| 1. Isfahan - Joe Henderson, Christian McBride |
| 2. Johnny Come Lately - Joe Henderson, Gregory Hutchinson, Wynton Marsalis, Christian McBride, |
| 3. Blood Count - Joe Henderson, Gregory Hutchinson, Christian McBride, |
| 4. Rain Check - Joe Henderson, Gregory Hutchinson, Christian McBride |
| 5. Lotus Blossom - Joe Henderson, |
| 6. Flower Is a Lovesome Thing - Joe Henderson, Gregory Hutchinson, Wynton Marsalis, Christian McBride, |
| 7. Take the "A" Train - Joe Henderson, Gregory Hutchinson |
| 8. Drawing Room Blues - Joe Henderson, Christian McBride, |
| 9. U.M.M.G. (Upper Manhattan Medical Group) - Joe Henderson, Gregory Hutchinson, Wynton Marsalis, Christian McBride, |
| 10. Lush Life - Joe Henderson |
Editorial Reviews
Joe Henderson's complex and subtle talents as a tenor saxophonist, bandleader, accompanist, and composer were already finely drawn after lengthy associations with the Blue Note and Milestone labels, when he signed to Verve as an elder statesman in the 1990s. For his debut with the label, Henderson chose an all-Billy Strayhorn session--he had recorded such Strayhorn gems as "Chelsea Bridge" before with great success. His solo rendition of the title track is spectacular. He goes on to play duets with pianist Stephen Scott, bassist Christian McBride, and drummer Gregory Hutchinson. Trumpeter Wynton Marsalis joins the lineup for three guest performances. --John Swenson
Lush Life: The Music of Billy Strayhorn,Joe Henderson,Polygram Records,Jazz,Jazz Music,Pop,Post-Bop
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Lush Life: The Music of Billy Strayhorn
Joe Henderson Manufacturer: Polygram Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B0000046KH Release Date: 1992-02-18 |
Tracks:
- Isfahan
- Johnny Come Lately
- Blood Count
- Rain Check
- Lotus Blossom
- A Flower Is A Lovesome Thing
- Take The A Train
- Drawing Room Blues
- U.M.M.G. (Upper Manhattan Medical Group)
- Lush Life
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Joe Henderson's complex and subtle talents as a tenor saxophonist, bandleader, accompanist, and composer were already finely drawn after lengthy associations with the Blue Note and Milestone labels, when he signed to Verve as an elder statesman in the 1990s. For his debut with the label, Henderson chose an all-Billy Strayhorn session--he had recorded such Strayhorn gems as "Chelsea Bridge" before with great success. His solo rendition of the title track is spectacular. He goes on to play duets with pianist Stephen Scott, bassist Christian McBride, and drummer Gregory Hutchinson. Trumpeter Wynton Marsalis joins the lineup for three guest performances. --John SwensonCustomer Reviews:
My Kind of Jazz.......2007-06-01
This is BEAUTIFUL.
Since so many people wrote fine descriptions of this music, I'll just add that I agree with most of them. The music is imaginative, tradition-consciouss and swinging, like some sort of lyrical version of Charlie Mingus. Henderson's solo rendition of "Lush Life" is obvious favorite of the album but the number of great performances on this album is indeed great (listen, for example to lovely "Lotus Blossom", played in duet with Stephen Scott...)
They say this album sold well (partly due to marketing); I don't like financial pressures on art, but when great artists earn some money it kinda pleases me...
I feal this is far more subtle jazz "hit" than some other popular jazz records I don't care to mention at this point out of sheer respect for the work of this fine group (or these fine groups, since the musicians play in various combinations; from Henderson's solo to full quintet, with Henderson being the only one playing on all songs).
An Eloquent Tribubute to Billy Strayhorn.......2007-01-27
Joe Henderson:Tenor Sax
Wynton Marsalis:Trumpet
Stephen Scott:Piano
Chritine McBride:Bass
Gregory Hutcherson:Drums
Billy Strayhorn
(born Nov.29,1915,Dayton,Ohio,-died May 31,1967,New York,N.Y.)
Strayhorn got his first recognition after he approached Duke Ellington with a composition in 1938,soon after,he was regularly contributing arrangments and original compositions.In 1941 Strayhorn's 'Take the 'A'
Train' became the the Duke Ellington Orchestra's theme song.As has been well documented "his work so complimented Ellingtons that it was often impossible to distinquish their respective contributions".Strayhorn was a master of the ballad,and this is well documented by several tunes in this set.His compositions exhibit a structural and harmonic sophisticatiion which he made as his trade mark and signature voice throughout his tenure,before his sudden and tragic death in 1967.
This is one of those albums were everything comes together:from the engineering,production to the peformance.
