gained the recognition he deserved. Pony Poindexter was a fantastic reed player from New Orleans who made his name in the San Francisco scene of the 50's and 60's. He said Monsieur Minvielle C'est pour moi votre meilleur opus. Je pense qu'il faut oser faire un pareil CD. Afficher tous les commentaires. En savoir plus sur Amazon Prime. Retour en haut. Moyens de paiement Amazon. Jon Hendricks writes his own songs — words and music — and is also a critically acclaimed jazz singer.

But he's best known for fashioning lyrics to the big-band arrangements of Count Basie , Duke Ellington and Woody Herman — not just the melodies, but all of the parts, down to the most technically demanding solos.

And then you've got it," Hendricks says. Hendricks' lyrical dexterity found the perfect outlet in Lambert, Hendricks and Ross, the pioneering vocal trio he co-founded with singers Dave Lambert and Annie Ross in the s. A new generation was getting hip to swing music, and the group inspired legions of young fans. Hendricks performed as a child with piano virtuoso Art Tatum. But it was a chance to sit in with legend Charlie Parker — nicknamed "Bird" — that pointed to his real future.

I can do better than that. One more, one more. So we had this bandstand confab.

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