Description
Joe Henderson - Mode For Joe (Vinyl, Blue Note Classic Series)
Tenor saxophonist Joe Henderson capped off his run of five sublime 1960s Blue Note leader dates with his 1966 classic Mode for Joe, an album bursting with vigor and vitality that found Henderson expanding his palette with a septet of colorful figures including Lee Morgan on trumpet, Curtis Fuller on trombone, Bobby Hutcherson on vibraphone, Cedar Walton on piano, Ron Carter on bass, and Joe Chambers on drums. The band delivers six powerful performances, playing with white-hot intensity on Henderson's originals "A Shade of Jade," "Caribbean Fire Dance," and "Granted," as well as Morgan's swinger "Free Wheelin'." But it's the remarkable title track by Walton that emerges as the standout of the set, a modal masterpiece where the leader summons one of his most transcendent and visceral solo statements.
This Blue Note Classic Vinyl Edition is stereo, all-analog, mastered by Kevin Gray from the original master tapes, and pressed on 180g vinyl at Optimal.
Title: Mode For Joe
Artist: Joe Henderson
Format: LP
Release Date: 2/16/2024
Label: Blue Note Records
UPC: 602455242563
Genre: Jazz
Track List:
Side I:
A Shade of Jade
Mode for Joe
Black
Side II:
Caribbean Fire Dance
Granted
Free Wheelin'