This is Bop: Jon Hendricks and the Art of Vocal Jazz

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 were colossal: a hipster, a bopster, a comic and raconteur, a word-smith par excellence, and a fearless improviser, he 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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1781798745
• ISBN13: 9781781798744
• Release Date: November 2020
• Publisher: Equinox Publishing (UK)
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 1.23 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"