Those 7 Times Joe Henderson Went Next Level Genius | bernie's bootlegs

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Here's 7 tantalizing takes of the saxophone Jedi himself, the one and the only Mr. Joseph "Selmer Soloist" Henderson. Which was your favorite? Which solos did I leave out? Who should be next? Leave a comment!
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Jazz saxophonist and composer Joe Henderson could best be described as a renaissance man. Creating a style unique from the dominant saxophonists of his early career -namely John Coltrane and Sonny Rollins - Henderson became the consummate leader and sideman. His name has become synonymous with power and grace on the tenor saxophone, and has long been revered in musical circles for his distinctive sound and powers of invention. 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.
Henderson has had a remarkably consistent career, carving out his own reputation through technical excellence, songwriting ability, and a stunning diversity that made him a sought-after sideman early in his career. He made his mark at Blue Note records as a member of the Kenny Dorham band and went on to record with the Horace Silver group that made the classic Song for My Father. A master of composition, his songs “Recorda- Me” and “Inner Urge” have become jazz classics.
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. Henderson’s adaptability and eclecticism would become even more apparent in the years to follow.
Henderson’s playing has a distinctively tender sense of swing, which can be heard on dozens of Blue Note albums from the 1960s. Often overlooked at the peak of his career, he returned to recording in the 1980s to great acclaim.
After a long battle with emphysema and a stroke in 1998 which stopped his public career, Joe Henderson passed away on June 30, 2001, leaving a legacy and career that spanned for over four decades and a permanent prototype for others to follow.
“Joe Henderson is always in the middle of a great solo.”
Biography courtesy of joehenderson.jazzgiants.net/
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[@EliahHoliday]

Saw him in Toronto before he passed. Small in stature but had a huge sound. He is one of the most inventive and dynamic saxophone players ever. A true master.

[@tumtrahsretep7518]

Saw Mr Henderson first in Göttingen, Germany, 1977, with Rick Laird. I will never forget him.

[@chriss1152]

Joe is one of my favorite tenor saxophone players of all time rip Joe nobody around to fill your shoes

[@ronthedon5317]

I'm makin' my way. Soon enough, brotha.

[@yuvalagam2]

5:01 johnny griffin hit the woah lmao

[@erichuang7839]

🤣

[@zecho3535]

lmfaooo

[@PepperWilliams_songcovers]

I heard JH back in 1971 at a jazz club in Berkeley. It was called Mandrakes. Joe was unbelievable, weaving up and down around the microphone. Bad ass player!! He also had Bobby Hutcherson on the vibes (who I talked to at the restaurant that was next door). Cool time :)

[@petecornell2605]

Joe could easily be the “last original cat”, it’s great to hear him!

[@CrisFerrerYT]

Well, We still have Sonny Rollings with us. That will be the last original cat from that era and another killer. My opinion

[@66doodz]

Mode for Joe did it for me. He is insane on that album. A madman. Gotta love it!

[@paulkrassen7785]

I saw Joe many times live. He would go next level on every tune! That said, this is wonderful….one of the masters of the saxophone universe!

[@seanhawley5367]

Joe was simply amazing. So glad I got to hear him live and have a conversation with him.

[@efsa95]

What did you talk about?

[@TheJazz625]

Hard to say which is my favourite but if I had to choose I'd say #5 and #6.

[@GOGOLH]

I love his Power to the People album - and a lot else!

[@eliaslapia6987]

can't get enough

[@vasaudara7657]

Great! Thanks Well since you've asked you could have added dozens of great solos ofcourse but the one duo he did with Oscar Castro Neves once i loved is sublime

[@ethiopianmusicoldies599]

He went “genius mode” much more than 7 times.

[@MARK-zs3tz]

Joe is the best

[@12Cowen]

Man, the clip with Thad is so swinging

[@adriaanstam4953]

Far out!

[@AlbertBerke]

Getz, Henderson, and Coltrane in that order. Henderson had the best tone.

[@thebritandtheyank3821]

At 40+ years into the jazz thing I'll proclaim Joe Henderson as vital to anyone's understanding of the music. In the early 1980's I spoke with him at Lush Life down on Bleeker Street, he for some reason was intent on talking and it was fascinating. Now in 2021 with societies laid waste by the stupidity of men, I will turn my attention to the messages left here by Joe Henderson for us to learn.

[@jsweenie13]

That took a bleak turn 😂

[@justinchart5716]

Social Music

[@davidsudak5114]

Every time I hear the bogus and cringe worthy claim that Michael Brecker is the greatest saxophone player that ever lived, the first person I think of is Joe Henderson, whose influence on a generation of players - including MB - is not stated nearly enough.

