First Friday: Mode For Joe - The Music Of Joe Henderson at The Nash

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7:30 PM – 10:30 PM; Admission: Free; Brice Winston-sax, Ioannis Goudelis-piano, Chris Finet-bass, John Lewis-drums
Jazz saxophonist and composer Joe Henderson could best be described as a renaissance man. Creating a style unique from the dominant saxophonists of his early career -namely John Coltrane and Sonny Rollins – Henderson became the consummate leader and sideman. His name has become synonymous with power and grace on the tenor saxophone, and has long been revered in musical circles for his distinctive sound and powers of invention. Although Henderson’s earliest recordings were marked by a strong hard-bop influence, his playing encompassed not only the bebop tradition, but rhythm and blues, latin, and avant-garde as well.