Butch Warren

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Joe Henderson · 1963

Takin' Off

Herbie Hancock · 1962

Today And Tomorrow

McCoy Tyner · 1964

No Room For Squares

Hank Mobley · 1964

In 1962-63, Butch Warren was the house bassist behind landmark Blue Note sessions -- Joe Henderson's Page One, Herbie Hancock's Takin' Off among them. Within a few years he vanished from the jazz world entirely, living in obscurity back home in Washington, D.C., and was only rediscovered decades later, not long before his death in 2013.

Page One

Joe Henderson · 1963

Page OnePage OneJoe Henderson · 1963 (1963) was HendersonJoe Hendersonジョー・ヘンダーソン's Blue Note debut. The album introduced 'Recorda Me' and 'Blue Bossa,' two tunes that quickly became standards and thrust Henderson to the center of the scene. McCoy Tyner was simultaneously deep in his Coltrane years.

Deciphering the Message

Makaya McCraven · 2021

Search for the New Land

Lee Morgan · 1964

Takin' Off

Herbie Hancock · 1962

Free Form

Donald Byrd · 1966

The funky feel of 'Watermelon Man' on Herbie Hancock's 1962 debut Takin' Off came from drummer Billy Higgins, who landed his stroke right between straight eighths and swung triplets. The tune would soon travel far.

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