Results for "Jon Hendricks"

John di Martino: Piano Man In/On Demand

by Marcia Hillman
March 31, 2009

John di Martino is a New York area based pianist, composer, arranger and Venus recording artist. He is a sought after musical director and is in demand by many singers as an accompanist, having accompanied such singers as Jon Hendricks, Sylvia Sims, Diane Schuur and Billy Eckstine. His talents as a pianist and arranger can be ...

New Jazz It Up! Episode: Christian McBride, Nicholas Payton, Mark Whitfield and the Lew Tabackin Trio Plus the 2009 NEA Jazz Masters Ceremony with George Benson Performance

February 6, 2009

New York, NY - The very latest episode of the online jazz TV show, Jazz it Up!, is available now for your viewing pleasure. To subscribe and see a five-minute preview of the new episode. This edition of Jazz it Up! features two trios, both swinging hard: Nicholas Payton, Christian McBride and Mark Whitfield are seen ...

"Just a Little Taste," the Debut CD from Denver-Based Trumpeter/Educator Al Hood, Due February 17

January 27, 2009

A masterful trumpeter with a wide range of experience in the jazz, classical, and academic arenas, Al Hood has previously recorded and/or performed with the Phil Collins Big Band, Curtis Fuller, and orchestras led by Ray Charles, Arturo Sandoval, and Richie Cole. He's a longtime member of the eclectic, classically oriented Denver Brass as well as ...

A Musical Missionary Returns, Joyful Spirit Intact

July 5, 2008

At 86 the visionary musical sage Jon Hendricks, who along with Ella Fitzgerald and Eddie Jefferson originated the jazz style called vocalese -- the setting of swing and jazz instrumentals with playful scat lyrics -- is as voluble as ever. Since the late 1950s, when he was a co-founder of the vocal trio Lambert, Hendricks and ...

A Good Git - Together

By Jon Hendricks

Label:
Released: 2007
Track listing: 01. Everything Started in the House of the Lord; 02. Music in the Air; 03. Feed Me; 04. I'll Die Happy; 05. Pretty Strange; 06. The Shouter; 07. Minor Catastrophe; 08. Social Call; 09. Out of the Past; 10. A Good Git-Together; 11. I'm Gonna Shout

Mood Indigo

Featuring the music of Jon Hendricks
Duration: 3:09
September 16, 2007

Jon Hendricks: A Good Git - Together

by AAJ Italy Staff
January 31, 2007

47 anni per ripubblicare un disco possono sembrare davvero tanti. Ma per un lavoro come A Good Git - Together non è mai troppo tardi. Intanto bisognerà chiarire un piccolo mistero legato a una doppia attribuzione del titolo: la prima al cantante afroamericano, l’altra al chitarrista Wes Montgomery. Il tutto nasce dalla pubblicazione, nel 2004, di ...

¡salud! João Gilberto

By Jon Hendricks

Label: Concord Jazz
Released: 2006

A Good Git-Together

By Jon Hendricks

Label: Pacific Jazz
Released: 2006

Swing It: An Annotated History of Jive

by R.J. DeLuke
March 8, 2004

Swing It: An Annotated History of Jive Bill Milkowski ISBN: 0823076717 Billboard Books2001 The history of jazz music is rich with characters, “scenes,” stages in music development and musical progress—all peppered with its own mythology.One feature of the jazz world over the years is ...