When the singer Jon Hendricks declared, during a gig at the age of 80, that the next stop was 100, the likelihood of him getting there seemed almost self-evident. Hendricks was born in Newark, Ohio, one of 15 children born to Alexander Hendricks, a minister of the African Methodist Episcopal church, and his wife, Willie Mae (nee Carrington), a choir leader. Jon Hendricks, vocal jazz pioneer and vocalese master, dies aged 96 Read moreIn 1952, Hendricks wrote some songs in New York for the “jump-music” star Louis Jordan (Jordan’s hit I Want You to Be My Baby was a Hendricks song), but struggled to make an impact as a singer. “I knew we had something incredible.”Facebook Twitter Pinterest Jon Hendricks, right, performing with the trio Lambert, Hendricks and Ross at the Newport jazz festival, 1959. • Jon Hendricks (John Carl Hendricks), jazz singer, born 16 September 1921; died 22 November 2017

Source: The Guardian November 27, 2017 15:04 UTC