Joe's playing is stellar,very heartfelt,and crisp.The whole band sounds like they have been playing for years.The format is a unique one.We have a Tenor,bass duet-Tenor,piano,bass trio,a Quartet setting and Quintet settings and finaly capping the set off with a solo rendition of 'Lush Life'.The rhythm section,a young one,plays exceptionally throughout,and also contribute excellent solos..Highlights for me were 'Blood Count',Joes pathos here is over the top.On the Quintet sides 'Johnny One Note',Wynton smokes this one,also,'A Flower Is a Lonesome Thing',and "U.M.M.G.",you should carefully note the rhythm sections fluid and constantly inventive approach,spurring on Henderson and Marsalis throughout.A gem.We also may consider this a tribute to the great tenor giant JOE HENDERSON.God speed to both of them.A real gem.Enjoy
Beautiful Tenor Sax Playing from Joe Henderson. A Classic Album........2006-10-20
A not-so-good album. Why? Read this... .......2006-09-14
Best of his tributes.......2005-12-07
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Lush Life
Billy Strayhorn Manufacturer: Sony ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B0000028PC Release Date: 1992-09-15 |
Tracks:
- Lush Life
- Passion Flower
- Ummg
- Smada
- Passion Flower
- Take The A Train
- Day Dream
- Just A-Settin' And A-Rockin'
- Raincheck
- Chelsea Bridge
- Multicolored Blue
- Pick Side
- Oink
- Your Love Has Faded
- Love Came
- A Flower Is A Lovesome Thing
- Passed Me By
- Something To Live For
- Love Came
- Baby Clementine
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A treasure of Strayhorn featuring him as composer, musician,.......1999-08-28
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My Very Best
Manufacturer: Reference Recordings ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B00000159Q Release Date: 1994-10-03 |
Tracks:
- Too Marvelous For Words
- My Foolish Heart
- Stormy Weather
- Little Girl Blue
- I Get The Blues When It Rains
- Happiness Is A Thing Called Joe
- It's A Fine Day For Walking Country Style
- Laura
- Alone Together
- I Wonder What Became Of Me
- Something Cool
- Moon And Sand
- Lush Life
- You're Nearer
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600 Years Calefax, 1985-2000
Manufacturer: MD&G Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B000059GGJ Release Date: 2001-03-27 |
Tracks:
- The Nutcracker: Ov
- La Plus Que Lente: Valse
- Con Moto
- Rustico
- Vivo
- Sostenuto E Cantabile
- Allegro Ritmico
- Allegretto
- Allegro Quasi Pesante
- Mars (March)
- Lush Life
- Jump For Joy
- Estampie
- Prld And Ground
- Browning
- La Spagna
- Intermerata Dei Mater
- Mort, Tu As Navre
- La Monina
- Su L'herba Frescha
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Wide Ranging Anniversay Concert.......2002-02-20
They answer the question put in the first piece (Tchaikovsky's Nutcracker) of can a reed quintet replace an entire symphony admirably well. Due to the original score omitting the basses and cellos, they fill in well with the bass clarinet.
Moving playing of Duke Ellington's "Jump for joy" along with some delicately played chamber music of England's William Byrd. Many of the rest were new to me, but enjoyed very much their profound work on Ockeghem's Intmerata Dei Mater, with a most delightful sounding basset horn dominating. Ockeghem's Mort, tu as navre is excellently performed as well.
The Francesco Bendusi piece of the 16th century, "La Monina" is so nice, with its pastoral oboe beginning to the oboe/bassoon interplay leading to the clarinet entry. Just a delightful ensemble piece highlighted by much ornamentation.
Demonstration of vast reportoire of this unique reed qunitet, who play with passion, control and clarity.
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Lush Life: The Billy Strayhorn Songbook
Various Artists Manufacturer: Polygram Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B00000471R Release Date: 1996-04-23 |
Tracks:
- Lush Life - Sarah Vaughan
- Rain Check - Art Farmer
- Chelsea Bridge - Ben Webster
- Far-Eastern Weekend - Louie Bellson
- After All - Oscar Peterson
- Something To Live For - Ella Fitzgerald And Duke Ellington
- Upper Mahnattan Medical Group - Dizzy Gillespie
- A Flower Is A Lovesome Thing - Frank Morgan
- Johnny Come Lately - Cecil Taylor
- Your Love Has Faded - Johnny Hodges And Billy Strayhorn
- Satin Doll - Billy Eckstine
- Three And Six - Johnny Hodges
- Isfahan - Joe Henderson
- Blood Count - Stan Getz
- Take The 'A' Train - Jazz At The Philharmonic All-Stars
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In the presence of royalty.......2002-07-08
Ellington Collaborator Steps Into Spotlight On Verve Tribute.......2001-01-31
When Burns spotlighted Duke Ellington's longtime musical collaborator Billy Strayhorn, he completed what magazine editor David Hajdu began in 1996. Hadju wrote a Strayhorn biography and compiled an all-star jazz songbook tribute, both titled "Lush Life." Here, Norman Granz's Verve constellation (Sassy, Dizzy, Oscar Peterson, longtime Strayhorn collaborators Johnny Hodges, Ben Webster, Billy Eckstine and, of course, Ellington with Ella Fitzgerald) helps re-establish Strayhorn as a talented collaborator, player, and composer in his own right. If nothing else, you'll learn American standards like "Take The 'A' Train" and "Satin Doll" were not solely Ellington inventions.
