Joe Henderson discography
This is the discography for American jazz musician Joe Henderson.
Year indicates (latest) recording date; releases were usually in the same year or at least the following, otherwise noted. Albums without available recording dates are placed at the end of presumed year of recording.[1]
As leader/co-leader
| Recording date | Title | Notes | Label | Year released |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1963-06 | Page One | Quintet with Kenny Dorham, McCoy Tyner, Butch Warren and Pete La Roca | Blue Note | 1963 |
| 1963-09 | Our Thing | Quintet with Kenny Dorham, Andrew Hill, Eddie Khan and Pete La Roca | Blue Note | 1964 |
| 1964-04 | In 'n Out | Quintet with Kenny Dorham, McCoy Tyner, Richard Davis and Elvin Jones | Blue Note | 1965 |
| 1964-11 | Inner Urge | Quartet with McCoy Tyner, Bob Cranshaw and Elvin Jones | Blue Note | 1966 |
| 1966-01 | Mode for Joe | Septet with Lee Morgan, Curtis Fuller, Bobby Hutcherson, Cedar Walton, Ron Carter and Joe Chambers | Blue Note | 1966 |
| 1966 | Forces of Nature: Live at Slugs' | Live – Quartet with McCoy Tyner (co-leader), Henry Grimes and Jack DeJohnette | Blue Note | 2024 |
| 1967-08 | The Kicker | Sextet with Mike Lawrence, Grachan Moncur III, Kenny Barron, Ron Carter and Louis Hayes | Milestone | 1968 |
| 1968-04 | Four | Live – Quartet with Wynton Kelly, Paul Chambers and Jimmy Cobb | Verve | 1994 |
| 1968-04 | Straight, No Chaser | Live – Quartet with Wynton Kelly, Paul Chambers and Jimmy Cobb | Verve | 1996 |
| 1967-09, 1968-05 |
Tetragon | Quartets with Kenny Barron/Don Friedman, Ron Carter and Louis Hayes/Jack DeJohnette | Milestone | 1968 |
| 1969-05 | Power to the People | Quartet/Quintet with Herbie Hancock, Ron Carter, Jack DeJohnette and Mike Lawrence | Milestone | 1969 |
| 1970-09 | If You're Not Part of the Solution, You're Part of the Problem | Live – Quintet/Sextet with Woody Shaw, George Cables, Ron McClure, Lenny White and Tony Waters. Expanded re-release in 2004 as At the Lighthouse. | Milestone | 1970 |
| 1970-09 | Jazz Patterns | Live – Quintet/Sextet with Woody Shaw, George Cables, Ron McClure, Lenny White and Tony Waters. | Everest | 1982 |
| 1970-09, 1971-05 |
In Pursuit of Blackness | Live – Sextet with Woody Shaw, George Cables, Ron McClure, Lenny White and Tony Waters Studio – Sextet with Curtis Fuller, Pete Yellin, George Cables, Stanley Clarke and Lenny White |
Milestone | 1971 |
| 1971-08 | Joe Henderson in Japan | Live – Quartet with Hideo Ichikawa, Kunimitsu Inaba and Motohiko Hino | Milestone | 1973 |
| 1972-03 or 1972-04 |
Black Is the Color | Quintet/Octet with George Cables, David Horowitz, Georg Wadenius, Dave Holland, Ron Carter, Jack DeJohnette, Airto Moreira, and Ralph MacDonald | Milestone | 1972 |
| 1973-01, 1973-02, 1973-04 |
Multiple | Quintet/Sextet with Larry Willis, James Ulmer, John Thomas, Dave Holland, Jack DeJohnette and Arthur Jenkins | Milestone | 1973 |
