Joe Henderson
UK
Born: 02 May 1920
Died: 04 May 1980
Years Active: 50, 60, 70, 80, 90, 2000
Genres: Jazz, International
Styles: Bossa Nova, Latin America, Post-Bop, Hard Bop, Modal Music, Bop, Soul Jazz, Soul Jazz/Groove, Fusion, Mainstream Jazz, New Orleans/Classic Jazz
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Joe Henderson is proof that jazz can sell without watering down the music; it just takes creative marketing. Although his sound and style were virtually unchanged from the mid-'60s, Joe Henderson's signing with Verve in 1992 was treated as a major news event by the label (even though he had already recorded many memorable sessions for other companies). His Verve recordings had easy-to-market themes (tributes to Billy Strayhorn, Miles Davis, and Antonio Carlos Jobim) and, as a result, he became a national celebrity and a constant poll winner whi...
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