"You don’t have to swing just on the bandstand...The way you pick up your child and bounce him, I think everything can swing."

Interviewed by: Ben Sidran, author and musician NYC recording studio // 1980s Hear the full interview and listen to Sidran's conversations with more than 60 other jazz legends at bensidran.com.

Host & Executive Producer: David Gerlach Producer: Amy Drozdowska Photo Credit: Music Credits: Lambert, Hendricks, Bavan “Cousin Mary” // Jon Hendricks and the Horace Silver Quintent “The Preacher” // Jon Hendricks “Gimme That Wine” // Jon Hendricks and friends (including his daughters) “Shiny Stockings” // Lambert, Hendricks, Ross “Untitled” // Dizzy Gillepsie & Jon Hendricks “Untitled”

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