| 1973-10 | Canyon Lady | Sextet + Brass Section with Mark Levine, John Heard, Eric Gravatt, Carmelo Garcia, Victor Pantoja, Julian Priester, Luis Gasca, George Duke, Oscar Brashear, John Hunt, Hadley Caliman, Ray Pizzi, Vincent Denham, Nicholas Tenbroek, and Francisco Aguabella | Milestone | 1975 |
| 1973-10 | The Elements | Quintet/Septet with Alice Coltrane, Charlie Haden, Leon "Ndugu" Chancler, Kenneth Nash, Baba Duru Oshun and Michael White | Milestone | 1974 |
| 1975-02 | Black Miracle | Ensemble with Oscar Brashear, Snooky Young, George Bohanon, Don Waldrop, Hadley Caliman, Dawilli Gonga (George Duke), Lee Ritenour, Ron Carter, Harvey Mason and Bill Summers | Milestone | 1976 |
| 1974-10, 1975-04 |
Black Narcissus | Quintets with Joachim Kühn, Patrick Gleeson, David Friesen/Jean-François Jenny-Clark, Daniel Humair/Jack DeJohnette and Bill Summers | Milestone | 1977 |
| 1977-06, 1978-11 |
Barcelona | Trio with Wayne Darling and Ed Soph | Enja | 1979 |
| 1979-08, 1979-12 |
Relaxin' at Camarillo | Quartets with Chick Corea, Richard Davis/Tony Dumas and Peter Erskine/Tony Williams | Contemporary | 1981 |
| 1980-01 | Mirror Mirror | Quartet with Chick Corea, Ron Carter and Billy Higgins | MPS | 1980 |
| 1985-11 | The State of the Tenor, Vols. 1 & 2 | Live – Trio with Ron Carter and Al Foster | Blue Note | 1986, 1987 |
| 1987-07 | An Evening with Joe Henderson | Live – Trio with Charlie Haden and Al Foster | Red | 1987 |
| 1987-07 | More from an Evening with Joe Henderson | Live – Trio with Charlie Haden and Al Foster | Red | 2009 |
| 1991-03 | The Standard Joe | Trio with Rufus Reid and Al Foster | Red | 1992 |
| 1991-09 | Lush Life: The Music of Billy Strayhorn | Quintet with Wynton Marsalis, Stephen Scott, Christian McBride and Gregory Hutchinson | Verve | 1992 |
| 1993-10 | So Near, So Far (Musings for Miles) | Quartet with John Scofield, Dave Holland and Al Foster | Verve | 1993 |
| 1994-09, 1994-11 |
Double Rainbow: The Music of Antonio Carlos Jobim | Quartet/Quintet with Eliane Elias/Herbie Hancock, Oscar Castro-Neves, Nico Assumpção/Christian McBride and Paulo Braga/Jack DeJohnette | Verve | 1995 |
| 1992-03, 1996-06 |
Big Band | Big Band with Dick Oatts, Pete Yellin, Steve Wilson, Bobby Porcelli, Craig Handy, Rich Perry, Tim Ries, Charles Pillow, Joe Temperley, Gary Smulyan, Freddie Hubbard, Raymond Vega, Idrees Sulieman, Jimmy Owens, Jon Faddis, Lew Soloff, Marcus Belgrave, Nicholas Payton, Tony Kadleck, Michael Mossman, Virgil Jones, Earl Gardner, Byron Stripling, Conrad Herwig, Jimmy Knepper, Robin Eubanks, Keith O'Quinn, Larry Farrell, Kiane Zawadi, David Taylor, Douglas Purviance, Chick Corea, Helio Alves, Ronnie Mathews, Christian McBride, Joe Chambers, Al Foster, Lewis Nash and Paulinho Braga | Verve | 1997 |
| 1997-05 | Porgy & Bess | Septet with Conrad Herwig, John Scofield, Stefon Harris, Tommy Flanagan, Dave Holland, Jack DeJohnette, Chaka Khan and Sting | Verve | 1997 |
Collaborations
With Stanley Clarke, Chick Corea, Freddie Hubbard and Lenny White
- The Griffith Park Collection (Elektra Musician, 1982) – rec. 1981
With Arnett Cobb and Jimmy Heath
- Tenor Tribute (Soul Note, 1990) – rec. 1988
As a member
