Big Band (album)

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Released 1997 Big Band (1997) Porgy & Bess (1997) Release date 1997 Genre Jazz		Length 60:05 Artist Joe Henderson Label Verve Records

Recorded Mar 16, 1992 – Jun 26, 1996 Producers Richard Seidel, Joe Henderson, Bob Belden, Don Sickler Similar Joe Henderson albums, Jazz albums

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.

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

Personnel

Joe Henderson – tenor saxophone, 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

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

Michael Mossman – arranger

Bob Belden – producer (tracks: 2 to 4, 6, 7, 9)

Don Sickler – producer and arranger (tracks: 1, 5, 8)