Evening With [Import, Live]

Henderson/Haden/Foster, Joe Henderson | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (July 21, 1994)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import, Live
• Label: Red Records
• ASIN: B000000G4Q
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #467,578 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Ask Me Now

2. Serenity

3. Beatrice

4. Invitation

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Joe's favorite recording of himself., January 7, 2007

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GARRETT KOBSEF "G K 1 m u s i c" (Los Angeles) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Evening With (Audio CD)

Joe Henderson told bassist Charlie Haden that this is his favorite recording of himself.
That is fun to imagine.
Seriously, I too think this is my favorite recording of Joe. It will probably also be your favorite Joe if you buy it.

5.0 out of 5 stars The TRUE State of the Tenor, October 11, 2000

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Anders Chan Tidemann "actidemann" (New York, NY USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Evening With (Audio CD)

This album is one of the greatest saxophone/jazz/MUSIC albums ever made, simply catching Joe Henderson, Charlie Haden & Al Foster in concert one day in Italy 1987. This was a one-off concert, was done with no rehearsal, and the result documents what jazz can be when it is at it's best.

Joe's amazing sense of architecture, his original harmonic approach, his funkiness, ability to go in & out as well as his overwhelming originality and depth of emotion is at full display here. He is simply one of the greatest saxplayers ever! And Charlie Haden & Al Foster are themselves delivering truly inspiring performances.

From a technical perspective the album is not a "slick" production, like some of the later Verve albums. However, this one really captures Joe Henderson's great tone on his instrument, and the basssound is also well recorded. The drumsound is probably not quite what it should be, but Al Foster plays so great it makes you forget.

John Scofield has called this album his "bible". When you listen to it you'll know why! It is up there with anything John Coltrane or Sonny Rollins has done.