Jon Hendricks

Mr. Hendricks, who celebrated his 90th birthday on Friday, has for 60 years reigned as the No. 1 wordsmith of jazz: He's not only written lyrics to jazz compositions and solos by everyone from Count Basie to Thelonious Monk (and sung with nearly all of them as well), he's also had hit songs in both the pop and the R&B category, and more recently even penned a libretto to Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov's "Scheherazade."Read More

Jazz at Lincoln Center has announced that Kevin Burke, Aria Hendricks, Michelle Hendricks, Bobby McFerrin, Dianne Reeves and Sachal Vasandani will join Jon Hendricks to perform classic tunes from the Lambert, Hendricks & Ross repertoire for the organization's opening night concert, September 24 at 8 p.m. The group of jazz vocalists has been added to the concert event, which also features Jimmy Heath in a rare performance with his big band. Read More