Bern 1998 Switzerland. Joe Henderson - tenor; John Scofield - guitar; Conrad Herwig - trombone; Tommy Flanagan - piano; Georg Mraz - bass; Bill Stewart - drums
Well this was the year he had the stroke. This was probably one of his last performances, ever. Even till the near end, Joe was hammering out the solos.
say what you will about the intro bass solo, but that groove he had for the tune was beyond groovy. That intro line at 1:25 in nothing short of genius...the kind of thing that when you hear it, you want to learn to play bass JUST so that you can play a line that swings like that
Tommy Flannegan seems bored w/ the bass solo , like he's thinking: "you think that's hard George? try soloing over "Giat Steps " on a first take, minutes after seeing the chart for the first time and thinking it's supposed to to be played as a ballad !" George Mraz is a great player though
seriously dirty, joes killing
fce189 1 year ago
Well this was the year he had the stroke. This was probably one of his last performances, ever. Even till the near end, Joe was hammering out the solos.
littlebones18 1 year ago
I know what you mean, 4:15 doesn't have the same amount of oomph that it usually does when I've heard him play in the past.
ChadizzleFoshizzle in reply to SaxHero (Show the comment) 1 year ago
I respect Joe With all my heart, he is considered to be one of my top 5 favorite sax mans.
ChadizzleFoshizzle in reply to littlebones18 (Show the comment) 1 year ago
Where's the respect for Joe? He's killin it, fo sho.
littlebones18 2 years ago
say what you will about the intro bass solo, but that groove he had for the tune was beyond groovy. That intro line at 1:25 in nothing short of genius...the kind of thing that when you hear it, you want to learn to play bass JUST so that you can play a line that swings like that
afinkeln 2 years ago
I don't know much about trombone, but that guy sounded like he knew his horn pretty well :)
Chromatype 2 years ago
tommy aint impressed
GOTIRES 2 years ago
This is sad for me to watch and hard for me to listen to because Joe was in such poor health by this point.
SaxHero 2 years ago
Tommy Flannegan seems bored w/ the bass solo , like he's thinking: "you think that's hard George? try soloing over "Giat Steps " on a first take, minutes after seeing the chart for the first time and thinking it's supposed to to be played as a ballad !" George Mraz is a great player though
tiluriso 3 years ago