The American jazz saxophonist Joe Henderson will always be associated with Blue
Note Records whom he recorded with in the heyday of his career, between 1963 and
1968. Henderson was born in Lima, Ohio in 1937 and had a thorough grounding in
music theory from an early age; learning to play the drums, piano and saxophone.
He eventually settled on the tenor sax and as a teenager became a familiar face
on the Detroit jazz scene.
His musical career was interrupted in 1960 by two years of military service but
on his return to civilian life he signed to Blue Note and went on to become...