(Alton Reynolds
Hendrickson)
Guitarrista
Gèneres: Jazz
Naixement:
10 de maig de 1920 a Eastland, Texas, els EUA
Mort:
19 de juliol de 2007 a North Bend, Oregon, els EUA
Alton Reynolds Hendrickson va ser un guitarrista
de jazz i vocalista ocasional estatunidenc.
Quan tenia cinc anys, la família de
Hendrickson es va mudar a Califòrnia, on va créixer. Va tocar al principi de la
seva carrera amb Gramercy Five, Ray Linn, Artie Shaw i Freddie Slack, i després
va treballar amb Benny Goodman en conjunts tant petits com grans. Va tocar amb
Woody Herman en diverses ocasions des de finals de la dècada de 1940 fins a
finals de la de 1950, i també va tocar amb Neal Hefti, Bill Holman, Barney
Kessel, Johnny Mandel, Billy May, Ray Noble, Andre Previn, Louis Prima, Boyd
Raeburn, Shorty Rogers i Bud Shank. En 1962, va aparèixer en el Festival de
Jazz de Monterey al costat de Louie Bellson i Dizzy Gillespie.
També va treballar com a acompanyant i músic
de sessió per a molts vocalistes populars, com Rosemary Clooney, Bing Crosby,
Doris Day, Lee Hazlewood, Eartha Kitt, Frankie Laine, Ann-Margret, Dean Martin,
Ella Mae Morse, Harry Nilsson i Elvis Presley (Viva Las Vegas). També va
treballar amb arranjadors com Quincy Jones, Henry Mancini, Nelson Riddle i Lalo
Schifrin, i va realitzar sessions per a televisió i cinema.
Hendrickson va morir d'un atac cardíac a la
seva casa de North Bend, Oregon, a l'edat de 87 anys.
Enregistraments amb “Ray Conniff”
Friendly
Persuasion (Columbia, 1964)
Speak
to Me of Love (CBS, 1964)
You
Make Me Feel So Young (Columbia, 1964)
Enregistraments amb “Earl Grant”
The
End (Decca, 1958)
Beyond
the Reef and Other Instrumental Favorites (Decca, 1962)
Winter
Wonderland (Decca, 1972)
Enregistraments amb “Frank Sinatra”
Come
Fly with Me (Capitol, 1958)
Come
Dance with Me! (Capitol, 1959)
All
Alone (Reprise, 1962)
September
of My Years (Reprise, 1965)
The
World We Knew (Reprise, 1967)
Enregistraments amb altres
Laurindo
Almeida, Guitar from Ipanema (Capitol, 1964)
Georgie
Auld, In the Land of Hi-Fi (Mercury, 1956)
Jesse
Belvin, Mr. Easy (RCA, 1960)
Johnny
Best, Dixieland Left and Right (Mercury, 1961)
Harry
Betts, The Jazz Soul of Doctor Kildare (Choreo, 1962)
Pat
Boone, Great! Great! Great! (Dot, 1961)
Pete
Candoli, Blues When Your Lover Has Gone (Somerset, 1961)
Frank
Capp & Nat Pierce, Juggernaut (Concord Jazz, 1977)
Benny
Carter, Session at Midnight (EMI, 1972)
Herman
Clebanoff, Exciting Sounds (Mercury, 1961)
Herman
Clebanoff, Lush, Latin & Bossa Nova Too! (Mercury, 1963)
Rosemary
Clooney, Rosie Solves the Swingin' Riddle! (RCA Victor, 1961)
Rosemary
Clooney, Love (Reprise, 1963)
Nat
King Cole, Nat King Cole Sings/George Shearing Plays (Capitol, 1962)
Peggy
Connelly, Peggy Connelly (Bethlehem, 1956)
Scatman
Crothers, Rock 'N' Roll with Scat Man (Tops, 1956)
Maxwell
Davis, Compositions of Duke Ellington and Others (Crown, 1960)
Bobby
