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Joe Henderson is proof that jazz can sell without watering down the music; it just takes creative marketing. Although his sound and style were virtually unchanged from the mid-'60s, Joe Henderson's signing with Verve in 1992 was treated as a major news event by the label (even though he had already recorded many memorable sessions for other companies). His Verve recordings had easy-to-market themes (tributes to Billy Strayhorn, Miles Davis, and Antonio Carlos Jobim) and, as a result, he became a national celebrity and a constant poll winner while still sounding the same as when he was in obscurity in the 1970s. The general feeling is that it couldn't have happened to a more deserving jazz musician. After studying at Kentucky State College and Wayne State University, Joe Henderson played locally in Detroit before spending time in the military (1960-1962). He played briefly with Jack McDuff and then gained recognition for his work with Kenny Dorham (1962-1963), a veteran bop trumpeter who championed him and helped Henderson get signed to Blue Note.
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Joe Henderson was one of tenor saxophone's strongest voices and gratifyingly received great acclaim late in his career. His playing incorporates blues shouts and Bebop licks into freewheeling modal improvisation, with a dash of avant-garde anarchism. Yet he can ... tackle standards with grace and aplomb. Henderson's solo career began in the mid-1960s with a series of seminal Hard Bop LPs for Blue Note. Meanwhile, during his stint as a sideman with Post Bop genius Andrew Hill, his playing approached the avant-garde while remaining melodic and elegantly phrased. When Fusion came along in the '70s, Henderson appeared as a sideman on Freddie Hubbard's Red Clay and even served a stint in Blood, Sweat & Tears!
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Morty Buckles (Belnavis Racing), Bruce Driver (SCORE Motorsports), Allison Duncan (BH Motorsports), Joe Henderson (Bobby Hamilton Racing) and Reggie Primus (Innovative Motorsports) represented Drive for Diversity as drivers in the NASCAR Dodge Weekly Series. David Cropps (Innovative Motorsports), Calvin Gravely (HT Motorsports), Amar Johnson (BHR 2), Robert Johnson (Roush Racing), Tommy Lane (SCORE Motorsports) and Cesar Villanueva (Morgan-Dollar Motorsports) are crew members in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series and NASCAR Busch Series.
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Nearly 30 years after Sonny Rollins’ inventive piano-less tenor recordings from the Vanguard, Joe Henderson released these piano-less tenor recordings made with the all-star rhythm section of Ron Carter and Al Foster. These three masters weave flawlessly in and out of solidified, swinging time and free, exploratory sections. This allows the musicians to explore and reinvent the tunes they are playing through interspersed combinations of trio, duet, and unaccompanied playing. Some of Henderson’s strongest playing from this period in his career can be heard on these recordings – there is a delicate balance of extreme intensity and fervor combined with the understated, “less is more” brilliance of an older, wiser Henderson. Essential tenor recordings.
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Joe Henderson was born in Illinois, but raised in Iowa. He became an avid runner at age 14, and was an Iowa state high school track and cross country champion.[2] He ran for Drake University, then started his writing career at the Des Moines Register in 1966. He wrote for Track and Field News from 1967 to 1969.
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Joe Henderson was interviewed in Wiseman at the general store that he and his wife Sherry recently restored and reopened. Sherry and the Henderson's young son Eric were present., as were Bill Schneider, Carol Scott, and David Krupa. Earlier in the day, Joe repaired the household water pump and shared fresh moose, a gift from a neighbor's successful hunt. The cabin radiated the warmth and coziness of a home nicely provisioned for the long Wiseman winter to come.
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