Joe Henderson

[John L]

33 minutes ago, Eric said:

Simply adore this album!

So do I.

[Guy Berger]

21 hours ago, Holy Ghost said:

Been mentioned already, mentioning it again, brilliant record, maybe his best:

The intro to “Teeter Totter” is some of my favorite Andrew Hill record.  Setting aside Point of Departure, this is IMHO the best Joe/Kenny album

Edited December 12, 2025 by Guy Berger

[Late]

12 hours ago, Guy Berger said:

The intro to “Teeter Totter” is some of my favorite Andrew Hill on record.

Whenever I see the cover of Our Thing, that intro plays in my mind.

[Rooster_Ties]

One of Joe’s more underrated albums, imho, is his last one for Milestone in 1977 — Black Narcissus (rec. in 1974-76).

His remakes of “Black Narcissus” and “Power to the People” are really interesting, in part because of Patrick Gleeson‘s electronics and synthesizers.  (Not saying that alone makes the album great — but it is interesting and different for Joe.)  So that — plus Joe’s playing, as always, is as engaging as ever.

“Black Narcissus”

“Power to the People”

 

[Simon8]

                               

                            

Much love here for "Sideman Joe Meets The Rhythm Sections"
 

Edited December 12, 2025 by Simon8

[felser]

48 minutes ago, Simon8 said:

Much love here for "Sideman Joe Meets The Rhythm Sections"
 

+1.

[JSngry]

10 hours ago, Rooster_Ties said:

One of Joe’s more underrated albums, imho, is his last one for Milestone in 1977 — Black Narcissus (rec. in 1974-76).

His remakes of “Black Narcissus” and “Power to the People” are really interesting, in part because of Patrick Gleeson‘s electronics and synthesizers.  (Not saying that alone makes the album great — but it is interesting and different for Joe.)  So that — plus Joe’s playing, as always, is as engaging as ever.

“Black Narcissus”

“Power to the People”

 

What else makes it different is Daniel Humair!

[Rooster_Ties]

32 minutes ago, JSngry said:

What else makes it different is Daniel Humair!

Have to confess, I’ve ever taken note of who was on drums on Black Narcissus before — and Humair has quite a discography it appears!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Humair

[JSngry]

Daniel Humair is a serious badass.

[mikeweil]

He once confessed in an interview he had played with everybody but Rollins and Miles. One of Europe's very best.

And a real free spirit.

[Holy Ghost]

On 12/12/2025 at 2:01 PM, Simon8 said:

                               

                            

Much love here for "Sideman Joe Meets The Rhythm Sections"
 

All three above are uniformly excellent! +

and

[Late]

 

Herbie Hancock's solo on "Power To The People" has got to be one of the hippest electric piano solos ever committed to tape. It is insanely good. The whole album is a gift.

[Rooster_Ties]

3 hours ago, Late said:

Power To The People … is insanely good. The whole album is a gift.

Power To The People was one of the VERY first 4 jazz albums I ever owned — along with Mode For Joe (plus KOB & Nefertiti).

But as much as I quickly grew to love all four — which I played endlessly for the first 2-3 months the I had them (the only jazz I owned at the time, the summer before my senior year in college)…

…but much as I loved all four — I always thought Power To The People was just about THE coolest and hippest jazz album ever. 

Edited December 29, 2025 by Rooster_Ties

[Pim]

how this song slowly gets more swinging and intense…. So great 

[Kevin Bresnahan]

Posted over on the Steve Hoffman forums:

Downbeat Magazine, 1966

In a surprise move, tenor saxophonist Joe Henderson abruptly quit the Horace Silver Quintet in the midst of the group's performance before a Saturday night crowd at San Francisco's Jazz Workshop on April 2, 1966.

Silver told Down Beat that the tenorist's reported reason for leaving was that drummer Roger Humphries' playing "was thwarting his solos." The pianist's group finished the Saturday night and played the following afternoon and evening performances as a quartet. Altoist Frank Strozier, who was "borrowed" from the Shelly Manne group in Los Angeles, substituted for Henderson through Silver's April 10 closing.

The pianist, who said he did not plan to bring union charges against Henderson, indicated he would add a new sideman upon returning to New York City. Silver said he had no intimation Henderson was planning to leave, though the tenor saxophonist had asked the leader for a three-month leave of absence to form a recording group some months earlier. At that time, Silver refused on the grounds that by the time a replacement was taught the group's library, Henderson would be due to return. Asked then if he wished to leave, Henderson elected to remain.

 

[JSngry]

11 hours ago, Pim said:

how this song slowly gets more swinging and intense…. So great 

 

[Rooster_Ties]

3 hours ago, Kevin Bresnahan said:

Silver told Down Beat that the tenorist's reported reason for leaving was that drummer Roger Humphries' playing "was thwarting his solos."

Humphries is still pretty active in Pittsburgh, I understand — leading jam sessions and possibly a regular band.

Anybody think I should ask Roger about this when I get to PGH this Spring? — we expect to be moving in late February or maybe early March.

[JSngry]

Not about that specifically, that would be kinda rude, hey Joe Henderson thought you sucked. Thoughts?

60 years ago...long time.

[Gheorghe]

18 hours ago, Pim said:

how this song slowly gets more swinging and intense…. So great 

Right, I always loved that version and many folks who came to my place asked me to spin it, since I was the only guy then who had it.....

[Holy Ghost]

Yeah! I have Power to the People, but want to dig deeper into the Milestone years. 

[Pim]

8 hours ago, Holy Ghost said:

Yeah! I have Power to the People, but want to dig deeper into the Milestone years. 

I like all his Milestone stuff but my favorites beside Power to the People are:

Tetragon

The Elements

Mutiple

[Peter Friedman]

Rarely if ever mentioned in this thread? 

But one of my very favorite Joe Henderson albums.

[felser]

I've always enjoyed etc.'s piano work on that era of Blue Note albums 😀.  I guess Thiele was really fussy about his Impulse contract.

[Holy Ghost]

1 hour ago, Pim said:

I like all his Milestone stuff but my favorites beside Power to the People are:

Tetragon

The Elements

Mutiple

Yeah, I've heard of these titles, specifically here, in great praise, I should just by the Milestone boxset.

 

2 minutes ago, felser said:

I've always enjoyed etc.'s piano work on that era of Blue Note albums 😀.  I guess Thiele was really fussy about his Impulse contract.

Haha, You mean like this record?

 

[HutchFan]

6 minutes ago, Holy Ghost said:

Yeah, I've heard of these titles, specifically here, in great praise, I should just by the Milestone boxset.

You won't regret it.