Joe Henderson & Herbie Hancock - Lush Life

June 18, 1993. From the 40th anniversary of the Newport Jazz Festival, held in a tent on the lawn of the White House.

[@JoeyvanLeeuwen]

I love jazz and I am only ii-V years old.

[@ATLS702]

That’s like ancient

[@hazlitt1]

Joey your body may be five, but your tastes are vintage. You will never receive a better compliment. Stay on this path, and don’t get suckered into the modern crap.

[@slice39]

I love Joe Henderson, and as far as Herbie Hancock is, he's amazing. Do you know how hard it is to play piano behind all those riffs and runs that Joe is putting down? Great performance.

[@SaxHero]

This, my friends, is what heaven sounds like.

[@Frank_Cohen]

This studio album, the tribute to Strayhorn, was one of many great ones from Joe. This is a lovely rendition of Lush Life. Thanks so much for posting.

[@AHirsch]

Possibly the most inspirational video on youtube.

[@mslapik]

I like how Joe ends on the b9 of a major chord, and it works.

[@DrewZaremba]

Oh my, what a face! What an artist!! Ol' Joey, straight from the heart :)

[@CamTheCat]

Joe is the point here. Joe is amazing, and his treatment of Lush Life is amazing. Herbie does a great job of accompanying Joe. It doesn't have to be even for it to be fantastic. Sometimes one cat is out in front for a tune. This is a perfect example of leader and accompanist.

[@RanBlakePiano]

This is a fantastic treat!

[@euclid1618]

Thank you man. Happy birthday 2 months in advance

[@mvlnoa]

i'm 17 and i'm so sick of people of my generation always saying their ages and acting like geniuses because of it i totally agree with you

[@javijazztazz]

one of my favorite sax players

[@videolover61]

Two of the very best the music has produced! No doubt!

[@SamDickinsonjazz]

b9 ... As if i needed another reason to love Joe Henderson

[@Kunjaku]

Wow this performance is a remarkable gem! Both Joe and Herbie literally express new meaning to 'Lush Life'

[@IberianInteractive]

arent you tired of kids saying their age and shit like they are some geniuses just being found

[@andreashoppe1969]

Kids would do anything for likes on youtube… sad but true

[@raypizzi]

Shellie, "Uncle Joe" set a higher standard in jazz improvisation, to a level we creative musicians were inspired, encouraged and taught by his consummate musical genious. (I did a couple of albums with him and got to hear it first hand) "Uncle Joe" continues to be a major influence on all of my music. God Bless.

[@Noggbadd]

so incredibely beautifull.. beyond description

[@1337Pwn4g3]

I will never forget the part at 245, pure beauty, what a voice

[@predivancosta]

Joe é exemplo a ser seguido , por qualquer musico , ele e o sax são a mesma pessoa !!! o Saxofone precisa dele e ele do saxofone , é o humano fundido ao Metal e assoprado por Deus !!!!

[@mauriziaburlando7649]

riepilogo di una vita.....bellissima

[@cylonvoiceguy]

One of my favorite records is Herbie Hancock's "Fat Album Rotunda" features the funkiest Joe Henderson solos ever.. if you don't have it, get it! It's been sampled by many rappers of course.

[@jcrperu]

Beautiful sounds. Great song. Great performance. Should I ask for more? I don't think so. Regards from Peru.

[@123must]

Beautiful ! Thanks

[@dhmitton1]

Joe Henderson has always been one of my idols. This is just one more reason. Check out the ears on Herbie.

[@EMCEMITCH]

joe henderson was a brilliant innovator from the left coast ---his canyon lady LP is a classic for any of u outthere who havent heard it---check it out

[@SelmersRule]

that was beautiful

[@barbuniya]

unbelivble music.........

[@alansenzaki4609]

wow herbie and joe. it doesnt get better than that!!!

[@Carlschwamberger1]

The talent is out there, get looking

[@Sandemose]

You pay it by sharing your new knowledge to people around you, and by creating art in the memory of Joe...perhaps? Best regards, Sandemose

[@cherylchapman9533]

Soulful

[@happybenjful]

@drrock105 too true, we need more of them. Music has a chance of coming back.

