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Joe Henderson: Mode For Joe (Rating: 100/100) posted in Music November 15, 08

Cedar Walton is no minor composer, but he may have reached the pinnacle with "Mode for Joe." Chords gracefully ascend...

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Joe Henderson: Mode for Joe (Rating: 95/100) posted in Music November 16, 07

At a time when far too many Coltrane clones roamed the Earth, Joe Henderson shined as a personal, distinctive stylist...

Joe Henderson: 'Round Midnight (Rating: 92/100) posted in Music November 20, 08

In the early '70s, Joe Henderson had Monk's most celebrated tune at least semi-regularly in his live rotation, as evi...

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Joe Henderson: Caribbean Fire Dance (Rating: 95/100) posted in Music March 07, 08

Joe Henderson recorded this Cedar Walton original as a testament to his growing interest in Latin jazz, an affinity t...

Joe Henderson (with Lee Morgan): Caribbean Fire Dance (Rating: 93/100) posted in Music July 12, 09

Joe Henderson added his hard-nosed tenor stylings to The Sidewinder (1963) and The Rumproller (1965) so Morgan gracio...

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Nobody’s perfect, right? We’ve all heard that one. Even some of the most revered greats are missing pieces of the e...

Fletcher Henderson (with Louis Armstrong): Sugarfoot Stomp (Rating: 100/100) posted in Music March 27, 08

Fletcher Henderson’s “Sugarfoot Stomp” is very much an early recorded jazz repertory performance. It is a retitled v...

Fletcher Henderson: Fidgety Feet (Rating: 94/100) posted in Music October 04, 09

Fletcher Henderson's pioneering jazz band relied heavily on the talents of his sidemen, and his arrangement of “Fidge...

Joe Henderson: Recorda Me (Rating: 97/100) posted in Music November 10, 08

Like its more recognizable album mate "Blue Bossa," "Recorda Me" is bossa nova at its core. However, this Joe He...

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Joe Henderson: Foresight and Afterthought (an Impromptu Suite) (Rating: 87/100) posted in Music April 16, 09

This conceptual, three-part Joe Henderson musical journey finds him seemingly climbing many stairs to reach his desti...

Joe Henderson: Milestones (Rating: 95/100) posted in Music September 16, 08

Joe Henderson was never more popular than during his Verve years of the '90s, with his well-received tributes to Bill...

Joe Henderson: Lazy Afternoon (Rating: 82/100) posted in Music April 16, 09

Joe Henderson's "Lazy Afternoon" sounds like it was recorded on an afternoon of intense, not-so-lazily conceived impr...

Joe Henderson: Blue Bossa (Rating: 96/100) posted in Music November 10, 08

As the title advertises, "Blue Bossa" is bossa nova with blues overtones. An eminently catchy tune (even non-jazz fan...

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Joe Henderson: Our Thing (Rating: 93/100) posted in Music November 12, 08

With its variable beats and hot bop lines, "Our Thing" could be considered something of a precursor to the better-kno...

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Joe Henderson: Tetragon (Rating: 91/100) posted in Music November 17, 08

"Tetragon" is a modernized bebop tune, with the head demonstrating Joe Henderson's flair for imaginative chord progre...

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Joe Henderson: Black Narcissus (Rating: 96/100) posted in Music November 20, 08

Jazz was changing rapidly as the '60s turned into the '70s, and Joe Henderson was present for much of it; he particip...

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Joe Henderson: Opus One-Point-Five (Rating: 85/100) posted in Music April 16, 09

Joe Henderson sure sounds like he is doing his best Johnny Hodges impersonation on "Opus One-Point-Five." The breath...

Joe Henderson: Punjab (Rating: 95/100) posted in Music November 15, 08

Like many of Joe Henderson's songs, "Punjab" is the kind of modern jazz composition that arose in the wake of harmoni...

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Joe Henderson: Power to the People (Rating: 88/100) posted in Music April 16, 09

Unfortunately, the title track of Joe Henderson's Power to the People CD sounds dated today. This is obvious in the ...

Joe Henderson: Blue Bossa (Rating: 85/100) posted in Music October 23, 07

Joe Henderson was developing a personal approach at a time when many tenor saxophonists were emulating John Coltrane....

Joe Henderson: Inner Urge (Rating: 95/100) posted in Music November 12, 08

"Inner Urge" is a hard-swinging vehicle for a torrid blowing session. Joe Henderson lined up Coltrane's pianist and d...

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