Description: "Biography of Jon Hendricks: hipster, bopster, comic and raconteur, a wordsmith par excellence, and a fearless improviser who took the arts of scatting and vocalese to new heights"--
Brief description: Peter Jones is a jazz singer and journalist based in London. He read English at St Peter's College, Oxford, and has an MA in Film and Television Studies from the University of Westminster. For several years he played bass in a jazz sextet, before deciding to concentrate on singing. He has two albums: 'One Way Ticket to Palookaville' - 2013 and 'Utopia' -2016. He is the author of the award winning This is Hip: The Life of Mark Murphy (Equinox, 2018).
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Pre-Publication Reviews
The paradox of death-defying difficulty masked as simplicity was the street Jon Hendricks lived on... The story [is] recounted so eloquently by Peter Jones.
Kirk Whalum, Saxophonist
Not a dry eye when reading this - Jon's personality truly jumps right out of these pages. And though I was fortunate enough to have known Jon a little bit through my upbringing, this book introduces me to the Jon I hadn't had the chance to know. I am grateful that he can now be introduced in this way to everyone else who reads this book! Wonderful work Peter, thank you!
Veronica Swift, jazz singer