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> Speaking of Joyspring -- Manhattan Transfer does a version of this, where they fit words to the actual solo. Jon Hendricks fitted the words to the actual sol

> Speaking of Joyspring -- Manhattan Transfer does a version of this, where they fit words to the actual solo. Jon Hendricks fitted the words to the actual solo. Sorry, giving the credit to MT didn't feel right. Article about it: Clifford Brown’s “Joy Spring”: Jon Hendricks’ Vocalese Genius https://www.tuneintoleadership.com/blog/jon-hendricks-vocalese-genius https://www.tuneintoleadership.com/blog/jon-hendricks-vocale... Jon Hendricks was awesome! Hear his scatting (and lyrics) on Airegin: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ul54NWmwLxs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ul54NWmwLxs

AlbertCory 4y ago
TIL about the lyrics being from Jon Hendricks. Thanks.
- colomon 4y ago
  He wrote the lyrics for that entire album (Vocalese) and sings on it too -- one of the solos on "Airegin", and a scat solo somewhere else (maybe the Night in Tunisia thing, been a while since I listened). He also wrote the lyrics for their versions of "Birdland" and "Four Brothers", and maybe four of the tracks on Swing, and probably a bunch of other stuff I'm not thinking of.
  - AlbertCory 4y ago
    It's certainly been a while since I looked at the CD for Vocalese.
  - colomon 4y ago
    I was wrong about "Another Night in Tunisia" -- the solo Jon sings starting around 1:40 actually has lyrics. I think the melody scatting for most of the rest of the song is actually Bobby McFerrin. Oh, there we go, the scat solo starting at 2:30 in "Ray's Rockhouse" is Jon.
    - colomon 4y ago
      Weirdly enough, if I cam to believe Discogs got the liner notes faithfully, they're not crediting Jon with singing a solo on "Airegin". I'm still 99% certain Jon sings the last solo in that song. (Interestingly, singing lyrics over his own scat solo from the original Lambert, Hendricks & Ross recording of "Airegin".) For sure it sounds like him, no one other than Manhattan Transfer is credited with vocals on that track, and when they recorded it live they don't even attempt to sing it, replacing it with a sax solo.
      - AlbertCory 4y ago
        I just listened to that again. I don't have a good enough feel for what he sounds like vs. the guys in the group. He does get a credit for vocals and lyrics in Discogs, but they don't say which track: https://www.discogs.com/master/97226-The-Manhattan-Transfer-Vocalese https://www.discogs.com/master/97226-The-Manhattan-Transfer-...
colomon 4y ago
Oh, the blog post there is lovely. Just used the lyrics to sing through "Sing Joy Spring" while listening to the original Clifford Brown recording.

AlbertCory 4y ago

TIL about the lyrics being from Jon Hendricks. Thanks.

colomon 4y ago
He wrote the lyrics for that entire album (Vocalese) and sings on it too -- one of the solos on "Airegin", and a scat solo somewhere else (maybe the Night in Tunisia thing, been a while since I listened). He also wrote the lyrics for their versions of "Birdland" and "Four Brothers", and maybe four of the tracks on Swing, and probably a bunch of other stuff I'm not thinking of.
- AlbertCory 4y ago
  It's certainly been a while since I looked at the CD for Vocalese.
- colomon 4y ago
  I was wrong about "Another Night in Tunisia" -- the solo Jon sings starting around 1:40 actually has lyrics. I think the melody scatting for most of the rest of the song is actually Bobby McFerrin. Oh, there we go, the scat solo starting at 2:30 in "Ray's Rockhouse" is Jon.
  - colomon 4y ago
    Weirdly enough, if I cam to believe Discogs got the liner notes faithfully, they're not crediting Jon with singing a solo on "Airegin". I'm still 99% certain Jon sings the last solo in that song. (Interestingly, singing lyrics over his own scat solo from the original Lambert, Hendricks & Ross recording of "Airegin".) For sure it sounds like him, no one other than Manhattan Transfer is credited with vocals on that track, and when they recorded it live they don't even attempt to sing it, replacing it with a sax solo.
    - AlbertCory 4y ago
      I just listened to that again. I don't have a good enough feel for what he sounds like vs. the guys in the group. He does get a credit for vocals and lyrics in Discogs, but they don't say which track: https://www.discogs.com/master/97226-The-Manhattan-Transfer-Vocalese https://www.discogs.com/master/97226-The-Manhattan-Transfer-...

colomon 4y ago

Oh, the blog post there is lovely. Just used the lyrics to sing through "Sing Joy Spring" while listening to the original Clifford Brown recording.