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colomon | 3 years ago

"Sing Joy Spring", lyrics by Jon Hendricks. Jon wrote lyrics to dozens (hundreds?) of jazz solos. Was one hell of a singer, too -- check him out singing John Coltrane's solo on "Freddie Freeloader" [1]

[1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QSsT7pcVVpw (third solo is Jon)

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yesenadam|3 years ago

Ohh that's awesome, thank you! McFerrin and Jarreau and the Basie band sound so good.