[@subarashiime]

nobody does it like Joe Henderson

[@jazz2future]

thats right folks!!! thats ONE time throught the tune and it takes 5:30...what a tune!!!

[@zenbooter]

thank you Father.

[@cashdollar]

Oh....My....Godddd! ( i miss joe ;-(

[@jaymarquee]

marsacko16, I kind of get where you're coming from, but are you kidding? You're right that it's not ALL about scales and technique, but simply "putting true inspiration to sound" does not accomplish what these musicians can do. They are conceptual AND technical masters. Joe practiced his scales.....A LOT. Nobody can argue that.

[@scottwbutler]

dont get much betta, thanks Joe

[@bairesco]

MARAVILLOSO !!!!!!

[@norwegiansoul]

amazing

[@thanasisKrispis]

❤❤❤❤❤

[@pirn]

yes right its flat nine above major tonic C# chord . Amazyn harmony

[@drrock105]

@DajaWaja NO, We're NOT Tired Of Kids Saying Their Age !!! It's Refreshing To Know The Younger Generation Is Doing Something Besides Video Games !!! WHAT LEVEL OF "GUITAR HERO" Are "YOU" On !!!

[@justintonation]

i'm not sure . . but is kenny dorham's "una mas" the first recording with joe and herbie on the same session? if so, that would mean these two guys recorded together about 44 years ago.

[@BassThrasher]

Bill Clinton @ 5:28 - "That's it, I'm putting my sax on ebay"

[@emilionavarraofficial]

1:08 is just insane

[@Anarchemitis]

I don't find it sad that you appreciate the music on a different level than I do in the same way you probably don't understand computer graphics or animation on a level that I do.

[@brownchambersheath]

@djfakt i think you meant Bill Russel, which in that case, is pretty funny

[@reklaws52]

There is something to be said for practicing technical scales and concepts, then forgetting them, but great musicians from miles davis, to ornette coleman to jimi hendrix applied feelings to sound without letting scales get in the way. while Miles Davis certainly had some understanding of improvisational scales and concepts, he wasn't the most technically accomplished musician out there. yet he has made made music that stands out for its beauty and groove. ditto ornette and jimi.

[@macree01]

I whole heartedly disagree. Miles and Ornette were extremely knowledgable musicians who knew many types of harmony, musical concepts etc... inside and out. These guys weren't revered masters out of nowhere, they got there because they knew their shit and added to it. Least not of which is the fact that both had an innate love for more modern classical music of the late 19th and early 20th centurys. Both Ornette and Miles adored Stravinsky, Bartok, Brahms ... Ornette was also very influenced by Lee Konitiz who had famously studied under Tristano who is renowned as an innovator of certain types of advanced harmonic ideas.

[@hemanthkamana1886]

@@macree01 sure but ornette coleman was not even close as a saxophone player to joe Henderson. joe Henderson had complete control of his horn.

[@klaus8456]

​@@hemanthkamana1886 Ornette stands higher my friend, no debate, Joe Henderson plays outstanding but his signature style and sound is quite technical and at times sound like a litte overplaying and sometimes slightly gets in the way of the feeling, not the feel but the feeling, which Ornette could outstandingly convey. Henderson is a monster/master the horn. But is "better" always BETTER......? Is a precisly masterfully perfect crafted painting better than a canvas of pure abstract melancholic chaos and paint and emotion......?

[@ashrafilm]

@TheViewFromSugarHill well said this is before 1960s equal rights, black man and woman had to climb that much higher and through the adversity they excelled in the arts therefore they are in my book equal and if not ahead of the renaisannce period white european musicians centuries ago, though this acknowledgement and appraise is still not given, but i know it will.

[@Anarchemitis]

Call me ignorant but I really don't know or want to know much about the technicalities or complex specifics of any music. ESPECIALLY jazz. I just want it to be as it is and bathe in a messianic shroud of mystic beauty.

