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Mr. Jones is channeling a venerable tradition in popular entertainment. But he’ s translating it into a transcendent personal language. Something old and something new coexist, not only compatibly but also gloriously. That kind of rejuvenation beats plain old nostalgia any day.
New York Times
As a dancer, the long-limbed but graceful Kendrick Jones is reminiscent of Fred Astaire, but with a better singing voice. Paradise should make this amazing tap dancer a star. Near the end of the first act, he brought the crowd to its feet with his light-as-air moves in the number “Doin’ the New Lowdown†from Blackbirds of 1928 . The evening’s only real disappointment? No second solo for Jones, who is now thrilling Paris audiences in Opera Comique's Looking for Josephine .
TheatreScene.net
Another show stealer is rhythm tap dancer Kendrick Jones, who not only flashes the kind of personality, dash and crackling-crisp footwork with his first act number (McHugh and Fields' "Doin' The New Low Down") that makes audience members frantically search their programs to find out who is this guy?, but causes an eruption of cheers with a second act military number tapping out cadences and counter rhythms while weaving in and out of a line of singing soldiers.
BroadwayWorld.com
In a buoyant nod to the memory of Gregory Hines, Kendrick Jones displayed the kind of legendary tap that was once a Broadway fixture. Set to the old Eubie Blake tune, "Hot Feet" was a classy expression of a vaudevillian art that's all too rare on today's stages.
Variety.com
Introduced in a short-lived musical called "La Grosse Valise," a collaboration by Harold Rome and French composer Gerard Calvi, "Slippy Sloppy Shoes" is certainly not remembered as a Broadway tune of the first order. But at Town Hall, the song was the concert high point of the latest Broadway by the Year installment, covering 1965. Lean tap-dancing teen Kendrick Jones slid onto centerstage for a self-choreographed routine in the sure-footed tradition of Bill "Bojangles" Robinson and Gregory Hines, displaying grace, style, imagination and an appealing dash of boyish humor.
Variety.com
It should be clear by now that there is an exciting new tap dancing star on the boards. He is Kendrick Jones, once again spotlighted in the “Broadway by the Year†series at The Town Hall. In the latest edition, “The Broadway Musicals of 1965†(May 12, 2008), Jones showed his stuff in the novelty number “Slippy Sloppy Shoes,†from the long-forgotten show “La Grosse Valise.†There’s nothing slippy sloppy about Kendrick, who taps with inventiveness and precision to his own choreography and projects grand but low-key style as he suavely goes through demanding routines and makes them seem deceptively easy in the vein of past tap masters. He also looks snappy in a duo, as when dancing with attractive Melinda Sullivan in their jointly choreographed “Opposites†from “Skyscraper.â€
WolfEntertainmentGuide.com
Kendrick Jones, the young tapper who's become a favorite with BBTY regulars (and that's practically everyone at Town Hall!) was on hand to turn a flop number, " Slippy Sloppy Shoes," into a Town Hall show stopper, which he choreographed it himself.
CurtainUp.com
Young Kendrick Jones, already a Town Hall veteran and not yet out of school, performed a self-choreographed tap dance to "Cuckoo Cheena" from Louisiana Lady that was part Fred Astaire, part Gene Kelly, part Savion Glover, and all Jones. (Mr. Jones is living proof that the art of tap dancing is in good hands for at least another generation.)
BroadwayWorld.com
The real treasure from the show about rival whorehouses found Belcon assisted by lithe dancer Kendrick Jones for "Slide, Boy, Slide." Jones' spirited tap and slides fueled the concert with a blast of elegance and energy.
Variety.com
"dazzled to submission by Kendrick Jones, tap-dancer supreme and a handsome charmer, if I may say, to boot."
Time.com
A lesser known show stopper, tap wizard Kendrick Jones, surely has Bill Robinson smiling down and applauding from the great beyond.
CurtainUp.com
But Kendrick Jones came on in “Hot Feet†and swept every tap cobweb straight off the stage. Even if you had never watched tap before, his solo would have taught you much: the constant contrast between soft and hard steps; the exciting risks of balance and off-balance in mid-phrase; the wit of bringing his feet together as if squeezing the air between them; sudden explosive outbursts as if not even all his control could keep these back.
New York Times
