Lush Life: The Music of Billy Strayhorn

~ Release by Joe Henderson (see all versions of this release, 3 available)

Tracklist

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1Isfahan
bass:
Christian McBride (American jazz bassist)
tenor saxophone:
Joe Henderson (US jazz tenor saxophonist)
recording of:
Isfahan
composer:
Duke Ellington (US composer, pianist & jazz bandleader) and Billy Strayhorn
5:58
2Johnny Come Lately
bass:
Christian McBride (American jazz bassist)
drums (drum set):
Gregory Hutchinson
piano:
Stephen Scott (jazz pianist)
tenor saxophone:
Joe Henderson (US jazz tenor saxophonist)
trumpet:
Wynton Marsalis
recording of:
Stomp (Johnny Come Lately)
composer:
Billy Strayhorn
6:30
3Blood Count
bass:
Christian McBride (American jazz bassist)
drums (drum set):
Gregory Hutchinson
piano:
Stephen Scott (jazz pianist)
tenor saxophone:
Joe Henderson (US jazz tenor saxophonist)
recording of:
Blood Count
composer:
Billy Strayhorn (in 1967)
7:20
4Rain Check
bass:
Christian McBride (American jazz bassist)
drums (drum set):
Gregory Hutchinson
tenor saxophone:
Joe Henderson (US jazz tenor saxophonist)
recording of:
Rain Check
composer:
Billy Strayhorn
5:50
5Lotus Blossom
piano:
Stephen Scott (jazz pianist)
tenor saxophone:
Joe Henderson (US jazz tenor saxophonist)
recording of:
Lotus Blossom
composer:
Billy Strayhorn
4:31
6A Flower Is a Lovesome Thing
bass:
Christian McBride (American jazz bassist)
drums (drum set):
Gregory Hutchinson
piano:
Stephen Scott (jazz pianist)
tenor saxophone:
Joe Henderson (US jazz tenor saxophonist)
trumpet:
Wynton Marsalis
recording of:
A Flower Is a Lovesome Thing
lyricist and composer:
Billy Strayhorn
6:58
7Take the “A” Train
drums (drum set):
Gregory Hutchinson
tenor saxophone:
Joe Henderson (US jazz tenor saxophonist)
recording of:
Take the “A” Train (original instrumental version)
composer:
Billy Strayhorn
part of:
The Real Book (compilation of jazz standards, volume I)
7:12
8Drawing Room Blues
bass:
Christian McBride (American jazz bassist)
piano:
Stephen Scott (jazz pianist)
tenor saxophone:
Joe Henderson (US jazz tenor saxophonist)
recording of:
Drawing Room Blues
composer:
Billy Strayhorn
7:33
9U.M.M.G. (Upper Manhattan Medical Group)
bass:
Christian McBride (American jazz bassist)
drums (drum set):
Gregory Hutchinson
piano:
Stephen Scott (jazz pianist)
tenor saxophone:
Joe Henderson (US jazz tenor saxophonist)
trumpet:
Wynton Marsalis
recording of:
Upper Manhattan Medical Group
composer:
Billy Strayhorn
part of:
The Real Book (compilation of jazz standards, volume I)
5:01
10Lush Life
tenor saxophone:
Joe Henderson (US jazz tenor saxophonist)
recording of:
Lush Life
lyricist and composer:
Billy Strayhorn (from 1933 until 1938)
publisher:
Billy Strayhorn Songs, Inc., Campbell Connelly & Co. Ltd., Chrysalis One Music, Reservoir Media Music, ミュージック・セールス (Music Sales, Japan, subsidiary of Shinko Music Entertainment) and Tempo Music, Inc. (Duke Ellington’s music publishing company) (from 1949 to present)
part of:
The Real Book (compilation of jazz standards, volume I)
4:57