[@cameronpfiffner3415]

Infantile way of quantifying art as if it’s competitive sport. Like splicing together great wide receivers’ best touchdowns. Grow up. Or not

[@simonsays525]

I love how Joe plays some crazy "throwing paint on a canvas" stuff, then immediately follows it up with the most inside diatonic lick. I remember going through a period of transcribing my favorite Joe solos and discovering that that's what he does all the time. To my ears, the inside lines create a framework and "ground" everything after he's played some totally crazy shit.

[@erichuang7524]

Yeah I like what he does in McCoy Tyner's Passion Dance from 4:54 to 5:05(not in this video). He does the thing that you said- playing really out and then following it up with a diatonic line. It goes: (Really outside part) DaDUH dadaDUH dadadadaduhDUH duhdadeedaduh... deedaduh... deedaduh... deeda........dalalalDA DUHduhdeeduh deedaduh...deedaduh...deedaduh...da. (Inside part) duhduhduhduh DAduhduhdoodadeeduh

[@zachnguyen1206]

@@erichuang7524 hahaha i know exactly the line youre talking about. Just nasty

[@rillloudmother]

his inside bluesy lines are so tasty.

[@alansenzaki4148]

Hands down my favorite tenor titan. There will never be another Joe Henderson. I truly miss him. Outside and inside... He had that jazz cry balanced with a sensitive lyricism...A great composer and artist.

[@3MUnique]

My 2nd Favorite.

[@stratoholic706]

Henderson was one of the greatest in my opinion. He deserve a lot more credit for his contribution and music.

[@kennethdondero564]

In those Blue Notes years, everybody wanted Mo Jo in their sessions!! Thanks bernie!! And Blue Note.... Clearly a genius, and everyone on the scene appreciated him... Jazz is!!!

[@BerniesBootlegs1]

You're welcome!

[@abidhiba3171]

who can dislike this ??? What a genius of Modern Music !!!!

[@thebreathalyzer]

As much of a freak that I am for Michael Brecker, no Joe Henderson, no Michael Brecker. Joe's impact on jazz history as an improvisor and composer was huge.

[@pablopabon588]

Joe Henderson and Hank Mobley also Harold Floyd "Tina " Brooks top shelf composers, arrangers and Tenor saxophonists in my mind.

[@sequoyahcisneros8719]

Couldn't agree more

[@matthewdubovik7350]

Wayne Shorter?????????

[@aidanschram9652]

Tina brooks is highly underrated. Probably because of his very short career in music

[@rickgraham786]

Totally agree! Tina Brooks is 1 Dexter 2....or is it the other way?😳😎

[@rhmayer1]

There's a special place in my heart for this man. I feel like I grew up with him, having fallen in love with his sound soon after I discovered jazz in the mid-late '70's. I cherish my memories of seeing Joe locally in the San Francisco bay area a number of times, and the brief hellos and short you're-sounding-great-tonight-Joe intermission and post-show chats. He was very friendly. His two solos on Inner Urge are, to this day, among the very best recorded tenor sax solos of all time.

[@L33M_0]

Robert Mayer Me too dude! Like I can here him if personnel on the album doesn’t say. His sound can’t be duplicated!

[@logarithmorum]

Robert Mayer completely agree! the solos on inner urge are something from another world. Every single week I listen to them and they never get old, quite the opposite.

[@henridelagardere4584]

Senator, my senator! Found you have the name and style to stay. Not change a thing you must. Always a joy listening to your selections and reading the bernified introductions is. May the fourths be with you!

[@yotambarak9077]

Bernie, awesome picks! Good guy Bernie gives the links to the full clips :)

[@intrepidpooch]

Love these, great post!!! Mo Joe!

[@leandroquintella6349]

One of my greatest heroes

[@rhmayer1]

Can't agree with you more.

[@DanJohnson]

Amazing, one of the all time great voices in jazz improvisation. I vote 10 times George Benson went beast mode.... I can give examples if necessary :-D

[@curiousfurious5877]

One of the Greatest...

[@rhmayer1]

Absolutely one of the greatest.

[@satosheeee6557]

Joe Henderson is just a killer-triller!

[@mikutakiseko2351]

5:55 Amazing !!

[@undeadJazz]

He's my all time favorite.

[@haysfordays]

Guy @3:50 on the far right. LOL!!!!!!! "Back and to the left.......back and to the left....."

[@Jtibbssax]

He is one of my heroes. Thank you for this.

[@BerniesBootlegs1]

You're welcome!

