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A native of Chicago, Henderson sang with the Ramsey Lewis Trio, Dizzy Gillespie, Count Basie, Frank Sinatra, Tony Bennett, Quincy Jones, the Charlie Haden Quintet and many others. His 1963 album, "Bill Henderson With the Oscar Peterson Trio," is considered a classic in the jazz vernacular. Henderson was a fixture on the Playboy circuit in the 1970s and appeared often at many festivals, including Playboy Jazz at the Hollywood Bowl, Monterey Jazz and the Litchfield Jazz Festival in Connecticut. Later, he performed at The Kennedy Center and in New York at the Hotel Algonquin's Oak Room and at Lincoln Center. "Henderson's phrasing is virtually his own copyright," music journalist Leonard Feather once said. "He tends to space certain words as if the syllables were separated by commas, even semicolons, yet everything winds up as a perfectly constructed sentence."
Henderson made his show business debut as a singer and dancer at age 4. A stint in the Army led to him working with crooner Vic Damone, and in 1956, Henderson made his way to New York.
Between 1958-61, Henderson recorded for the Vee-Jay label and recorded his first album, "Bill Henderson Sings." Most recently, he released a self-produced live album, "Beautiful Memory," co-produced by Green. Survivors include his daughter Mariko, granddaughter Mya, son-in-law Marc, nephew Finis and niece Henreene. — by Mike Barnes for The Hollywood Reporter, Distributed by Eternal Valley Memorial Park and Cemetery.
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