Joe Henderson in Japan | |
Type: | Live |
Artist: | Joe Henderson |
Cover: | Joe Henderson in Japan.jpg |
Released: | End of April/early May 1973[1] |
Recorded: | August 4, 1971 |
Venue: | Junk Club, Tokyo |
Genre: | Jazz |
Length: | 45:02 |
Label: | Milestone MSP 9047 |
Producer: | Orrin Keepnews |
Prev Title: | In Pursuit of Blackness |
Prev Year: | 1971 |
Next Title: | Black Is the Color |
Next Year: | 1972 |
Joe Henderson in Japan is a live album by American saxophonist Joe Henderson, recorded in 1971 at Junk Club in Tokyo, and released on Milestone Records in 1973. Henderson is joined by Japanese musicians Hideo Ichikawa on electric piano, bassist Kunimitsu Inaba and drummer Motohiko Hino.
Allmusic awarded the album with 4.5 stars and its review by Scott Yanow states: "Performing at the Junk Club in Tokyo, Henderson is joined by an all-Japanese rhythm section on lengthy versions of "'Round Midnight," "Blue Bossa," and his two originals "Out 'n' In" and "Junk Blues." Henderson sounds quite inspired throughout the set, and the obscure rhythm section (only Hino is known in the U.S.) really pushes him. An underrated gem."