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. Joe Henderson was born in Lima, Ohio on April 24, 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 ...