Few singers understood the jazz instrumentalist better than Jon Hendricks. For much of the 1950s, Hendricks built his career on writing savvy lyrics to iconic instrumental solos. Hendricks was inspired by King Pleasure's recording of Moody's Mood for Love in 1952. Over the years, he crafted lyrics for an enormous number of songs, including It's Sand Man…
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