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Lima OH, United States (1937 – 2001)
Joe Henderson (1937- San Francisco, California, June 30, 2001) was an American jazz tenor saxophonist.
Henderson was born in Lima, Ohio on 24th April 1937.
He studied music at Kentucky State College and Wayne State University before playing in Detroit at the beginning of his career. After a two year hitch in the U.S. Army (1960-1962), Henderson arrived in New York, where trumpeter Kenny Dorham provided valuable guidance. Although Henderson’s earliest recordings were marked by a strong hard-bop influence, his playing encompassed not only the bebop tradition, but rhythm and blues, latin, and avant-garde as well. He soon joined Horace Silver’s band and provided a seminal solo on the jukebox hitSong For My Father. After leaving Silver’s band in 1966, Henderson resumed freelancing and also co-led a big band with Kenny Dorham. Henderson’s arrangements for the band went unrecorded until the release of his album Big Band on Verve Records in 1996.
From 1963 to 1968 Joe appeared on nearly thirty albums for Blue Note. The recordings ranged from relatively conservative hard-bop sessions to more avant-garde explorations. He played a prominent role in many landmark recordings: Horace Silver’s swinging and soulful Song For My Father, Herbie Hancock’s dark and densely orchestrated Prisoner, and Andrew Hill’s avant-garde Black Fire. In 1967, there was a notable, but brief, association with Miles Davis’ famous quintet featuring Herbie Hancock, Wayne Shorter, Ron Carter, and Tony Williams. Although the band was never recorded, Henderson is reputed to have occasionally stolen the show. Henderson’s adaptability and eclecticism would become even more apparent in the years to follow.
Henderson was born in Lima, Ohio on 24th April 1937.
He studied music at Kentucky State College and Wayne State University before playing in Detroit at the beginning of his career. After a two year hitch in the U.S. Army (1960-1962), Henderson arrived in New York, where trumpeter Kenny Dorham provided valuable guidance. Although Henderson’s earliest recordings were marked by a strong hard-bop influence, his playing encompassed not only the bebop tradition, but rhythm and blues, latin, and avant-garde as well. He soon joined Horace Silver’s band and provided a seminal solo on the jukebox hit
Song For My Father. After leaving Silver’s band in 1966, Henderson resumed freelancing and also co-led a big band with Kenny Dorham. Henderson’s arrangements for the band went unrecorded until the release of his album Big Band on Verve Records in 1996.From 1963 to 1968 Joe appeared on nearly thirty albums for Blue Note. The recordings ranged from relatively conservative hard-bop sessions to more avant-garde explorations. He played a prominent role in many landmark recordings: Horace Silver’s swinging and soulful Song For My Father, Herbie Hancock’s dark and densely orchestrated Prisoner, and Andrew Hill’s avant-garde Black Fire. In 1967, there was a notable, but brief, association with Miles Davis’ famous quintet featuring Herbie Hancock, Wayne Shorter, Ron Carter, and Tony Williams. Although the band was never recorded, Henderson is reputed to have occasionally stolen the show. Henderson’s adaptability and eclecticism would become even more apparent in the years to follow.
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GregOfTheOcean wrote:
@parisblues: are you kidding me? if tobacco is such a problem for you that you have to preach about it in a jazz musician's shoutbox, then you are you are so out of touch that you're beyond help. cigarettes were an integral part of the jazz image back in the days of henderson and many other greats, before its dangers were fully understood. smoking isn't great, but don't bring your censorship in here.
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haunted_diamond wrote:
"photograph" (double rainbow album) my fav.
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thenearestdoor wrote:
Inner urge is always on my player. Can't get enough!
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ToothandNail04 wrote:
ugh shut up
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ToothandNail04 wrote:
your point? it's a picture of joe henderson being joe henderson. just because you're against smoking doesn't mean that pictures of people smoking are inappropriate. grow up.
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chriss2732 wrote:
rip joe
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Wi11s0n wrote:
Inner Urge album is fantastic. can't get enough of it, uh (2) Tetragon has been played on repeat recently as well. This cat knew how to solo outside the box but still capture some of those classic parker licks. I smile every time I find one.
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street_dawg wrote:
Inner Urge album is fantastic. can't get enough of it, uh
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jiveraptor wrote:
sheepareevil: the quote in "You Know I Care" ruins the mood for me, but I appreciate the humor of it.
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Clemmetarey2 wrote:
RIP.
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el3000 wrote:
so brilliant
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grahamr93 wrote:
my tenor hero
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urizen81 wrote:
El Barrio
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hollabackitsobi wrote:
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sheepareevil wrote:
i love joe henderson's frequest use of quotations in his solos. carrying on from the bebop tradition. i imagine that though there a few i've recognized there's probably even more that won't hit me til years down the road which is genius.
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Cozfunkel wrote:
http://www.last.fm/group/Paul+Chambers
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elocinegnem wrote:
Joe Henderson in Japan ! It's great !!
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rogersthejimmy wrote:
Joe Henderson, A true jazz man/fez enthusiast.
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flinzz78 wrote:
I just thought the same thing the last person said! Wish I could have seen him before he died! Wow.....
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monnyjcintosh wrote:
As with all great musicians, Joe had a sound that was utterly *his*. Really wish I'd got to hear him before he died.
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