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Interview: Jon Hendricks (Part 2)

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Marc Myers
Jul 14, 2009
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Jon Hendricks thinks like a saxophonist curled up in a bass drum. His sense of timing has always been rooted in his early skills on the snare and cymbals. His gift for wordplay comes from curiosity and a deep passion for literature. And his swing? Well, that's a New York thing—an early 1950s marinade of uncertain ingredients that includes interactions w…

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