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Joe Henderson: Power to the People

Joe Henderson: Power to the People

A new jazz style emerged in the late 1960s that wasn't an extension of hard bop or free jazz. For a brief period—following the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. in April 1968 and the onset of fusion in the mid-1970s—a new Black power expression wrapped in pan-Africanism appeared in the works of Black journalists, books ...

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Power to the People

Label: Milestone
Released: 2008
Track listing: Black Narcissus; Afro-Centric; Opus One-Point-Five; Isotope; Power to the People; Lazy Afternoon; Foresight and Afterthought (an impromptu suite).

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Joe Henderson: Power to the People

Read "Power to the People" reviewed by Tom Greenland


Joe Henderson enjoyed widespread popularity only late in his career, when his cover albums for Verve achieved high (for jazz) sales figures, but since the early '60s he had been making excellent records, both as a sideman and a leader. Here at last is 1969's Power to the People, one of his best recordings made for ...

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Joe Henderson: Power To the People

Read "Power To the People" reviewed by David Rickert


The late sixties were an exciting time for jazz, although not a lucrative one. Faced with a declining market share due to the popularity of rock music, jazz musicians were forced to find an audience by pursuing new avenues in composition and instrumentation. Joe Henderson, a much beloved player for the Blue Note ...


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