Joe Henderson – Page One (SHM-SACD single layer)

Henderson’s illustrious recording career began in the early 1960s at Blue Note. He started as a leader in 1963 with his Blue Note debut “Page One”, a remarkable quintet session with trumpeter Kenny Dorham, who contributed two originals to the album and also wrote the liner notes in which he claimed that the “goat-bearded astronaut of the tenor saxophone” was “one of the most musical young saxophonists since Charlie Parker”. High praise that fully came to fruition on Page One.

Joining him was the stellar rhythm section of bassist Butch Warren, drummer Pete LaRoca, and pianist McCoy Tyner, who is listed as “etc.” on the album cover because he had just signed a record deal with Impulse! The hard bop-leaning album not only opened the ears of the jazz world to Henderson’s exuberant tenor saxophone, but also helped establish him as a session man for other Blue Note recordings. The highlight of the album is certainly Henderson’s bossa-influenced “Recorda Me”: a jazz standard today!

As part of the extremely popular “Blue Note 85th Anniversary Reissue Series”, Universal Music Japan presents the sonically impressive remastering of this jazz classic by the legendary Kevin Gray, who is also responsible for the analog reissues of Blue Note US such as “Tone Poet” and “Classic Vinyl” – as a limited-edition, high-resolution SHM-SACD version (192 kHz/24 bit, Single-Layer).

This title is an SHM SACD. This format is the further development of the single-layer SACD and uses a particularly light-transparent plastic (Super High Material). It allows a much better readability of the pit-land structures on the surface than is possible with hybrid SACDs. Universal’s SHM SACDs are generally re-digitized to DSD from the albums’ master tapes without any changes. SHM SACDs can be played on any SACD player. Please do not use L’Art du Son or alcohol-based cleaning agents. – Please note: All titles are designed by Universal Music as limited edition collector’s items for the Japanese market.

Lista pieselor

1. Blue Bossa

2. La Mesha

3. Homestretch

4. Recorda-Me (Remember Me)

5. Jinrikisha

6. Out Of The Night