Al Hendrickson

(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 ambRay Conniff

Friendly Persuasion (Columbia, 1964)

Speak to Me of Love (CBS, 1964)

You Make Me Feel So Young (Columbia, 1964)

 

Enregistraments ambEarl 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 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)