Big Band (album)

Big Band
Studio album by Joe Henderson
Released	1997
Recorded	Mar 16, 1992 - Jun 26, 1996
Genre	Jazz
Length	60:05
Label	Verve Records
Producer	Richard Seidel, Joe Henderson, Bob Belden, Don Sickler
Joe Henderson chronology
Double Rainbow: The Music of Antonio Carlos Jobim (1995)Double Rainbow: The Music of Antonio Carlos Jobim1995 Big Band (1997) Porgy & Bess (1997)Porgy & Bess1997

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Big Band is a 1997 album by jazz saxophonist Joe Henderson, the fourth of the five albums he recorded with Verve Records during the end of his career.

Track listing

All tracks are composed by Joe Henderson, except where noted.

1. "Without a Song" (Vincent Youmans) – 5:24
2. "Isotope" – 5:20
3. "Inner Urge" – 9:01
4. "Black Narcissus" – 6:53
5. "A Shade Of Jade" – 8:22
6. "Step Lightly" – 7:19
7. "Serenity" – 5:52
8. "Chelsea Bridge" (Billy Strayhorn) – 4:30
9. "Recordame (Recuerdame)" – 7:25

Personnel

• Producer - Bob Belden (tracks: 2 to 4, 6, 7, 9), Don Sickler (tracks: 1, 5, 8) and Arranger
• Joe Henderson - tenor saxophone, Composer and Arranger
• Slide Hampton - Conductor, Arranger (Isotope)
• Dick Oatts - soprano saxophone, alto saxophone
• Pete Yellin, Steve Wilson, Bobby Porcelli - alto saxophone
• Craig Handy, Rich Perry, Tim Ries, Charles Pillow - tenor saxophone
• Joe Temperley, Gary Smulyan - baritone saxophone
• Freddie Hubbard, Raymond Vega, Idrees Sulieman, Jimmy Owens, Jon Faddis, Lew Soloff, Marcus Belgrave, Nicholas Payton, Tony Kadleck, Michael Mossman, Virgil Jones, Earl Gardner, Byron Stripling - trumpet
• Michael Mossman - Arranger
• Conrad Herwig, Jimmy Knepper, Robin Eubanks, Keith O'Quinn, Larry Farrell, Kiane Zawadi - trombone
• David Taylor, Douglas Purviance - bass trombone
• Chick Corea, Helio Alves, Ronnie Mathews - piano
• Christian McBride - bass
• Joe Chambers, Al Foster, Lewis Nash, Paulinho Braga - drums