[@Reonlasbard]

Why spam the comments for a video of Joe Henderson and Herbie Hancock? The comments section should be reserved for appreciation, insightful commentary, or other kinds of contributions.

[@LYSHEmusic]

@marsacko16 See what say Chick Corea about scales on his web site!;) Ok! I tell you)). He say something like this "Learn, search and try... and then forget it all and play that you hear!" But anyway you would play this scales and licks with one difference - it will be scale that you hear, i.e. music that you hear because in your mind all scales etc will be like music image. All theoretical is your music language to express you thoughts, feelings, point of view and life position.

[@doko73]

mihmus well put.

[@geoffpeterstrio]

wow

[@sistalinda]

"Romance is Mush..."

[@ffgiantsteps]

Where do I pay for the 5minute 29second LESSON that I just took???!!!

[@geestman9]

Anybody know what mouthpiece he'splaying there?

[@alansenzaki4609]

geestman9 its a hard rubber meyer. jimmy heath plays with one. many people think its a plastic selmer. they were thin sounding. meyers had a round full sound that joe liked. dexter gordon had a otto link#7 that a big hard sound that alot of musicians liked. joe liked the mellower, warm sound of the meyer.

[@eliwyatt2292]

@@alansenzaki4609 ok but that is so obviously a soloist, look at the shank! Joe never changed mouthpieces ever since he pulled that mouthpiece out of the mark vi case and just went with it because it worked

[@ironbrigade6]

That's bull. It's a rare cat who can play with that kind of feel.

[@blackandtanful]

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[@YumaUesaka]

5:10 tricking the president of the United States into hearing b9 over major 7th chord as a consonant sound

[@Sanvarin]

MSlapik -- good ear. And yeah, it sure does.

[@OBBBCHGNVBCLCZ]

5:26 BIll clinton jumpscare

[@BelieveDont]

Selmer Short Shank D modified to his preference, don't know who did the modifications.

[@jeanhodgson8623]

I was surprised when (years ago) I saw that Joe just used a Selmer plastic mouthpiece. They are usually as dull as ditchwater, and most players, such as Bean and Trane, tossed them out and used an Otto Link. I have a Selmer Mark VI tenor saxophone, and I don't even have the basic mouthpiece that they come with. I don't even remember seeing it. The gold Otto Link gives such a nice, bright sound. But, Joe sure got a fantastic sound out of that plastic Selmer mouthpiece. How could you improve on it?

[@johnsalvat7341]

Tommy Black

[@alansenzaki4609]

wasnt it a hard rubber meyer like jimmy heath? my brother had a selmer mark six with a hard rubber meyer and an otto link #7 (like dexter gordon)

[@NymanSax]

Joe used as he said the mouthpiece that came with the sax as he thought that would be the best fit. It was a hard rubber (not plastic) Selmer short shank D tip not modified in any way. Now considered to be a very sought after mouthpiece.

[@ClearOutSamskaras]

this is weird: it sounds like Lush life and Invitation mixed together

[@bballkid2422]

that was nerdy also hahahaha

[@drmedwuast]

@DajaWaja haha yes.

[@marsacko16]

true...and it has nothing to do with scales or other mark levine bullshit..as many young musicians may think..it is just the ability to fell free to put true inspiriation into sound..

[@euclid1618]

I turn 15 tomorrow. Man this music that we have today.....Ugh, terrible. If you want to hear some good stuff that's happening now, check out Ambrose Akinmusire, Walter Smith III, Lionel Loueke, Logan Richardson, Aaron Parks, Harish Ragavan, Kendrick Scott, Eric Harland, etc. This new "school" of jazz is really some of the most incredible stuff I've heard.

[@wildman00sax]

Yeah. I think it's a C* soloist. Boy oh boy he has some soul in that sax sound.

[@Oodikss]

His mouthpiece is pulled out a lot,

[@lunaticfringe3701]

joe henderson look like bill russell

[@ZeAlfredo]

wrd up

[@cccustard]

@dhmitton1 Hilarious!

[@IberianInteractive]

wha? i've always hated guitar hero,,,

[@marcellosbrocca]

Clinton??