Introduction : The Verge of Impossibility -- You've Got Something Money Can't Buy -- Mitigating Circumstances -- We Don't Want No Singers, Man -- The Most Beautiful Thing -- A Mouthful of Hot Rice -- Everybody Got Tired -- The Mistakes are the Only Part That's Jazz -- No Chord is Better Than the Wrong Chord -- We Need You to Control Him -- Keep Smiling -- Appendix A. The Voice, the Scat, the Vocalese -- Appendix B. The Lyrics -- Appendix C. The Wisdom and Philosophy.
Summary:
"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"-- Provided by publisher.
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