Jon Hendricks – Before Us (2020) [Official Digital Download 24bit/44,1kHz]

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John Carl Hendricks (September 16, 1921 – November 22, 2017), known professionally as Jon Hendricks, was an American jazz lyricist and singer. He is one of the originators of vocalese, which adds lyrics to existing instrumental songs and replaces many instruments with vocalists, such as the big-band arrangements of Duke Ellington and Count Basie. He is considered one of the best practitioners of scat singing, which involves vocal jazz soloing. Jazz critic and historian Leonard Feather called him the “Poet Laureate of Jazz”, while Time dubbed him the “James Joyce of Jive”. Al Jarreau called him “pound-for-pound the best jazz singer on the planet—maybe that’s ever been”

Tracklist:

1. Jon Hendricks – Out of the Past (04:56)
2. Jon Hendricks – Another Get Together (04:18)
3. Jon Hendricks – With Malice Towards None (02:51)
4. Jon Hendricks – The Shouter (05:03)
5. Jon Hendricks – Pretty Strange (02:54)
6. Jon Hendricks – If I Had My Share (04:12)
7. Jon Hendricks – Please Send Me Someone to Love (02:30)
8. Jon Hendricks – Saturday Night Fish Fry (03:33)
9. Jon Hendricks – That’s Enough (02:10)
10. Jon Hendricks – Things Ain’t What They Used to Be (02:51)
11. Jon Hendricks – A Good Git-Together (03:41)
12. Jon Hendricks – Contemporary Blues (04:24)
13. Jon Hendricks – Everything Started in the House of the Lord (01:02)
14. Jon Hendricks – Caravan (02:35)
15. Jon Hendricks – What Would You Do (02:35)
16. Jon Hendricks – Fast Livin’ Blues (05:41)
17. Jon Hendricks – I’ll Die Happy (02:22)
18. Jon Hendricks – I Don’t Know What Kind of Blues I’ve Got (03:32)
19. Jon Hendricks – Social Call (02:22)
20. Jon Hendricks – Good Old Lady (03:06)
21. Jon Hendricks – Do You Call That a Buddy (04:18)
22. Jon Hendricks – Everything Started in the House of the Lord II (02:26)
23. Jon Hendricks – In a Mellow Tone (03:31)
24. Jon Hendricks – I’ll Never Get Enough of You (03:01)