DaSlobTribute: Ode to Joe (Henderson)

By Pico:

On June 30, 2001, tenor saxophonist great Joe Henderson passed away. Among one of the giants in a crowded field of post-bop saxmen who sprang up in the fifities and sixties, Henderson nonetheless never got his due until nearly a quarter century after his superb 1963 debut Page One.

I wanted to commemerate his death with an extensive look at the first ten years of his extensive discography, but, alas, I only got through re-acquainting myself with 5-1/2 of his albums over the past week.

Suffice to say, though, that Joe's work on the Blue Note label in the sixties under his own name and as a sideman for others is a major reason why that label's output during that decade is so highly revered among jazz enthusiasts.

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