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Michael Henderson

Michael Henderson – born July 7, 1951, in Yazoo City, Mississippi – was a jazz, fusion, and R&B bassist best known for his stint with Miles Davis in the early 1970s. Inspired by music as a child, he began to learn play the bass guitar. Moving to Detroit, Michigan in the early 1960s, he eventually became an in-demand studio session musician and live sideman. While touring with Stevie Wonder, Michael Henderson was discovered by Miles Davis, who hired him to be a member of his fusion-era band in the early to mid-‘70s. Michael Henderson appeared on Davis’ studio albums from 1971’s Ja...