Kenny Dorham

Albums

Listening notes

Page One (1963) Joe Henderson

By the time Page One enters the December constellation, the ears are calibrated. After the attitude of The Sidewinder, the drama of Moanin’, and the rhythmic expansion of Song for My Father, this album feels quieter, cooler, and more restrained—almost deliberately so. It doesn’t announce itself. It waits for you to come to it. Joe Henderson was young when Page One was recorded (1963), and unlike Lee Morgan—who …

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