{"product_id":"this-is-bop-jon-hendricks-and-the-art-of-vocal-jazz-9781781798744","title":"This is Bop: Jon Hendricks and the Art of Vocal Jazz","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIf 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction - \tThe Verge of Impossibility\t\t\t  Chapter 1. \tYou've Got Something Money Can't Buy\t  Chapter 2. \tMitigating Circumstances\t\t\t  Chapter 3. \tWe Don't Want No Singers, Man\t\t  Chapter 4. \tThe Most Beautiful Thing\t\t\t  Chapter 5. \tA Mouthful of Hot Rice\t\t\t  Chapter 6. \tEverybody Got Tired\t\t\t  Chapter 7. \tThe Mistakes are the Only Part That's Jazz\t  Chapter 8. \tNo Chord is Better Than the Wrong Chord\t  Chapter 9. \tWe Need You to Control Him\t\t  Chapter 10. \tKeep Smiling\t\t\t\t  Appendix A\tThe Voice, the Scat, the Vocalese\t\t Appendix B\tThe Lyrics\t\t\t\t Appendix C \tThe Wisdom and Philosophy\t\t Discography","brand":"Equinox Publishing Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53516074254679,"sku":"9781781798744","price":999.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/this-is-bop-jon-hendricks-and-the-art-of-vocal-jazz-9781781798744","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}