Favorite versions of Joe Henderson tunes...

[Rooster_Ties]

What are your favorite 'covers' of Joe's tunes, by others (other than Joe).

(And you can't include albums that Joe's on as a sideman either.)

Three that come to mind...

Mulgrew Miller does a burnin' piano-trio version of "Inner Urge" on his 1985 Landmark album "Keys To The City".

Kevin Hays has a sweet version of "Black Narcissus" on his 1994 BN album "7th Sense", with just piano, vibes, bass, and drums. (Seamus Blke is on tenor on the rest of the CD, but not on this tune.)

And there's a really bitchin' arrangement of "Recorda Me" by Mark Shim – both on Shim's 2000 BN album "Turbulent Flow", and also (same arrangement) on the "New Directions" BN disc, the one with Shim, Osby, Moran, Harris, etc – also from 2000. Shim's arrangement has this killer-difficult ostinato in the piano, right under the head of the tune. (And what's difficult is playing that pattern, under the head, at the same time – since they have nearly nothing to do with each other, especially rhythmically. I asked Jason Moran about it specifically – if they ever played that version 'live' much. He said "no, too damn difficult", or at least without a bunch more practice than they ever gave it.)

I'll probably think of others as the night and/or thread goes on...

Edited November 19, 2004 by Rooster_Ties

[Quincy]

Funny you should ask this. Tonight I played Pepper Adams' Encounter! from 1968. It contains Joe's "Serenity" and "Punjab." Zoot Sims assumes the tenor role with Flanagan, Carter & Jones. Terrific album.

Thanks to whoever mentioned it on the Fantasy/OJC recommendation threads from awhile back.

[king ubu]

And there's a really bitchin' arrangement of "Recorda Me" by Mark Shim – both on Shim's 2000 BN album "Turbulent Flow", and also (same arrangement) on the "New Directions" BN disc, the one with Shim, Osby, Moran, Harris, etc – also from 2000. Shim's arrangement has this killer-difficult ostinato in the piano, right under the head of the tune. (And what's difficult is playing that pattern, under the head, at the same time – since they have nearly nothing to do with each other, especially rhythmically. I asked Jason Moran about it specifically – if they ever played that version 'live' much. He said "no, too damn difficult", or at least without a bunch more practice than they ever gave it.)

I'll probably think of others as the night and/or thread goes on...

for the one on "Turbulent Flow" (I still have to hunt that New Directions disc, it never shows up in the bins here...)

[Rooster_Ties]

Funny you should ask this. Tonight I played Pepper Adams' Encounter! from 1968. It contains Joe's "Serenity" and "Punjab." Zoot Sims assumes the tenor role with Flanagan, Carter & Jones. Terrific album.

And it's funny you should mention Pepper Adams' "Encounter", which is an album I had never heard (or even heard of) before late last night.

Just after I started this thread, I was poking around on the AMG, looking for discs with Joe Henderson tunes on them. "Encounter" came up, and I listened to the samples -- and suddenly put it on my "buy" list.

Edited November 19, 2004 by Rooster_Ties

[Dan Gould]

This is an excellent album, in the tradition but very nice:

[marcoliv]

i would recommend this one

[JSngry]

I was gonna say Von Freeman's version of "Blue Bossa", but then I remembered who wrote it...

Aw hell, that's mine anyway!

[Rooster_Ties]

Thought of another one I have...

Ravi Coltrane does a nice version of "Inner Urge" on his 1998 RCA release "Moving Pictures".

[alankin]

i would recommend this one

Is this an anthology or were these recordings done specifically for this release?

[marcoliv]

recordings for this release

the personnel includes Eric Reed, Rodney Whitaker, Carl Allen, Javon Jackson, Randy Brecker, Terrell Stafford, Steve Nelson & Joanne Brackeen

i love this one

MCO