- V.A.(All-Star Band), Aurex Jazz Festival '80 - Battle of the Horns (Eastworld, 1980) – Live
- The Paris Reunion Band, For Klook (Sonet, 1987) – Live rec. 1986
- The Paris Reunion Band, Hot Licks (Sonet, 1988) – Live rec. 1987
- The Paris Reunion Band, Jazzbühne Berlin '88 (Amiga, 1989) – Live rec. 1988
- The Carnegie Hall Jazz Band, The Carnegie Hall Salutes The Jazz Masters (Verve, 1994)
As sideman
| Recording date | Leading artist | Album | Label | Year released | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1963–01 | Kenny Dorham | The Flamboyan, Queens, NY, 1963 | Uptown | 2009 | Live |
| 1963–01 | Kenny Dorham | Una Mas | Blue Note | 1964 | |
| 1963–05 | Grant Green | Am I Blue | Blue Note | 1964 | |
| 1963? | Antonio Diaz "Chocolaté" Mena | Eso Es Latin Jazz...Man! | Audio Fidelity | 1963 | 1 track solo |
| 1963–07, 1963–08 |
Johnny Coles | Little Johnny C | Blue Note | 1964 | |
| 1963–08 | Blue Mitchell | Step Lightly | Blue Note | 1980 | |
| 1963–11 | Andrew Hill | Black Fire | Blue Note | 1964 | |
| 1963–11 | Grant Green | Idle Moments | Blue Note | 1965 | |
| 1963–12 | Lee Morgan | The Sidewinder | Blue Note | 1964 | |
| 1963–12 | Bobby Hutcherson | The Kicker | Blue Note | 1999 | |
| 1964–03 | Freddie Roach | Brown Sugar | Blue Note | 1964 | |
| 1964–03 | Andrew Hill | Point of Departure | Blue Note | 1965 | |
| 1964–06 | Horace Silver | Live 1964 | Emerald | 1984 | Live |
| 1964–06 | Grant Green | Solid | Blue Note | 1979 | |
| 1964–08 | Kenny Dorham | Trompeta Toccata | Blue Note | 1965 | |
| 1963–10, 1964–01, 1964–10 |
Horace Silver | Song for My Father | Blue Note | 1965 | |
| 1964–11 | Duke Pearson | Wahoo! | Blue Note | 1965 | |
| 1965–02 | Andrew Hill | Pax | Blue Note | 1975 | released in part 1975, as a whole 2006 |
| 1965–04 | Lee Morgan | The Rumproller | Blue Note | 1966 | |
| 1965–05 | Pete La Roca | Basra | Blue Note | 1965 | |
| 1965–10 | Horace Silver | The Cape Verdean Blues | Blue Note | 1966 | |
| 1965–11 | Larry Young | Unity | Blue Note | 1966 | |
| 1965–12 | Woody Shaw | In the Beginning | Muse | 1983 | expanded re-issue in 1989 as Cassandranite |
| 1966–02 | Joe Zawinul | Money in the Pocket | Atlantic | 1966 | |
| 1966–02 | Nat Adderley | Sayin' Somethin' | Atlantic | 1966 | |
| 1965–02, 1966–03 |
Freddie Hubbard | Blue Spirits | Blue Note | 1967 | |
| 1966–04, 1966–05 |
Lee Morgan | Delightfulee | Blue Note | 1967 | |
| 1966–07 | Bobby Hutcherson | Stick-Up! | Blue Note | 1968 | |
| 1966–10 | Nat Adderley | Live at Memory Lane | Atlantic | 1967 | Live |
| 1966 | Herbie Hancock | Blow-Up (soundtrack) | MGM | 1967 | |
| 1966–12 | Duke Pearson | Sweet Honey Bee | Blue Note | 1967 | |
| 1967–01, 1967–03 |
Roy Ayers | Virgo Vibes | Atlantic | 1967 | |
| 1967–04 | McCoy Tyner | The Real McCoy | Blue Note | 1967 | |
| 1968–01 | Nat Adderley | The Scavenger | Milestone | 1968 | |
| 1969–04 | Herbie Hancock | The Prisoner | Blue Note | 1970 | |
| 1969–04, 1969–05 |
George Benson | Tell It Like It Is | A&M/CTI | 1969 | |
| 1969–10 | Miroslav Vitouš | Infinite Search | Embryo | 1970 | aka Mountain in the Clouds 1972 |
