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Joe Henderson's tenor sax solo is the third of four solos on this recording, following Herbie Hancock on electric piano. Spanning 21 choruses of the 4-bar form in D♭ at a brisk 141 BPM with a funk feel, Henderson contributes 21 choruses of tenor saxophone that build from brooding intensity to ecstatic release. Henderson's tenor saxophone work reflects a balance of technical fluency and melodic storytelling, building intensity through the course of the improvisation. "Red Clay" is the celebrated title track of trumpeter Freddie Hubbard's 1970 album for CTI Records, a groundbreaking fusion of hard bop intensity and jazz-funk rhythmic power that helped define the crossover jazz movement of the early 1970s.
Joe Henderson was 32 to 33 years old at the time.
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