Boppin at the Blue Note [Live]

Jon Hendricks | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (June 20, 1995)
• Original Release Date: June 23, 1995
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Live
• Label: Telarc
• ASIN: B000003D3J
• Also Available in: Audio Cassette  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #274,011 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #97 in Music > Jazz > Vocal Jazz > Vocalese

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Be-bop with the best of them, July 3, 2006

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Nikica Gilic - See all my reviews

This review is from: Boppin at the Blue Note (Audio CD)

Excellent music; it is probably not actually the top of Hendricks' discography but it is a noteworthy collective effort, not just a Hendricks album.
With the entire Hendricks' vocal gang (family), with Marsalis equally effective on trumpet and vocals, with steamin' hot saxes, great trombone and rock-solid rhythm section, the amount of excellent and joyfull modern jazz on this album will warm your heart.

Yes, Hendricks used to be in a bit better form but he is just one of great artists on this CD, presiding over this heated concert (that sounds like a jam session) with regal confidence. Not as good as Freddie Freeloader, this album is still magnificent.

4 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Hendricks Finally Begins to Show His Age a Little, January 20, 2004

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Rick Cornell "RC" (Reno, Nv USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Boppin at the Blue Note (Audio CD)

If anyone else had done this album, I might rave. But this is the man who brought us all of those quintessential LH&R albums from the '50's and early '60's, and the vastly superior "Freddie Freeloader" a mere 3 years prior. Jon shows his age on this a bit, never more apparent than on "One O'Clock Jump." There's no way a 75-year-old Jon Hendricks is going to recreate the subliminal mood of "Sing a Song of Basie", especially without a young Annie Ross, and it was a mistake to try. Best cut on this was "Roll 'Em Pete"--basically because the other musicians could stretch out and jam around Mr. Hendricks. He'll still go down in history; just not with this.

2 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Amazing, December 5, 1999

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M. Carnevale "hal9000" (Chepachet, RI United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Boppin at the Blue Note (Audio CD)

For an album that was recorded in the late 50's this recording is incredible. This is what blues and scat are all about. If you have a chance to listen to this on tubed equipment do yourself a favor, and listen. Start with "everybodies boppin'". You'll be smiling at the end of the song!