Only decades later, in the ’80s, would Henderson emerge re-energised, with his live trio double album The State Of The Tenor. The audience was moving on, fusion was just around the corner, a last gasp of modern jazz before it had to don gold lame pants, switch piano for synthesiser, or moved to Europe to bag a Danish (blonde). Henderson’s mythical sessions of the late 50s to mid 60s would not return. Most of these later Milestones can be found priced in single figures, harsh, but such is the verdict of the market, Patrick Gleeson) multi-track confections and increasingly ephemeral music in search of fertile new ground, and not finding it. These Black Vinyl Matters titles experimented with various musical devices riding current trends, adding the fusion-leaning Stanley Clarke and Lenny White, multiple percussion layers (Airto), E-mu polyphonic synthesisers (Dr.
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Joe could then have joined the “spiritual” and mystic, Sun Ra, Strata East, The Pharoah Master Plan oeuvre, but instead chose one political, with a series of black-themed titles, an early couple lifted by the presence of Woody Shaw on trumpet: Power to the People, “If You’re Not Part Of The Solution, Your’e Part Of The Problem”, In Pursuit of Blackness, Black Is the Color, Black Miracle, Black Narcissus, (plus an exceptional title, The Elements, with Alice Coltrane). Orphaned from Blue Note, and not in favour with Liberty, Joe Henderson’s Milestone albums kicked off with two highly listenable and collectable albums, The Kicker, and Tetragon (released January 1969). May 16, 1968: Joe Henderson, tenor sax Don Friedman, piano Ron Carter, bass Jack DeJohnette, drums, recorded at Plaza Sound Studios, NYC, ( Tetragon, First Trip, I’ve Got You Under My Skin) Other tracks – September 27, 1967: Joe Henderson, tenor sax Kenny Barron, piano Ron Carter, bass Louis Hayes, drums, recorded Plaza Sound Studios, NYC, recording e ngineer, Elvin Campbell. Two Henderson sessions, eight months apart, recorded at Plaza Sound Studios, once home base of the Riverside Records label, located on the eighth floor of Radio City Music Hall. UPDATED J– Harry M hits the spot-focus, photos Kenny Barron 1970 & Jack de Johnette 1969 added to foot of post.
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