Big Band (Joe Henderson album)

Big Band
Studio album by Joe Henderson
Released	1997
Recorded	Mar 16, 1992 – Jun 26, 1996
Genre	Jazz
Length	60:05
Label	Verve
Producer	Richard Seidel, Joe Henderson, Bob Belden, Don Sickler
Joe Henderson chronology
Double Rainbow: The Music of Antonio Carlos Jobim (1995) Big Band (1997) Porgy & Bess (1997)

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AllMusic	[1]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings	[2]

Big Band is a 1997 album by jazz saxophonist Joe Henderson, the fourth of the five albums he recorded with Verve Records during the end of his career.

Track listing[]

All tracks are composed by Joe Henderson, except where noted.

1. "Without a Song" (Vincent Youmans, Billy Rose, Edward Eliscu) – 5:24
2. "Isotope" – 5:20
3. "Inner Urge" – 9:01
4. "Black Narcissus" – 6:53
5. "A Shade Of Jade" �� 8:22
6. "Step Lightly" – 7:19
7. "Serenity" – 5:52
8. "Chelsea Bridge" (Billy Strayhorn) – 4:30
9. "Recordame (Recuerdame)" – 7:25

Personnel[]

• Joe Henderson – tenor saxophone, arranger (tracks 1, 2, 5, 8)
• Slide Hampton – conductor, arranger (tracks 3, 7))
• Dick Oatts – soprano saxophone, alto saxophone
• Pete Yellin, Steve Wilson, Bobby Porcelli, John O'Gallagher – alto saxophone
• Craig Handy, Rich Perry, Tim Ries, Charles Pillow – tenor saxophone
• Joe Temperley, Gary Smulyan – baritone saxophone
• Freddie Hubbard, Raymond Vega, Idrees Sulieman, Jimmy Owens, Jon Faddis, Lew Soloff, Marcus Belgrave, Nicholas Payton, Tony Kadleck, Michael Mossman, Virgil Jones, Earl Gardner, Byron Stripling – trumpet
• Conrad Herwig, Jimmy Knepper, Robin Eubanks, Keith O'Quinn, Larry Farrell, Kiane Zawadi – trombone
• David Taylor, Douglas Purviance – bass trombone
• Chick Corea, Helio Alves, Ronnie Mathews – piano
• Christian McBride – bass
• Joe Chambers, Al Foster, Lewis Nash, Paulinho Braga – drums
• Michael Mossman – arranger (track 9)
• Bob Belden – arranger (tracks: 4, 6))
• , Don Sickler – producers

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