Milestone Profile (Bonus Cd) (2006)

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Product Summary Label: MILESTONE UPC: 00888072300217 Release Date: 6/6/2006 Buy.com Sku: 202646185 Item#: M2XTDF Format:  CD Song Listing Disc 1 Song Title Sample 1. Mamacita ~ Joe Henderson (Saxophone) 2. Black Narcissus ~ Joe Henderson (Saxophone) 3. Out 'N In ~ Joe Henderson (Saxophone) 4. Blue Bossa ~ Joe Henderson (Saxophone) 5. Black Is The Color (Of My True Love's Mind) ~ Joe Henderson (Saxophone) 6. No Me Esqueca ~ Joe Henderson (Saxophone) 7. Gazelle ~ Joe Henderson (Saxophone) 8. Canyon Lady ~ Joe Henderson (Saxophone) 9. Bead Game, The ~ Joe Henderson (Saxophone) Disc 2 Song Title Sample 1. Kicker, The ~ Joe Henderson (Saxophone) 2. Song For My Lady - (with McCoy Tyner) ~ Joe Henderson (Saxophone) 3. Dindi - (with Flora Purim) ~ Joe Henderson (Saxophone) 4. St. Thomas - (with Jim Hall/Ron Carter Duo) ~ Joe Henderson (Saxophone) 5. I'm Old Fashioned - (with Sonny Rollins) ~ Joe Henderson (Saxophone) 6. One Mint Julep - (with Hank Crawford/Jimmy McGriff) ~ Joe Henderson (Saxophone) 7. No Doubt About It - (with Jimmy Smith) ~ Joe Henderson (Saxophone) 8. I Thought About You - (with Jimmy Scott) ~ Joe Henderson (Saxophone) (P) 2006 Concord Music Group, Inc (C) 2006 Concord Music Group, Inc   Album Notes and Credits Notes & Personnel Info Includes bonus sampler. Tracks: 1. The Kicker - Joe Henderson 2. Song For My Lady - McCoy Tyner 3. Dindi - Flora Purim 4. St. Thomas - Ron Carter Duo/Jim Hall 5. I'm Old Fashioned - Sonny Rollins 6. One Mint Julep - Jimmy McGriff & Hank Crawford Quartet 7. No Doubt About It - Jimmy Smith 8. I Thought About You - Jimmy Scott Personnel: Joe Henderson; Dave Holland , George Cables, George Duke, Herbie Hancock, Airto Moreira, Kenny Barron, Lenny White, Louis Hayes, Ron Carter , Stanley Clarke . Collecting a variety of the tenor saxophone player Joe Henderson's 1970s recordings for the Milestone label, MILESTONE PROFILES is an intriguing and absorbing mixed bag that features post-bop ballads like "Mamacita," the funky soul-jazz of "Black Narcissus," more modernist offerings like "Out 'N' In," and the free-floating lyricism of "Black Is the Color of My True Love's Mind." Throughout, Henderson's playing is supple, eclectic, and sometimes revelatory. Tenor giant Joe Henderson worked with Milestone Records for eight years. While he is best remembered for his Blue Note period, Henderson issued some truly great recordings for Milestone. His volume in the label's Milestone Profiles series is one of the best in the bunch. While fans can argue endlessly about what to include or leave off in a best-of series, it's difficult to argue Nick Phillips' choices. Arranged aesthetically -- more like a Henderson mix -- rather than chronologically, the music skips back and forth across his career. There are the tough, bluesy, funky numbers like his "Mamacita" with Grachan Moncur, Louis Hayes, Kenny Barron, and Ron Carter, as well as his stunning "Black Narcissus" with Herbie Hancock, Carter, and Jack DeJohnette. Hancock's electric piano is a deeply atmospheric instrument, full of shimmering light and shadow, as Henderson plays some of the sweetest, most lyrical, and most gentle tenor of his long professional career. His collaboration with Japanese jazz musicians is heard on the burning "Out 'N' In." Another stellar moment in this collection of so many of them is "Black Is the Color (Of My True Love's Mind)," where he takes the John Jacob Niles folk tune and reinvents it harmonically with guitarist George Wadenius, pianist George Cables, (electric piano), bassist Dave Holland, Airto, and DeJohnette playing not only drums but a second electric piano. A tune that walks on the edge of "out," it is nonetheless a melodic dream of improvisation and close listening. His knotty, humorous, and butt funky "Recorda Me," is re-presented here as "No Me Esque?a," with Stanley Clarke, Lenny White and Cables (again on electric piano) with Curtis Fuller and Pete Yellen. Henderson was one of those players who excelled in any setting -- electric, acoustic, bop, out, soul -- he firmly inhabited them all. This set is fine and argumentative proof not only for the saxophonist and bandleader, but also for Joe Henderson the composer. There is a bonus disc included here that highlights other artists in the profile series, but that's just a bonus. Fantastic. ~ Thom Jurek   Compilation Appearances Lush Life-Music Of Billy Stray With The Tenors Of Our Time Wave-The Antonio Carlos Jobim Birth Of Soul Complete Johnny Mercer Songboo Jazz Woodwinds Collection Key One Up Me Nobody Knows Nea Jazz Masters Night Train To Nashville: Music City Rhythm & Blues 1945-1970 Milestone Profile (Bonus Cd) Milestone Profile (Bonus Cd) Around The World For Love Rio For Lovers 1006 Justin Time 25Th Anniversary Collecti   Associated Artists and Works Ballantyne, Jon Live In Montreux ~ Corea, Chick Forman On The Job ~ Forman, Bruce Friesen, David Friesen, David Joe Henderson Quintet at the Lighthouse ~ Joe A. Henderson (R&B) Pepper, Art Pepper, Art   Technical Info Release Date : 06/06/2006 Original Release Date : 2006 Catalog ID : 30021 Label : Fantasy (distributor) Number of Discs : 2 Studio/Live : Studio Mono/Stereo : Stereo SPAR Code : n/a UPC : 00888072300217    Related Videos Randy Jackson: Randy Jack...