Joe Henderson
Tenor Sax
About
Joe Henderson was a well known jazz tenor saxophonist and composer with a decades long career. He arrived in New York in the early 1960s where he began playing with trumpeter Kenny Dorham and was soon signed to Blue Note records. He recorded both as a side man and a leader and was a member of Horace Silver's Quintet and Herbie Hancock's band. In the 1970s he moved to San Francisco where he experimented with modern jazz and jazz-rock. In the 1990s his "songbook" albums with Verve, including "Lush Life," earned him several Grammy Awards as well as commercial success. Henderson died in 2001 from heart failure after a long battle with emphysema.
Trivia
During in high school Joe Henderson wrote several scores for his high school band. While in the army, he toured military bases in the Far East and Europe with a revue called the Rolling Along Show. In the early 1970's Joe Henderson was briefly part of the rock band Blood, Sweat & Tears.
Early Life
Joe Henderson was born in Lima, Ohio, one of 15 siblings. As a child he played the drums but switched to the tenor saxophone at age 13. Henderson studied at Kentucky State College and then at Wayne State University in Detroit. After college, he played locally around Detroit, working with Sonny Stitt and leading his own band before joining the army in 1960. Henderson played in the US Army band for 2 years and following his service, moved to New York.
Joe Henderson Solos
1992
Tenor Sax solo - Tacit Dance - 1992
4/4 swing in E major at 279 BPM
Tenor Sax solo - Computer "G" - 1992
4/4 swing in F major at 218 BPM
Tenor Sax solo - Bye Bye Blackbird - 1992
4/4 swing in F major at 324 BPM
1970
Tenor Sax solo - Straight Life - 1970
4/4 funk in F major at 100 BPM
Tenor Sax solo - Mr. Clean - 1970
4/4 funk in F minor at 170 BPM
Tenor Sax solo - Red Clay - 1970
4/4 funk in D♭ minor at 141 BPM
Tenor Sax solo - Suite Sioux - 1970
4/4 swing in D minor at 160 BPM
Tenor Sax solo - The Intrepid Fox - 1970
4/4 swing in C minor at 276 BPM
Tenor Sax solo - Cold Turkey - 1970
4/4 rock in A minor at 126 BPM
1964
Tenor Sax solo - Inner Urge - 1964
4/4 swing in G major at 221 BPM
Tenor Sax solo - Inner Urge - 1964
4/4 swing in G major at 233 BPM
Tenor Sax solo - Isotope - 1964
4/4 swing in C major at 188 BPM
Tenor Sax solo - El Barrio - 1964
4/4 latin in B major at 213 BPM
Tenor Sax solo - You Know I Care - 1964
4/4 ballad in D♭ major at 61 BPM
Tenor Sax solo - Night and Day - 1964
4/4 swing in D major at 226 BPM
Tenor Sax solo - Night and Day - 1964
4/4 swing in D major at 237 BPM
1963
Tenor Sax solo - Blue Bossa - 1963
4/4 bossa nova in C minor at 165 BPM
Tenor Sax solo - La Mesha - 1963
4/4 ballad in B major at 56 BPM
Tenor Sax solo - Homestretch - 1963
4/4 swing in B♭ major at 273 BPM
Tenor Sax solo - Recordame - 1963
4/4 bossa nova in A minor at 183 BPM
Tenor Sax solo - Jinrikisha - 1963
4/4 swing in F minor at 166 BPM
Tenor Sax solo - Out Of The Night - 1963
4/4 swing in F minor at 122 BPM
Tenor Sax solo - The Siderwinder - 1963
4/4 funk in E♭ major at 155 BPM
Tenor Sax solo - Totem Pole - 1963
4/4 latin in E♭ minor at 140 BPM
Tenor Sax solo - Gary's Notebook - 1963
6/4 swing in B♭ minor at 178 BPM
Tenor Sax solo - Boy, What A Night - 1963
12/8 swing in B♭ major at 220 BPM
Tenor Sax solo - Hocus-Pocus - 1963
4/4 swing in F major at 188 BPM
Tenor Sax solo - Totem Pole - 1963
4/4 latin in E♭ minor at 140 BPM