Blind Tiger: A Tribute to Jon Hendricks | April 24

Gift of Jazz: A Blind Tiger Tribute to Jon Hendricks presented by the Max Wagner Quartet on Sunday, April 24 – 3-6pm at La Cour Bistro & Art Bar, 1643 So. Broadway, Denver.

The genius of vocalese, Jon Hendricks’ ability to write coherent lyrics to the most complex recorded improvisations is quite notable, as were his contributions to the classic jazz vocal group Lambert, Hendricks and Ross.

He is considered one of the originators of vocalese which adds lyrics to existing instrumental songs, replacing instruments with vocalists, and is considered one of the greatest scat singers of all time. For his work as a lyricist, jazz critic and historian Leonard Feather called him the “Poet Laureate of Jazz”, while Time magazine dubbed him the “James Joyce of Jive”.

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