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Eddie Henderson at Dazzle Jazz Club
Courtesy of Venuepilot | Posted on November 25, 2023
Where
Dazzle Jazz Club
1080 14th Street
Denver, CO
Map
(303) 839-5100
When
Thu, February 1, 2024
6:30 pm
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Musicians
Eddie Henderson
trumpetAbout
Jazz trumpeter extraordinaire Eddie Henderson received his first informal lesson on the trumpet at the age of 9 from Louis Armstrong. As a teenager he studied trumpet at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music and performed with the San Francisco Conservatory Symphony Orchestra. In 1957, Eddie met Miles Davis for the first time. Miles, a family friend, admired the strikingly beautiful tone and musicality of Henderson’s trumpet playing and encouraged him to pursue a career in music. As a family friend, Miles has been a major musical influence on Eddie throughout his life. That culminated in May of 2002 with the recording of So What, a tribute to Miles that features songs associated with the legend...