[@javierperez-gu5my]

Great¡

[@wyndhleodumegwu253]

When in 1984 Michael told a class of students that he had had a few lessons from Joe, I took it with a "grain of salt". Here the proof is in the listening; certainly, I can hear flashes of Michael - rather of Joe (lgh) Joe is on fire

[@BerniesBootlegs1]

yes he is

[@wyndhleodumegwu253]

@@BerniesBootlegs1 Thanks for posting. I shall now be tracking Joe as well - and stealing as much.

[@buckeyelax9567]

I read an interview in the early 1990’s where Joe said Brecker stole his stuff and never gave him credit. He said he remembered the time and place where they went over stuff.

[@crebsonsgomes9046]

Muito bom bom de mais uma fonte de energia maravilhosa muito bom

[@bluessax5089]

what was #6 taken from? Thad Jones Bigband? where can i find moe joe?

[@billkirchner6738]

It's the Thad Jones-Mel Lewis band playing Thad's "The Second Race" during a fall 1969 concert in Copenhagen.

[@johnmcminn9455]

Any titles for these or am i not hip enough

[@davidclapp7324]

Can you please make a video like this but for a drummer. Philly Jo, Billy Higgins, Steve Gadd, Mel Lewis, Buddy Rich, Roy Hanes, Joe Morello, Elvin jones to name a few that deserve recognition on this channel.

[@rloomis3]

Would *love* to see an Elvin Jones compilation. I'd add Tony Williams and Max Roach to the wish list.

[@davidclapp7324]

rloomis3 yeahhh man. Tony Williams and Max are sick. Us drummers could go on for hours about all the best drummers.

[@autumn975]

👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

[@TheAaronRodgersTao]

Is that guitar player in #2 Zappa?

[@autodidactusplaysjrpgs7614]

👍

[@deltasea4710]

I'm a young jazzer, I hear a lot of Kamasi doing this kind of overtone work. Is Henderson the founder of this stylization?

[@kennethjames7571]

Kamsi Washington's sound comes from Pharaoh Sanders

[@kennethjames7571]

But the one you should listen to is John Gilmore tenor player with Sun Ra and Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers he was doing it first also Yusef Lateef than John Coltrane than Albert Ayler than Charles Lloyd than Pharaoh Sanders oh and Wayne Shorter ...

[@willrandall4012]

#4 is pitch shifted down from the original

[@frejazz2]

Mr Henderson was a genius! that concert with freddie hubbard was great #4... id love to see just one, one Hank Mobley live video! if only one existed id die on that day i saw it, with a betters then sex orgasm face :P

[@vasaudara7657]

Well there is now one footage uploaded with Mobley.. unfortunatly only talking with Thelonious Monk Bobby Timmons and the Barones but still nice to hear his sweet voice

[@vasaudara7657]

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[@frejazz2]

@@vasaudara7657 Thank YOU SO MUCH!!!! i I just watched it!! kzbin.info/www/bejne/raDMfHhmeKyGa7c If anyone else wants to check it out. I dont know who the original uploader is but Thanks FernandOrtizdeUrbina

[@UkuleleAversion]

#6 Is that Mel Lewis' band?

[@BerniesBootlegs1]

Tom Parker who is Mel Jones?

[@UkuleleAversion]

I meant Mel Lewis.

[@BerniesBootlegs1]

Tom Parker lol. Yes

[@billkirchner6738]

It's the Thad Jones-Mel Lewis band playing Thad's "The Second Race" during a fall 1969 concert in Copenhagen.

[@louderthangod]

Which records of his would any of you recommend?

[@DanielMusic96]

Page One, In 'n Out Great albums

[@rhmayer1]

Hard to recommend only a few, but definitely you'd need in your collection Inner Urge (not only my favorite of Joe's but McCoy Tyner also shines; essentially the Coltrane Quartet behind Joe) and Page One (his first as a leader, with Kenny Dorham also playing beautifully; lots of his classic tunes on this). I've always been partial to In Pursuit of Blackness as one of his best live albums (with a young Stan Clarke, and includes a hot version of Recorda-me (from Page One) under a different name, No Me Esqueca). These are my personal favorites out of about 10 albums (which are all great).

[@L33M_0]

Inner Urge and In N Out

[@alexcazet2694]

Yes.

[@donaldhiggs2429]

Something Else

[@user-ek9lp2jq5d]

!!!!!

[@michaelalberici9300]

Guitar player playing a Les Paul over Recordame

[@Bryan_Chung]

I was kinda bummed i didnt get to see him play without his beard like in the video suggestions when i clicked on it

[@allandavis6116]

Joe at the top of his game ..... kzbin.info/www/bejne/eHjKqJ6tjKx_kNE Joe in at about 3:30

[@taylorfusion]

ridiculous sound and ideas