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Charlie Parker said that "if you don't live it, it won't come out of your horn," and on Eddie Henderson's soulful, sublime and swingin' new CD For All We Know (Furthermore Recordings, October 12) you can hear all of the inventions, dimensions, places and spaces of his artistry, which, like fine wine gets better as time goes by. Joining Henderson on this dynamic pianoless date are guitarist John Scofield, bassist Doug Weiss, and drummer Billy Drummond, moving and grooving on eight tracks of standards and original compositions. "I didn't use a piano this time, because John Scofield hired me a couple of years ago," Henderson says, "and just the way he comps ... you know he's such a talented accompanist - it felt like a symphony orchestra. So I had no qualms about not using a piano. And then there's Billy Drummond - he teaches at Julliard with me - I've known him for years. And he's on a couple of my CD's. He's a wonderful player. And Doug Weiss, the bassist; I worked with him for many years. He was a staple in the Al Foster Quartet, and I worked with Al for three tours. I knew that the chemistry of John Scofield, Doug Weiss, and Billy Drummond would work. I learned this kind of awareness from Miles Davis: You listen before they even get together - whether one person plays ahead or behind the beat." The reference to Miles Davis is central to Dr. Henderson music. As this CD aurally illustrates, the leader has adapted the Prince of Darkness' feather-breathed open horn sound and mellow-toned, Harmon muted trumpet and flugelhorn stylings into his own unique musical voice, backed by Scofield's up-south, grand-and-gritty guitar fireworks, Weiss' sure-footed basslines and Drummond's fiery yet finessed drumming. The first selection, Fat Waller's classic "Jitterbug Waltz," reborn here with an interlocking maze-like arrangement, is a song of special significance for Henderson. "Fats Waller just holds a place with me because on a videotape of Fats there's a pretty lady sitting on the piano singing 'Ain't Misbehavin'... that was my mother! She was in the original Cotton Club chorus line with her identical twin and they were called the Brown Twins. Lena Horne was my mother's roommate and Bojangles was her dance partner. So 'Jitterbug Waltz' dates back to when I was growing up hearing Fats Waller." Henderson's other selections including the title track, and the old forties number "By Myself," are also imbued with his smooth, Milesian musings, in contrast to the midtempo "Be Cool," written by Henderson's wife, Natsuko, and the hyper-bop number, "Sand Storm." And then there's Henderson's funky, second line-syncopated take on Herbie Hancock's Blue Note era hit "Cantaloupe Island," with a grooving arrangement derived from an unlikely source. "That arrangement comes from the last time I played with Herbie about five or six years ago and the Gershwin's World tour," Henderson says. "Missing Miles" - Henderson's endearing and heartfelt tribute to his mentor/idol, and "Popo," a bouncy, hip-hop friendly track (the title is his wife's nickname) based on Miles Davis' "U n I" from Davis' 1983 Star People album, round out this excellent recording that charts Henderson's musical evolution in the twenty first century.
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Eddie Henderson (trumpet, flugelhorn); John Scofield (guitar); Doug Weiss (bass); Billy Drummond (drums) |
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