Darin, Love Swings (Atco, 1961)
Percy
Faith, Black Magic Woman (Columbia, 1971)
Percy
Faith, Bouquet of Love (Columbia, 1962)
Frances
Faye, I'm Wild Again (Bethlehem, 1955)
Frances
Faye, Swinging All the Way with Frances Faye (Verve, 1962)
Victor
Feldman, The Venezuela Joropo (Pacific Jazz, 1967)
The
Four Freshmen, The Four Freshmen and Five Guitars (Capitol, 1959)
Ted
Gärdestad, Blue Virgin Isles (Polar, 1978)
Dizzy
Gillespie, The New Continent (Limelight, 1965)
Conrad
Gozzo, Goz the Great! (RCA Victor, 1955)
Lorne
Greene, Lorne Greene's American West (RCA Victor, 1965)
Richard
Greene, Ramblin (Rounder, 1979)
Guitars
Unlimited, Quiet Nights and Brazilian Guitars (Capitol, 1966)
Guitars
Unlimited, Tender Is the Night (Capitol, 1969)
Al
Hirt, Horn a-Plenty (RCA Victor, 1962)
Al
Hirt & Ann-Margret, Beauty and the Beard (RCA Victor, 1964)
Diana
Hubbard, LifeTimes (Waterhouse, 1979)
Gordon
Jenkins, France 70 (Time, 1962)
Beverly
Mahr, Gordon Jenkins Presents My Wife The Blues Singer (Impulse, 1963)
Gordon
Jenkins, Paris I Wish You Love (Time, 1964)
Barney
Kessel, To Swing or Not to Swing (Contemporary, 1955)
Barney
Kessel, Contemporary Latin Rhythms (Reprise, 1963)
Eartha
Kitt, St Louis Blues (RCA Victor, 1958)
Peggy
Lee, Jump for Joy (Capitol, 1958)
Peggy
Lee, Pretty Eyes (Capitol, 1960)
Peggy
Lee, If You Go (Capitol, 1961)
Peggy
Lee, I'm a Woman (Capitol, 1963)
Peggy
Lee, Mink Jazz (Capitol, 1963)
Peggy
Lee, Guitars a là Lee (Capitol, 1966)
Skip
Martin, Scheherajazz (Golden Guinea, 1959)
Skip
Martin, Perspectives in Percussion (Somerset, 1961)
Matty
Matlock, Dixieland (Mayfair, 1957)
Billy
May, Billy May's Big Fat Brass (Capitol, 1958)
Billy
May, Sorta-May (Creative World, 1971)
Lincoln
Mayorga, Lincoln Mayorga & Distinguished Colleagues (Sheffield Lab, 1971)
Eddie
Miller, Frat Hop (Tops, 1957)
The
Monkees, The Birds, the Bees & the Monkees (Rhino, 1968)
Mark
Murphy, Playing the Field (Capitol, 1960)
Ruth
Olay, Soul in the Night (ABC, 1966)
Dave
Pell, Dave Pell's Prez Conference (GNP Crescendo, 1978)
Dave
Pell, In Celebration of Lester Young (GNP Crescendo, 1979)
Andre
Previn, Andre Previn Plays Gershwin (RCA Victor, 1955)
Andre
Previn, Let's Get Away from It All (Decca, 1955)
Googie
Rene, Romesville! (Class, 1959)
Howard
Roberts, Guilty!! (Capitol, 1967)
Shorty
Rogers & Andre Previn, Collaboration (RCA Victor, 1955)
Lalo
Schifrin, Che! (Tetragrammaton, 1969)
Paul
Smith, Latin Keyboard & Percussion (Verve, 1960)
Joanie
Sommers & Laurindo Almeida, Softly, the Brazilian Sound (Warner Bros.,
1964)
Jack
Teagarden, Swing Low Sweet Spiritual (Capitol, 1957)
Mel
Tormé, I Dig the Duke! I Dig the Count! (Verve, 1962)
Mel
Tormé, Mel Tormé Sings Sunday in New York & Other Songs About New York
(Atlantic, 1963)
Joe
Williams, Prez & Joe: In Celebration of Lester Young (GNP, 1979)
Paul
Williams, Here Comes Inspiration (A&M, 1974)
Si
Zentner, Rhythm Plus Blues (Liberty, 1963)