| 1969–10, 1969–11, 1969–12 |
Herbie Hancock | Fat Albert Rotunda | Warner | 1969 | |
| 1969? | Luis Gasca | The Little Giant | Atlantic | 1969 | |
| 1969–12, 1970–01 |
Mose Allison | Hello There, Universe | Atlantic | 1970 | |
| 1970–01 | Alice Coltrane | Ptah, the El Daoud | Impulse! | 1970 | |
| 1970–01 | Freddie Hubbard | Red Clay | CTI | 1970 | |
| 1970–11 | Freddie Hubbard | Straight Life | CTI | 1971 | |
| 1971–06 | Blue Mitchell | Vital Blue | Mainstream | 1971 | |
| 1971–08 | Luis Gasca | For Those Who Chant | Blue Thumb | 1972 | |
| 1971? | Bill Cosby | Bill Cosby Presents Badfoot Brown and the Bunions Bradford Funeral Marching Band | Uni | 1971 | |
| 1972–05 | Bill Evans / George Russell Orchestra | Living Time | Columbia | 1972 | |
| 1973? | David Amram | Subway Night | RCA Victor | 1973 | |
| 1973 | Babatunde Olatunji | Soul Makossa | Paramount | 1973 | |
| 1973–10 | Ron Carter | All Blues | CTI | 1974 | |
| 1973–10, 1973–11 |
Johnny Hammond | Higher Ground | Kudu | 1974 | |
| 1973–12 | Flora Purim | Butterfly Dreams | Milestone | 1973? | |
| 1973 | Charles Earland | Leaving This Planet | Prestige | 1974 | |
| 1973, 1974 |
Patrice Rushen | Prelusion | Prestige | 1974 | |
| 1974–04 | Luis Gasca | Born to Love You | Fantasy | 1974 | |
| 1975–02 | Kenny Burrell | Ellington Is Forever | Fantasy | 1975 | |
| 1975–11, 1975–12 |
Kenny Burrell | Ellington Is Forever Volume Two | Fantasy | 1977 | |
| 1976? | Coke Escovedo | Comin' at Ya! | Mercury | 1976 | |
| 1976–03 | Roy Ayers | Daddy Bug & Friends | Atlantic | 1976 | |
| 1975–08– 1976–09 |
Flora Purim | Encounter | Milestone | 1977 | |
| 1976–12 | Rick Laird | Soft Focus | Timeless | 1977 | in Netherlands. also from Timeless Muse in U.S.. |
| 1977–06, 1977–07 |
Richard Davis | Fancy Free | Galaxy | 1977 | |
| 1977–06, 1977–07 |
Richard Davis | Way Out West | Muse | 1980 | from the same 2-day session as Fancy Free |
| 1977–07 | Roy Haynes | Vistalite | Galaxy | 1979 | |
| 1977–12 | Woody Shaw | Rosewood | Columbia | 1978 | |
| 1978–03, 1978–04 |
Freddie Hubbard | Super Blue | Columbia | 1978 | |
| 1979–03 | Ron Carter | Parade | Milestone | 1980 | |
| 1979–04 | Art Farmer | Yama | CTI | 1979 | |
| 1979? | Jerry Rusch | Rush Hour | Jeru/Inner City | 1979 | |
| 1979–09 | J. J. Johnson | Pinnacles | Milestone | 1980 | |
| 1979 | Joanne Brackeen | Ancient Dynasty | Tappan Zee | 1980 | |
| 1980 | George Gruntz Concert Jazz Band | Live at the "Quartier Latin" Berlin | MPS | 1981 | Live |
| 1980–09 | James Leary | Legacy | Blue Collar | 1981 | |
| 1981 | Chick Corea | Live in Montreux | Stretch | 1994 | Live |
| 1981 | Freddie Hubbard | A Little Night Music | Fantasy | 1983 | |
| 1981, 1982 |
Lenny White | Echoes of an Era | Elektra Musician | 1982 | |
| 1982–01 | Mal Waldron | One Entrance, Many Exits | Palo Alto | 1983 | |
| 1982–04 | Lenny White | The Griffith Park Collection 2: In Concert | Elektra Musician | 1983 | Live |
| 1982–04 | Lenny White | Echoes of an Era 2: The Concert | Elektra Musician | 1982 | Live |
| 1983–01, 1983–04 |
Dave Friesen | Amber Skies | Palo Alto | 1984 | |