Strayhorn's urbane, elegant melodies tuck into be-bop (Gillespie's scatting "UMMG," Joe Henderson's "Isfahan" from 1990's all-Strayhorn album) lush balladry (Eckstine's rococco croon on "Satin Doll," Sarah Vaughn's swooping rendition of the nihilistic title cut), contemplative soloing (Peterson's "After All," a gentle Stan Getz on 1986's live "Blood Count"), exotic swing (Louis Bellson's "Far Eastern Weekend" with Doc Sevrinsen off Strayhorn's arrangement) and hard big-band bop (1960's all-star, nine-minute jam "Take The A Train" features screeching Roy Eldridge trumpet and furious Philly Jo Jones drums).
Even in these disparate settings, Strayhorn managed to paste the structures of classical, Gershwin orchestral, and even vintage film score music to the rhythm and chord changes of the blues. Strayhorn thus achieved through arrangement what Frank Sinatra (who unsuccessfully tried to hire Strayhorn) and Nelson Riddle achieved through song styling on spectacular albums like "Only The Lonely": dignified, contemplative song statements on unrequited love by one forced to hold his personal life (and thus, career) secret.
What amazes is, as Burns' documentary noted, that Strayhorn (and, by extension, Ellington) wrote and arranged these timeless songs for specific players in that 1940s band. Yet, as Art Farmer (who appears with Oliver Nelson on "Rain Check") states in the liner notes, "The wonderful thing about all of Strayhorn's music is that it's timeless. It sounds like it always existed - and like it's brand new." Hearing Strayhorn's songs cohesively on "Lush Life," with mentor and benefactor Ellington only among the contributors, refreshes these beloved jazz compositions and makes this set a welcome rediscovery in any "Songbook" collection. Recommended.
Perfect. Delightful........1999-07-05
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It's Over
Manufacturer: Reference Recordings ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B00000158Y Release Date: 1993-12-17 |
Tracks:
- I Get The Blues When It Rains
- How About Me?
- I'm Through With Love
- I'll Remember April
- Easy To Remember
- Whenever A Soft Rain Falls
- Where Do You Start?
- Gone With The Wind
- The Shining Sea
- I'm So Lost
- Lush Life
- By Myself
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A beautiful collection.......2000-12-13
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Lush Life
Manufacturer: Tudor ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD ASIN: B00007KKME Release Date: 2006-02-14 |
Tracks:
- I'm Beginning to See the Light
- Lush Life
- My Man's Gone Now
- Corcovado
- Oleo
- My Foolish Heart
- Variations About a German Lullaby
- Very Early
- I'm Old Fashioned
- Song Is You
- Wave
- My Funny Valentine
- Velas
- I Mean You
- Elm
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Lush Life: The Music of Billy Strayhorn
Joe Henderson Manufacturer: Verve ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B0000PCUHG Release Date: 2004-11-16 |
Tracks:
- Isfahan - Joe Henderson, Christian McBride
- Johnny Come Lately - Joe Henderson, Gregory Hutchinson, Wynton Marsalis, Christian McBride,
- Blood Count - Joe Henderson, Gregory Hutchinson, Christian McBride,
- Rain Check - Joe Henderson, Gregory Hutchinson, Christian McBride
- Lotus Blossom - Joe Henderson,
- Flower Is a Lovesome Thing - Joe Henderson, Gregory Hutchinson, Wynton Marsalis, Christian McBride,
- Take the "A" Train - Joe Henderson, Gregory Hutchinson
- Drawing Room Blues - Joe Henderson, Christian McBride,
- U.M.M.G. (Upper Manhattan Medical Group) - Joe Henderson, Gregory Hutchinson, Wynton Marsalis, Christian McBride,
- Lush Life - Joe Henderson
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Lush Life: The Music of Billy Strayhorn
Joe Henderson Manufacturer: Polygram ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD ASIN: B000AXZCTG Release Date: 1993-03-30 |
Tracks:
- Isfahan - Joe Henderson, Christian McBride
- Johnny Come Lately - Joe Henderson, Gregory Hutchinson, Wynton Marsalis, Christian McBride,
- Blood Count - Joe Henderson, Gregory Hutchinson, Christian McBride,
- Rain Check - Joe Henderson, Gregory Hutchinson, Christian McBride
- Lotus Blossom - Joe Henderson,
- Flower Is a Lovesome Thing - Joe Henderson, Gregory Hutchinson, Wynton Marsalis, Christian McBride,
- Take the "A" Train - Joe Henderson, Gregory Hutchinson
- Drawing Room Blues - Joe Henderson, Christian McBride,
- U.M.M.G. (Upper Manhattan Medical Group) - Joe Henderson, Gregory Hutchinson, Wynton Marsalis, Christian McBride,
- Lush Life - Joe Henderson
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Clair De Lune & Sister Moon
Manufacturer: Ocean ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD ASIN: B000003MZ6 Release Date: 1997-01-14 |
Tracks:
- En Sourdine
- I Have Dreamed
- Au Bord De L'eau
- My One And Only Love
- Mandoline
- Pretty Women
- Clair De Lune
- Sister Moon
- Automne
- It Was A Very Good Year
- Prison
- Lush Life
Customer Reviews:
elegant and refined!.......2005-03-09
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