Joe Henderson Lush Life: The Music of Billy Strayhorn
Down Beat: 4.5 Stars - Very Good Plus - "...his sound is at once sturdy, lean, overtone-conscious, and hard-hitting...substance and shadow of tone and subtone throughout..."
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CD Details
- Released: July 8, 2016
- Originally Released: 2016
- Label: Imports
Entertainment Reviews:
Entertainment Weekly - 3/6/92, p.59
"...LUSH LIFE matches Strayhorn's music in originality and sheer strangeness...Henderson, an adventurous and commanding bop player, brings a fierce muscularity to this music..." - Rating: AQ - 1/93, p.71
Included in Q's list of the 50 Best Albums Of 1992.Down Beat - 3/92, p.33
4.5 Stars - Very Good Plus - "...his sound is at once sturdy, lean, overtone-conscious, and hard-hitting...substance and shadow of tone and subtone throughout..."Village Voice (2/2/93, p.78) - "...a nearly flawless inquiry into the music of Billy Strayhorn, with inspired work by four supporting musicians, including Wynton Marsalis..."
Jazziz - Dec.-Jan./92, p.94
Picked by critic Josef Woodard as one of the 10 best jazz albums of 1992.Tracks:
- 1.Isfahan
- 2.Johnny Come Lately
- 3.Blood Count
- 4.Rain Check
- 5.Lotus Blossom
- 6.A Flower Is A Lovesome Thing
- 7.Take The "A" Train
- 8.Drawing Room Blues
- 9.U.M.M.G. (Upper Manhattan Medical Group)
- 10.Lush Life
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