My Personal Story About Joe Henderson
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Our Thing
Joe Henderson became a favorite of mine while I was in college and I got
to see him perform at the Slugs Saloon in the East Village. He recorded
Our Thing in 1963 with Kenny Dorham who had played in a band with my
dad. This music is an example of the new style of jazz that evolved
during my college and early pro years. In some ways, the jazz style here
is very much like the kind of team-based basketball I enjoyed playing:
Henerson’s tenor sax, Dorham’s trumpet, and Andrew Hill’s piano all seem
at first too determinedly individualistic to come together; but soon
they merge into surprising chord shifts and a powerful rhythm base.
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