Joe Henderson "Our Thing"

Joe Henderson

"Our Thing"

( LP Blue Note Records, 1963 )

Catalog # BLP 4152

Personnel & Tracklisting:
Kenny Dorham - Trumpet
Joe Henderson - Tenor Sax
Andrew Hill - Piano
Eddie Khan - Bass
Pete LaRoca - Drums

Recorded at Rudy Van Gelder Studio,
Englewood Cliffs, NJ, September 9, 1963

tk.14 Our Thing
tk.17 Escapade
tk.23 Back Road
tk.27 Pedro's Time
tk.28 Teeter Totter

** Also issued on Blue Note BST 84152, CDP 7 84152-2.

Review:

Joe Henderson's second recording as a leader features a very strong supporting cast: trumpeter Kenny Dorham (one of Henderson's earliest supporters), pianist Andrew Hill, bassist Eddie Khan, and drummer Pete La Roca. Together they perform three Dorham and two Henderson originals, advanced music that was open to the influence of the avant-garde while remaining in the hard bop idiom. The up-tempo blues "Teeter Totter" contrasts with the four minor-toned pieces and, even if none of these songs became standards, the playing is consistently brilliant and unpredictable. Even at this relatively early stage, Joe Henderson showed his potential as a great tenorman.

By Scott Yanow

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