Jon Hendricks

4 STARS ALL MUSIC GUIDE

A rare bossa treat – and one of the best albums ever recorded by jazz vocalist Jon Hendricks! The album came out only briefly, at the start of the bossa craze in the US – and it features Hendricks singing a batch of tracks popularized by Joao Gilberto, translated into English, and backed by arrangements by Johnny Carisi and Johnny Mandel.

The album's way more than just a bossa cash-in session – as Jon was comitted to Brazilian sounds from the start, and really presents the material here in a wonderful way – mixing his fragile vocal style with lightly jazzy arrangements, in a manner that's both in keeping with the greatness of bossa recordings from Brazil, yet also infused with all the soulfulness of America.

PERSONNEL:

• Jon Hendricks - (vocals)
• Pete Candoli - (trumpet)
• Conte Candoli - (trumpet)
• Milt Bernhart - (trombone)
• Buddy Collette - (flute)
• Frank Messina - (accordion)
• Ray Sherman - (organ)
• Gildo Mahones - (piano)
• George Tucker - (bass)
• Jimmie Smith - (drums)

TRACKS:

• SIDE A
• A1 The Duck (O pato)
• A2 Quiet Nights (Corcovado)
• A3 You & I (Voce e eu)
• A4 Love and Peace (O amor em paz)
• A5 Little Paper Ball (Bolinha de papel)
• A6 Longing for Bahia (Saudade da Bahia)

• SIDE B
• B1 Little Train of Iron (Trem de ferro)
• B2 No More Blues (Chega de saudade)
• B3 Rosa morena
• B4 The Most Beautiful Thing (Coisa mais linda)
• B5 Samba of My Land (Samba da minha terra)
• B6 Once Again (Outra vez)
• B7 Jive Samba