| 1986–10 | Randy Brecker | In the Idiom | Denon | 1987 | |
| 1987–05 | Wynton Marsalis | Thick in the South: Soul Gestures in Southern Blue, Vol. 1 | Columbia | 1991 | |
| 1987–05 | Neil Swainson | 49th Parallel | Concord | 1989 | |
| 1987–05 | Akio Sasajima | Akio with Joe Henderson | Muse | 1988 | |
| 1987–10 | George Gruntz Concert Jazz Band '87 | Happening Now! | HatART | 1988 | Live |
| 1987–08, 1987–12 |
Cindy Blackman | Arcane | Muse | 1988 | |
| 1988–01 | Frank Morgan | Reflections | Contemporary | 1989 | |
| 1988–08 | Mulgrew Miller | The Countdown | Landmark | 1989 | |
| 1988–08 | Akio Sasajima | Humpty Dumpty | BRC Jam | 1990 | |
| 1988–12 | Jon Ballantyne | Sky Dance | Justin Time | 1989 | |
| 1989–06 | Charlie Haden | The Montreal Tapes: Tribute to Joe Henderson | Verve | 2004 | Live |
| 1989–10 | Donald Byrd | Getting Down to Business | Landmark | 1990 | |
| 1989 | Rickie Lee Jones | Pop Pop | Geffen | 1991 | 2 tracks |
| 1989, 1990 |
Bruce Hornsby | A Night on the Town | BMG | 1990 | 2 tracks |
| 1990–02 | Renee Rosnes | For the Moment | Blue Note | 1990 | |
| 1990–05 | Ernie Wilkins | Kaleido Duke | Birdology | 1994 | Live |
| 1990 | Kevin Hays | El matador | Evidence | 1991 | |
| 1991–01 | Donald Byrd | A City Called Heaven | Landmark | 1991 | |
| 1991–02 | Rebecca Coupe Franks | Suite of Armor | Justice | 1991 | |
| 1991–03 | Valery Ponomarev | Profile | Reservoir | 1991 | |
| 1991–04 | McCoy Tyner | New York Reunion | Chesky | 1991 | |
| 1991–08 | Walter Norris | Sunburst | Concord | 1991 | |
| 1991–08 | Donald Brown | Cause and Effect | Muse | 1992 | |
| 1991–09 | Todd Coolman | Lexicon | Double-Time | 1995 | |
| 1991–09 | James Williams | James Williams Meets the Saxophone Masters | DIW/Columbia | 1992 | |
| 1991–09 | James Williams | Up to the Minute Blues | DIW | 1994 | 4 tracks |
| 1991–11, 1991–12 |
Joe Gilman | Treasure Chest | Timeless | 1992 | |
| 1992? | Kenny Garrett | Black Hope | Warner Bros. | 1992 | |
| 1992? | Bruce Forman | Forman on the Job | Kamei | 1992 | 4 tracks |
| 1992–12 | Mulgrew Miller | Hand in Hand | Novus | 1993 | |
| 1993–08, 1993–09 |
Bheki Mseleku | Timelessness | Verve | 1994 | 1 track |
| 1994–01 | Roy Hargrove | With the Tenors of Our Time | Verve | 1994 | 2 tracks |
| 1994? | Kitty Margolis | Evolution | Mad-Kat | 1994 | 5 tracks |
| 1995–05 | Shirley Horn | The Main Ingredient | Verve | 1996 | 2 tracks |
| 1997–08 | Mal Waldron | Soul Eyes | BMG | 1997 | 1 track |
| 1998–03 | Terence Blanchard | Jazz in Film | Sony | 1999 | 5 tracks |
References
- ↑ Cf. Joe Henderson Discography & Chronology at Jazz Discography. Retrieved November 25, 2012
- ↑ Jazz great Henderson gets musical start in Lima the419 | Our Founders Archived 2015-02-06 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ Original liner notes to Page One by Kenny Dorham
- ↑ Mel Martin, Interview with Joe Henderson Archived 2007-07-05 at the Wayback Machine, in The Saxophone Journal, March/April 1991. Retrieved April 24, 2007.
- ↑ Scott Yanow, Allmusic Biography Retrieved June 25, 2009.