Joe Henderson - The Standard Joe

Deluxe 2x 180g vinyl in a deluxe gatefold sleeve with LP size insert -remastered from the original analogue tapes - limited hand-numbered edition - contains previously unissued tracks.

For this, possibly his fourth recording in six years with a pianoless trio, the great tenor saxophonist Joe Henderson, along with bassist Rufus Reid and drummer Al Foster, perform well-known jazz standards plus an original blues piece by Henderson titled Inner Urge. Of the standards, there are two lengthy versions of Johnny Green's Body and Soul, Kenny Dorham's Blue Bossa, Thelonious Monk's Round Midnight, and Billy Strayhorn's Take The A Train.

Joe Henderson: tenor saxophone
Rufus Reid: bass
Al Foster: drums

New York, March 26, 1991