Saturday, May 3, 5:30 - 7pm

Join us for a special evening of jazz music featuring Rock Hendricks at The Shops at Wailea.

"The Man Behind the Sax"

Music was in Rock's blood from the day he was born. In fact, Rock was born with a rare congenital eye disease rendering him virtually blind. As he came to rely solely on his hearing, he was instantly drawn to the beautiful, sweet tone of the sax. When asked why Rock chose to play the sax as his instrument, he said, "I didn't have a choice"... he just knew it was his destiny. During his younger years, great symphonic music such as Mozart, gospel music, and the songs of Little Richard and Fats Domino were of great inspiration to Rock and his passion to play the sax grew a life of its own.

After several eye operations, Rock was divinely given the gift of partial sight at the age of seven. According to Rock, it was the most memorable day of his life and the day he first laid his eyes on a saxophone followed a close second. No one could deny it was love at first sight and this resulted in Rock's father giving him his first saxophone at the age of nine. In no time, Rock proved to be a natural prodigy. At 15, he started performing with the soul groups of Oakland, California and Rock believes this experience is what gave him the true soul that can be heard in his music today.  

Throughout his career, Rock has performed and recorded with many legendary performers such as Michael Jackson, Mick Fleetwood, John Lee Hooker, Lydia Pense & Cold Blood, The Funkadelics, Michael Buble, Marvin Gaye Jr., Marvin Gaye Jr. III, The Temptations, Bobby Womack, Coke Escovedo, Walter Becker and Don Fagan, Steve Arrington, The Family Stone, Bonnie Raitt, Leon Russel, Dave Mason, Sammy Hagar, Motown Records, Gabriel Hasselbach, Jeff Lorber, and Paul Hardcastle.

He has also enjoyed living in Hawaii for over 30 years performing and recording with several Nā Hōkū Hanohano award winning local artists such as Cecilio and Kapono, The Cazimero Brothers, Music Magic, Nohelani Cypriano, Azure McCall, Kalapana, and Tennyson Stephens.

Rock wrote and produced music for the Electronic Arts game "The Sims" with over 150 million games sold. In 2016, he debuted his first solo album "Can't Let Go" released by Trippin 'n Rhythm Records.

​Over the past 15 years, Rock has recorded with internationally renowned artist, Paul Hardcastle resulting in over 30 Billboard #1 smooth jazz hits. Rock is currently recording sax on yet another upcoming Paul Hardcastle album, Jazzmasters 8, to be released in 2024.