(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)