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Joe Henderson (Lima, Ohio, April 24, 1937 - San Francisco, California, June 30, 2001) was an American jazz tenor saxophonist. In a career spanning more than forty years Henderson played with many of the leading American players of his day and recorded for several prominent labels, including Blue Note.
Joe Henderson was encouraged by his parents and older brother James T. to study music. He dedicated his first album to them “for being so understanding and tolerant” during his formative years. Early musical interests included drums, piano, saxophone and composition. According to Kenny Dorham, two local piano teachers who went to school with Henderson’s brothers and sisters, Richard Patterson and Don Hurless, gave him a knowledge of the piano. He was particularly enamored of his brother’s record collection. It seems that a hometown drummer, John Jarette, advised Henderson to listen to musicians like Lester Young, Stan Getz, Dexter Gordon and Charlie Parker. He also liked Flip Phillips, Lee Konitz and the Jazz at the Philharmonic recordings. However, Parker became his greatest inspiration. His first approach to the saxophone was under the tutelage of Herbert Murphy in high school. In this period of time, he wrote several scores for the school band and rock ...
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Top 10 Joe Henderson Songs
Blue Bossa
Earth
Isotope
Black Narcissus
Inner Urge
Felicidade
Beatrice
Blue Bossa - Rudy Van Gelder Edition;1999 - Remaster
Recorda Me
Serenity
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Top 10 Joe Henderson Albums
Inner Urge
Page One
Power To The People
Double Rainbow
The State of the Tenor, Volume 1
In 'N Out
Lush Life: The Music of Billy Strayhorn
Mode For Joe
So Near, So Far
Big Band
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