Joe Henderson

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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.

The Sidewinder

Lee Morgan · 1964

The SidewinderThe SidewinderLee Morgan · 1964 (recorded 1963, released 1964) became an unexpected hit. Its boogaloo beat and simple riff crossed over to general audiences, reportedly rescuing Blue Note Records from financial trouble. The front line with Joe HendersonJoe Hendersonジョー・ヘンダーソン was two Art BlakeyArt Blakeyアート・ブレイキー alumni at their peak.

The Prisoner

Herbie Hancock · 1969

The Sidewinder

Lee Morgan · 1964

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Joe Henderson · 1963

Inner Urge

Joe Henderson · 1965

The Sidewinder (1964) is a Lee Morgan hard-bop date, yet its title track became an unexpected commercial hit on jukeboxes and the charts — a straight-ahead session that boosted Blue Note enough that imitation openers followed for years. Joe Henderson, known as a cerebral tenor, is at the center of it.

Black Is The Color

Joe Henderson · 1972

Blues Farm

Ron Carter · 1973

In the Beginning

Woody Shaw · 1965

Mode for Joe

Joe Henderson · 1966

Joe Henderson is remembered as a master tenor and composer. Yet bassist Ron Carter says he never once turned up with enough material — always two songs, ten minutes short — and would ask the band to compose on the spot: 'We're making an LP here, come on, Joe.'

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Deciphering the Message

Makaya McCraven · 2021

In the Beginning

Woody Shaw · 1965

Mode for Joe

Joe Henderson · 1966

Infinite Search

Miroslav Vitous · 1970

For years the received ranking of Blue Note's tenors put Wayne Shorter on top. But drummer Joe Chambers, who was in the room, remembered it differently: 'Joe and Wayne were equal talents — Joe just had more soul.'

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Joe Henderson · 1963

Inner Urge

Joe Henderson · 1965

The Real McCoy

McCoy Tyner · 1967

McCoy Tyner said of Joe Henderson, his front line on The Real McCoy (1967), that you could tell whose sound it was in one note. That same instantly identifiable tenor turns up in the credits of an R&B album in 1982, a long way from the Blue Note session.

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