'Canyon Lady' es un disco de 1973 de uno de los saxofonistas más injustamente ignorados cuando se trata de mencionar a las figuras del Jazz. No inventó ningún género pero a mi juicio supo combinar magistralmente la experimentación, la creación, la diversión y el riesgo con un sonido elegante y una obra que no sirviera exclusivamente para iniciados o aficionados (eso que los obsesos del elitismo podrían llaman "comercial", que para mí es un concepto estúpido). Sus grabaciones más valoradas fueron editados por Blue Note y en años más recientes por Verve (Joe Henderson falleció en el 2001), pero esas fascinantes grabaciones "comerciales" de los 70s (incluido éste que escuchaba hoy) se publicaron en Milestones y existe una maravillosa caja que contiene toda esa etapa con el título de 'The Milestone Years'.
'Canyon Lady' is a 1973 recording by this great sax player, to my judgement unfairly ignored for the common knowledge in Jazz for he probably didn't generate any particular direction but combined as only a privileged talent could innovation, risk, joy and creation with an elegant sound and a music not only suitable for Jazz enthusiasts (that thing that elitists could call "commercial", to me a stupid concept). His most critically acclaimed work was published by Blue Note and lately by Verve (he passed away in 2001), but during the '70s he published a wide variety of that fascinating "commercial stuff" in Milestones (including this one) and it is all published in a wonderful 8 cd box called 'The Milestone Years'.
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▶Joe Henderson·'Canyon Lady'
'Canyon Lady' is a 1973 recording by this great sax player, to my judgement unfairly ignored for the common knowledge in Jazz for he probably didn't generate any particular direction but combined as only a privileged talent could innovation, risk, joy and creation with an elegant sound and a music not only suitable for Jazz enthusiasts (that thing that elitists could call "commercial", to me a stupid concept). His most critically acclaimed work was published by Blue Note and lately by Verve (he passed away in 2001), but during the '70s he published a wide variety of that fascinating "commercial stuff" in Milestones (including this one) and it is all published in a wonderful 8 cd box called 'The Milestone Years'.
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▶Joe Henderson·'Canyon Lady'
