The Horace Silver Quintet – Song For My Father

In October 1963, coinciding with the recent release of his debut album as leader on Blue Note, a young Joe Henderson was scouted by influential pianist Horace Silver to play in a new quintet he was putting together. From the sessions which followed came Song For My Father (1965), Silver’s most famous album and a bona fide Blue Note classic.

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Joe Henderson – Jinrikisha

All roads lead to Joe here on Jazz Impressions, as we segue from Pete La Roca’s Basra (1965) to another Blue Note debut as leader, which also features La Roca on drums: Joe Henderson’s Page One (1963).

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